Re: Last Call: MN Integrating Autism Research Conference

[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.

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