There is an urgent need for quantitative biomarkers for neurological and psychiatric disorders to assess disease risk, facilitate diagnoses, and measure drug treatment efficacy. Due to the selective permeability of the blood-brain barrier, there are only trace amounts of brain-derived proteins in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, which makes it challenging to develop convenient biomarker testing for brain disorders. Researchers look beyond the traditional protein assays and combine transcriptomics and functional imaging approaches to revolutionize brain disorder diagnostics.
In this virtual symposium, an expert panel will discuss how advances in single-cell sequencing, fluid-based RNA detection, and functional imaging accelerate biomarker discovery to better understand the brain in health and disease.
Symposium program
1:10 PM – Identifying Disease-Relevant Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Allison D. Ebert, PhD
1:40 PM – A Lymphocyte-Microglia-Astrocyte Axis in Chronic Active Multiple Sclerosis Martina Absinta, PhD
2:10 PM – EEG Biomarkers of Fine-Scale Brain Connectivity Changes in Mental Disorders Etay Hay, PhD
2:40 PM – Immune Biomarkers in Bipolar Disorder and Their Genetic Basis Sarah Bergen, PhD
3:10 PM – Open panel Q&A session
Monday, December 13, 2021
1:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Meet the speakers
Allison D. Ebert, PhD Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Martina Absinta, PhD Junior Faculty Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Milan, Italy
Etay Hay, PhD Independent Scientist Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Assistant Professor Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry University of Toronto
Sarah Bergen, PhD Associate Professor Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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TS_Webinar_Symposium_Biomarkers on the Brain: From Sequencing to Functional Imaging December 13, 2021
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