title: The XVth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, October 7-11, 2007: Rapporteur summaries of oral presentations.
abstract: The World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG) has become an annual event since the early 1990's sponsored by the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG). Each year the latest published and unpublished findings are aired for discussion by representatives of the majority of research programs on this topic world-wide. The 2007 congress was held in New York City and attracted over 1000 researchers. The topics emphasized included results from whole genome association studies, the significance of copy number variation and the important contributions of epigenetic events to psychiatric disorders. There were over 20 oral sessions devoted to these and other topics of interest. Young investigator recipients of travel awards served as rapporteurs to summarize sessions and these summaries follow.
authors.affiliation: Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Dept. of Psychiatry, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. alkelai.ana@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alkelai
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Melanie
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authors.lastname: Carless
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crowley
authors.forename: Tania
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authors.lastname: Dasbanerjee
authors.forename: Emma
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authors.lastname: Dempster
authors.forename: Sophia
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authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: Elizabeth
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authors.lastname: Hare
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Galsworthy
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.forename: Dylan
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authors.lastname: Glubb
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mill
authors.forename: Srijan
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authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Marlon P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Quinones
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Vallender
authors.forename: Ranjana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Neetha N
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authors.lastname: Vijayan
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villafuerte
authors.forename: Aristotle N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Voineskos
authors.forename: Heather
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authors.lastname: Volk
authors.forename: Lan
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authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Petra
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authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Lynn E
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authors.lastname: Delisi
mesh_terms: D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics*