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Daily Schedule<br />

Thursday<br />

54<br />

Thursday, June 09, 2011<br />

5103 Blue Ribbon Highlights<br />

11:00 – 12:00<br />

Location: South Building, Level 800, Hall FG<br />

Chairs: David Burn<br />

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom<br />

Susan H. Fox<br />

Toronto, ON, Canada<br />

This session will provide a critical review of the best poster<br />

presentations by a panel of experts, highlighting the relevance,<br />

novelty, and quality of both clinical and basic research presented by<br />

the delegates.<br />

Etienne Hirsch<br />

Paris, France<br />

Marcelo Merello<br />

Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be<br />

better able to:<br />

1. Understand the key new scientific findings from the<br />

poster presentations at the 2011 MDS International<br />

Congress<br />

2. List the target areas of research focus for 2011-2012<br />

3. Identify future primary areas of research in movement<br />

disorders<br />

Recommended Audience: Basic Scientists; Clinical<br />

Academicians; Practitioners; Non-Physician Health Professionals;<br />

Students/Residents/Trainees<br />

Corporate Therapeutic Symposia<br />

12:00 – 12:40<br />

Please see pages 62 -63 for more information<br />

Lunch will be provided for session attendees.<br />

Poster Session<br />

Poster Session 4<br />

Location: South Building, Level 800, Hall E<br />

Abstracts: 908 - 1155<br />

Poster Viewing: 9:00 – 18:00<br />

Author Presentation: 13:30 – 15:00<br />

Guided Poster Tours<br />

13:30 – 15:00<br />

Location: South Building, Level 800, Room 808<br />

Guided Poster Tour 13 – Parkinson’s disease:<br />

Clinical trials<br />

Guided Poster Tour 14 – Huntington’s disease<br />

Guided Poster Tour 15 – Surgical therapy:<br />

Parkinson’s disease<br />

Guided Poster Tour 16 – Parkinson’s disease: Cognition<br />

For complete listing of abstracts in each tour, please see<br />

pages 76 -83.<br />

TICKET<br />

5205 Parallel Session<br />

Fragile X Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome<br />

[FXTAS]<br />

15:00 – 17:00<br />

Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 717AB<br />

Chairs: Deborah Hall<br />

Chicago, IL, USA<br />

David Riley<br />

South Euclid, OH, USA<br />

15:00 Clinical features: Archetypes, formes frustes, and<br />

“gray zone” carriers, treatment strategies, and ongoing<br />

research perspectives<br />

Deborah Hall<br />

Chicago, IL, USA<br />

15:40 Molecular basis of FXTAS and other Fragile X<br />

associated disorders<br />

Paul Hagerman<br />

Davis, CA, USA<br />

16:20 Epidemiology, other Fragile X associated disorders,<br />

diagnostic testing, and genetic counseling<br />

Sébastien Jacquemont<br />

Lausanne, Switzerland<br />

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be<br />

better able to:<br />

1. Understand the molecular biological basis of FXTAS<br />

and the relationship between FXTAS and other Fragile<br />

X associated disorders<br />

2. List the core clinical features of FXTAS, neurological<br />

findings that differ between genders, and the clinical<br />

features of “gray zone” gene carriers<br />

3. Identify patients most suitable for FXTAS genetic<br />

testing and genetic counseling<br />

Recommended Audience: Basic Scientists; Clinical<br />

Academicians; Practitioners; Non-Physician Health<br />

Professionals; Students/Residents/Trainees<br />

TICKET<br />

5206 Parallel Session<br />

Genetic testing in Movement Disorders:<br />

Approaches and controversies<br />

15:00 – 17:00<br />

Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 714AB<br />

Chairs: Oksana Suchowersky<br />

Calgary, AB, Canada<br />

Vincenzo Bonifati<br />

Rotterdam, Netherlands<br />

15:00 Approaches to genetic testing in movement disorders<br />

Andrea Nemeth<br />

Oxford, United Kingdom<br />

15:40 Controversies in genetic testing in movement disorders<br />

Vincenzo Bonifati<br />

Rotterdam, Netherlands

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