Second Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS - 2018

The Second Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS - 2018 at Stanford University was sponsored by the Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) on Saturday, September 29, 2018. 

Speakers

• Linda Tannenbaum, CEO, OMF - Welcome

• Janet Dafoe, PhD, Patient Liason - Greetings
• Ashley Haugen, Event Organizer - Symposium Logistics

• Ronald W. Davis, PhD, Stanford University - Opening Remarks
• Raeka Aiyar, PhD, Symposium Moderator - Stem Cells and the Future of Medicine

• Øystein Fluge, MD, PhD - Keynote Address: Clinical Trials and Metabolic Features of ME/CFS
• Wenzhong Xiao, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School - Results from the Severely Ill Patient Study (SIPS)

• Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD, Uppsala University - The Neuroimmune Route in ME/CFS
• Alain Moreau, PhD, University of Montreal - Deciphering MicroRNAs code in ME/CFS Pathogenesis

• Maureen Hanson, PhD, Cornell University - Metabolism and ME/CFS
• Question & Answer Panel - Øystein Fluge, Wenzhong Xiao, Jonas Bergquist, Alain Moreau, Maureen Hanson - Discussion 1
• Ron Tompkins, MD, ScD - ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Harvard
• Michael Sikora, PhD candidate in the Genetics department at Stanford University - Sequencing Clonally Expanded T Cells in ME/CFS
• Jarred Younger, PhD, How Brain Inflammation Causes ME/CFS

Question and answer panel

Two question and answer panels were presented.

• The first panel was comprised of Drs Øystein Fluge, Wenzhong Xiao, Jonas Bergquist, Alain Moreau, and Maureen Hanson

Question and answer panel - Discussion 1

• The second panel was comprised of

Question and answer panel - Discussion 2

Events handsouts

• Symposium Handouts

See also

• Third Annual Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS - 2019