Last Call: MN Integrating Autism Research Conference

[Guest guest]

Last Call to sign up for the MN " Integrating Autism Research Conference "

taking place in Bloomington MN October 20-21.

The room block at the hotel is now off, but rooms are still available so

you can still get a room (at the same rate)!

Please check out the website for information:

http://www.geocities.com/jontyfoundation/

Note that schedule on Sunday has been changed slightly from original schedule

to allow people plenty of time to get to the airport under the new

restrictions. We are providing FREE LUNCH on Sunday to allow us to move

through the schedule more easily. Party is still on for Saturday with Free

hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.

Hope to see you in 2 weeks.

Maura

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The Jonty Foundation is proud to present:

Integrating Autism Research

Bringing together Neuro-Endocrine-Immune, GI, and

Metabolic perspectives on Autism Etiologies and Treatments

October 20 and 21, 2001

Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport Hotel

Please check our conference website for latest information:

http://www.geocities.com/jontyfoundation/

Zimmerman, M.D.

Dr. Zimmerman is a Pediatric Neurologist at Kennedy Krieger Institute. His

past research has included measuring quin/biopterin/neopterin levels in

cerebral spinal fluid of autistic children. Currently he is looking at fever

behavior in autism. Dr. Zimmerman has researched and written extensively on

autism in relation to the immune system. Dr. Zimmerman will discuss how the

immune system affects the brain.

Harumi Jyonouchi, M.D.

Dr. Jyonouchi is in the Allergy/Immunology section of the Pediatric

Department at the University of Minnesota. Her recent research has focused on

characterizing innate and adaptive immune responses in children with ASD

(cytokines), as well as the role that environmental factors, including

dietary proteins, play in ASD.

J. Dunn, Ph.D.

Dr. Dunn is Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology and

Therapeutics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. His major

research interests include: *The neurochemistry and endocrinology of stress,

especially the roles of norepinephrine and corticotropin-releasing factor

(CRF) and *Interactions between the nervous system and immune systems,

especially the role of cytokines as transmitters of information from the

immune system to the brain.

Sydney M. Finegold, M.D.

Dr. Finegold is Professor of Medicine and Staff Physician, Infectious

Diseases Section, at the VA Medical Center in West Los Angeles and Professor

Emeritus at UCLA School of Medicine in the Microbiology, Immunology, and

Molecular Genetics Department. His research interests are anaerobic bacteria

and their role in infection, and human intestinal flora and its role in

disease. He and his colleagues have been exploring a possible connection

between bowel flora and autism for the past 4 years.

Andre J. Ouellette, Ph.D.

Dr. Ouellette is Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Microbiology

and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Irvine. His research

focuses on the biology of the Paneth cell and its role in innate immunity in

the intestinal epithelium. He is currently testing the hypothesis that the

secretion of Paneth cell alpha-defensins, termed cryptdins, influences the

microenvironment of the small intestinal crypt by characterizing the details

of cryptdin synthesis and Paneth cell responses to bacteria and inflammation.

Xue Ming, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Ming is Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Pediatrics at University

of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Ming also has a Ph.D. in

pharmatoxicology. She has a special interest in studying autistic sleep

disorders and dysautonomia, and has done research in MS and encephalitis.

Pankaj Mehta, Ph.D.

Dr. Mehta is the head of the Immunology Department at NYS Institute for Basic

Research in Developmental Disabilities. In the past, he has had a special

interest in Alzheimer's and Down Syndrome. Currently, his focus is the

development of biomarkers to aid in the early diagnosis of Autism and to

follow the disease activity.

Theodore Page, Ph.D.

Dr. Page is in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of

California, San Diego. His research focuses on the metabolic aspects of

neurological disorders, including ASDs. He has identified the enzyme defect

in several autistic syndromes and devised metabolic therapies for these

disorders. He is currently studying metabolic therapy for the treatment of

hyperuricosuric autism and adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency, exploring

improved diagnostic methods for these disorders, and organizing a study of

the frequency of autistic syndromes caused by metabolic disorders.

For more information, including registration and schedule, please visit our

website at: http://www.geocities.com/jontyfoundation/

Email MNAutismConf@... for information.

[Guest guest]

Hi Holly,

I'm going to the MN Conference and can't wait to hear the

speakers. Listmates out there-- this is real, reputable science and

these researchers are well worth your time and attention. Don't spin

your wheels, and see you in MN. Judy in Seattle.

> Last Call to sign up for the MN " Integrating Autism Research

Conference "

> taking place in Bloomington MN October 20-21.

>

> The room block at the hotel is now off, but rooms are still

available so

> you can still get a room (at the same rate)!

>

> Please check out the website for information:

> http://www.geocities.com/jontyfoundation/

>

> Note that schedule on Sunday has been changed slightly from original

schedule

> to allow people plenty of time to get to the airport under the new

> restrictions. We are providing FREE LUNCH on Sunday to allow us to

move

> through the schedule more easily. Party is still on for Saturday

with Free

> hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.

>

> Hope to see you in 2 weeks.

>

> Maura

>

> **********

> The Jonty Foundation is proud to present:

>

> Integrating Autism Research

> Bringing together Neuro-Endocrine-Immune, GI, and

> Metabolic perspectives on Autism Etiologies and Treatments

>

> October 20 and 21, 2001

> Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport Hotel

>

> Please check our conference website for latest information:

> http://www.geocities.com/jontyfoundation/

>

> Zimmerman, M.D.

> Dr. Zimmerman is a Pediatric Neurologist at Kennedy Krieger

Institute. His

> past research has included measuring quin/biopterin/neopterin levels

in

> cerebral spinal fluid of autistic children. Currently he is looking

at fever

> behavior in autism. Dr. Zimmerman has researched and written

extensively on

> autism in relation to the immune system. Dr. Zimmerman will discuss

how the

> immune system affects the brain.

>

> Harumi Jyonouchi, M.D.

> Dr. Jyonouchi is in the Allergy/Immunology section of the Pediatric

> Department at the University of Minnesota. Her recent research has

focused on

> characterizing innate and adaptive immune responses in children with

ASD

> (cytokines), as well as the role that environmental factors,

including

> dietary proteins, play in ASD.

>

> J. Dunn, Ph.D.

> Dr. Dunn is Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology and

> Therapeutics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

His major

> research interests include: *The neurochemistry and endocrinology of

stress,

> especially the roles of norepinephrine and corticotropin-releasing

factor

> (CRF) and *Interactions between the nervous system and immune

systems,

> especially the role of cytokines as transmitters of information from

the

> immune system to the brain.

>

> Sydney M. Finegold, M.D.

> Dr. Finegold is Professor of Medicine and Staff Physician,

Infectious

> Diseases Section, at the VA Medical Center in West Los Angeles and

Professor

> Emeritus at UCLA School of Medicine in the Microbiology, Immunology,

and

> Molecular Genetics Department. His research interests are anaerobic

bacteria

> and their role in infection, and human intestinal flora and its role

in

> disease. He and his colleagues have been exploring a possible

connection

> between bowel flora and autism for the past 4 years.

>

> Andre J. Ouellette, Ph.D.

> Dr. Ouellette is Professor in the Departments of Pathology and

Microbiology

> and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Irvine. His

research

> focuses on the biology of the Paneth cell and its role in innate

immunity in

> the intestinal epithelium. He is currently testing the hypothesis

that the

> secretion of Paneth cell alpha-defensins, termed cryptdins,

influences the

> microenvironment of the small intestinal crypt by characterizing the

details

> of cryptdin synthesis and Paneth cell responses to bacteria and

inflammation.

>

> Xue Ming, M.D., Ph.D.

> Dr. Ming is Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Pediatrics at

University

> of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Ming also has a Ph.D.

in

> pharmatoxicology. She has a special interest in studying autistic

sleep

> disorders and dysautonomia, and has done research in MS and

encephalitis.

>

> Pankaj Mehta, Ph.D.

> Dr. Mehta is the head of the Immunology Department at NYS Institute

for Basic

> Research in Developmental Disabilities. In the past, he has had a

special

> interest in Alzheimer's and Down Syndrome. Currently, his focus is

the

> development of biomarkers to aid in the early diagnosis of Autism

and to

> follow the disease activity.

>

> Theodore Page, Ph.D.

> Dr. Page is in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of

> California, San Diego. His research focuses on the metabolic aspects

of

> neurological disorders, including ASDs. He has identified the enzyme

defect

> in several autistic syndromes and devised metabolic therapies for

these

> disorders. He is currently studying metabolic therapy for the

treatment of

> hyperuricosuric autism and adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency,

exploring

> improved diagnostic methods for these disorders, and organizing a

study of

> the frequency of autistic syndromes caused by metabolic disorders.

>

> For more information, including registration and schedule, please

visit our website at: http://www.geocities.com/jontyfoundation/

>

> Email MNAutismConf@a... for information.

>

>

>