Schizophrenia Research Forum meeting reports
This year I’ve traveled near and far to cover the latest schizophrenia-related findings at three different meetings. This turned intoContinue Reading
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The interactive, the progressive, and the hippocampal
Here, SRF brings you an assortment of other conference news, including gene-environment interactions contributing to schizophrenia risk, evidence for progressiveContinue Reading
SIRS 2012 — Predicting psychosis with brain imaging
A cadre of brain imagers presented their efforts to detect the brain changes behind psychosis onset, with a focus onContinue Reading
SIRS 2012 — Immunology takes center stage
The immune system and its contribution to schizophrenia risk was featured in many talks, suggesting it has moved beyond itsContinue Reading
SIRS 2012 — The pile of schizophrenia genetics puzzle pieces grows
More than 1,600 researchers and clinicians gathered in a Florence from 14-18 April 2012 to discuss new schizophrenia research atContinue Reading
WCPG 2011 — Enter the endophenotype
The last day of the meeting featured endophenotypes — characteristics like impulsivity that lie between genes and full-blown disease —Continue Reading
WCPG 2011 — Deciphering dysbindin
A session devoted to dysbindin, a protein encoded by a gene linked to schizophrenia, showed more than a few biologistsContinue Reading
WCPG 2011 — Scanning sequences in schizophrenia
From the ups and downs of messenger RNA, to the base-by-base reads of DNA sequences, researchers are trying to extractContinue Reading
WCPG 2011 — The coming calamity in research funding
Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, delivered the expected news of a prolonged period of researchContinue Reading
WCPG 2011 — A capital day for CNVs in schizophrenia
The first day of the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, held in Washington, D.C., bolstered evidence that copy number variationsContinue Reading
World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics 2010
New genetic clues for schizophrenia were unveiled at WCPG 2010 in Athens, Greece, where researchers emphasized that the hunt forContinue Reading
Progress in autism research at IMFAR 2009
From demonstrations of innovative technologies to a special sleep symposium to a keynote address about crucial neural pathways that mayContinue Reading
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