Paul Janssen Lecture
13th Paul Janssen Lecture
“Why can’t psychiatric genetics be more like neurology?”
This year's Paul Janssen Lecture took place in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Institute of Psychiatry on Wednesday 7th November 2012.
The event focused on psychiatric genetics and neurology, with Professor Tony David acting as chair and Vote of thanks provided by Professor Sir Robin Murray.
The outstanding speaker was Professor John Hardy, Head of Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology UCL, who spoke about genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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9th Paul Janssen Lecture | Genes, the brain and schizophrenia
"What can genes tell us about the brain and schizophrenia"
This year's Paul Janssen lecture is looking at the involvement of genes on schizophrenia and the brain. This lecture will look at the work to characterize the neural effects of risk genes for schizophrenia, in order to find out more about the illness and identify new treatment targets.
Speakers
Professor Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg.
Dr. Meyer-Lindenberg studied medicine at Bonn (Germany) and Cornell University and did residencies in psychiatry and psychotherapy in Giessen (Germany) and in neurology in Bonn. He received his M.D. in 1991 and his Ph.D. (Habilitation) in 1999. He is board certified in psychiatry, psychotherapy and neurology. He also holds a Master's degree in pure and applied mathematics from the University of Hagen (Germany).
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