Selected summaries from the XVII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, San Diego, California, USA, 4-8 November 2009.
The XVII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, sponsored by The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG) took place in San Diego, California from 4 to 8 November 2009. Approximately 550 participants gathered to discuss the latest molecular genetic findings relevant to serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, mood disorders, substance abuse, autism, and attention deficit disorder. Recent advances in the field were discussed, including the genome-wide association studies results, copy number variation (CNV) in the genome, genomic imaging, and large multicenter collaborations. The following report, written by junior travel awardees who were assigned sessions as rapporteurs represents some of the areas covered in oral presentation during the conference, and reports on some of the notable major new findings described at this 2009 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics.
Amstadter
Ananda B
AB
Balachandar
Vellingiri
V
Bergen
Sarah E
SE
Ceulemans
Shana
S
Christensen
Jane H
JH
Cole
James
J
Dagdan
Elif
E
De Luca
Vincenzo
V
Ducci
Francesca
F
Tee
Shiau Foon
SF
Hartz
Sarah
S
Keers
Robert
R
Medland
Sarah
S
Melas
Philippe A
PA
Mühleisen
Thomas W
TW
Ozomaro
Uzoezi
U
Pidsley
Ruth
R
Scott
Adrian P
AP
Sha
Li
L
Talati
Ardesheer
A
Teltsh
Omri
O
Videtic
Alja
A
Wang
Kai
K
Wong
Chloe C Y
CC
Delisi
Lynn E
LE
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