Neurogeneticists
Neurogeneticists work in the field of hereditary diseases with neurological components. Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses also belong to this group of diseases.
From 13 - 15 October 2006, the 12th Meeting of the German Society for Neurogenetics took place in Rostock. Offered for the first time was also an NCL Satellite Symposium which had been initiated by the NCL Foundation.
The NCL Foundation proposed three speakers for this symposium, who all gave presentations. The speakers were:
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Jon Cooper (London, UK): New insights into the neurobiology of Batten disease
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Robert Steinfeld (Gottingen, Germany): Cathepsin D deficiency causes a novel neurodegenerative disease of childhood
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Anna-Elina Lehesjoki (Helsinki, Finland): In the hunt for the "true" CLN7 gene
