The 2025 Dystonia Think Tank meeting will take place in Gainesville, FL on May 9th, 2025
May 9th
8:30 am – 10:30am
Session 1: Basic Science Developments and Their Potential Translation into Therapeutics for Dystonia
Session Moderator: Mark Moehle
Session Speaker
Baojin Ding – LSU (Louisiana)
Topic: Modeling DYT1 Dystonia In Patient-Specific Neurons
Session Speaker
Bradley Wilkes – UF (Florida)
Topic: DYT1 Mouse Model & Associated Findings
Session Speaker
Roy Sillitoe – Baylor (Texas)
Topic: Learning About Dystonia Pathophysiology by Genetically Dissecting Cerebellar Function
11am-1pm
Session 2: Lessons from mouse models of dystonia and connection with clinical science
Session Moderator: Yuqing Li
Session Speaker
Dr. Samuel Pappas–UT Southwestern (Texas)
Topic: Circuit to Cellular Modeling of TorsinA Function & Dysfunction
Session Speaker
Mark Moehle-UF (Florida)
Topic: Striatal & Cerebellar Origins of GNAL Linked Dystonia
Session Speaker
Noreen Bukhari-Parlakturk – Duke (North Carolina)
Topic: Mechanistic Insights From rTMS In Writer’s Cramp Dystonia
Lunch 1:00pm – 2:00pm
2:00pm-4:00pm
Session 3: Clinical Science Developments in Dystonia
Session Moderator: Adolfo Ramirez
Kristina Simonyan – Harvard (Massachusetts)
Topic: DystoniaDBSNet: A Novel Deep Learning Biomarker of Predictive Treatment Outcomes In Dystonia
Aparna Wagle Shukla – UF (Florida)
Topic: Structuring Neurorehabilitation In Dystonia Care: Key Questions of Who Benefits, When to Start, & How to Intervene
Roxanne Lofredi – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany)
Topic: DBS In Dystonia (clinical) Neurophysiological Network-Signature of Symptom Severity & Therapy Response In Dystonia
End of Think Tank XVII
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