Scientific Organizing Committee:
Chair: David A Pearce, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Co-Chair: Anu Jalanko, Director of Department National Public Health Institute, Department Molecular Medicine, Biomedicum Helsinki
Michael Bennett, Professor of Pathology, Chidrens Hospital Philadelphia, PA
Rose Mary Boustany, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Duke Univesity Medical Center, Durham, NC
Jon Cooper, Senior lecturer, King’s College, London, UK
Glyn Dawson, Professor of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Chicago, IL
Jane Emanuel, MD, Parent of Batten child
Sandra Hofmann, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
Mark Sands, Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
David Sleat, Associate Professor, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
JaanaTyynela, Institute of Biomedicine Biochemistry and Neuroscience Research Program, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
Local Organizing Committee:
David A Pearce, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Jonathan Mink, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Jennifer Kwon, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Heather Adams, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Denia Ramirez, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Attila Kovacs, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY