BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//69.89.31.83//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:California Classroom Science X-WR-CALDESC:To promote and support all aspects of effective science teachi ng X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20121104T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20120311T110000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://www.classroomscience.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=4214& ;instance_id= DTSTAMP:20130519T200559Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:

Learn how Dr. Dolmetsch and his collaborators are using stem cells to recreate the brain of children with autism\, and how this will c hange the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric diseases in the future.\n

Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch is a faculty member in the Department of Neur obiology at Stanford University where he directs a laboratory that studies the underlying cellular and molecular basis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). He is a graduate of Brown University\, received his graduate degre e from Stanford and did his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical Schoo l. His group has pioneered the use of adult stem cells to study the develo pment of the brain and the mechanisms that lead to neurodevelopmental dise ase. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Society fo r Neuroscience Young Investigator Award in 2007 and the NIH Director’ \;s Pioneer Award in 2008. He is the author of more than 30 scholarly publ ications and is the parent of a child with ASD. Dr. Dolmetsch and his rese arch team are currently studying the underlying neurobiology of autism and other neuro-developmental disorders. They are particularly interested in understanding how electrical activity and calcium signals control the deve lopment of the brain and how this is altered in children with ASDs. They a re also developing new tools to study and repair the developing brain.

For more information\, email kvo neill@stanford.edu   http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu/news/Scien tifique.html

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