SHANK2 Conference Archives

The First Annual SHANK2 Day Conference
November 13, 2021

The First Annual SHANK2 Day Conference has concluded.

Session Speakers:

  • Reut Beizer-Stanitsky – ESDM Certified ABA Consultant, Blue Stars Therapy
  • Dr. Thomas Bourgeron – Professor of Human Genetics and Cognitive Function, Institut Pasteur, France
  • Dr. Guoping Feng – Associate Director, McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Benjamin Hutz – Associate Professor of Mathematics, Saint Louis University
  • Dr. Yong-Hui Jiang – Professor and Chief of Medical Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Omid Karkouti – Co-founder and COO of Rarebase

Recordings of the sessions are available upon request. See form at the bottom of the page.

The Second Annual SHANK2 Day Conference
December 4, 2022

The Second Annual SHANK2 Day Conference has concluded.

Session Speakers:

  • Dr. Thomas Bourgeron – Professor of Human Genetics and Cognitive Function, Institut Pasteur, France
  • Fraser McCready – Ellis Lab, University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario
  • Dr. Benjamin Hutz – Associate Professor of Mathematics, Saint Louis University. Co-founder of the SHANK2 Foundation
  • Polly Appel – Co-Founder SHANK2 Foundation
  • Dr. Lace Riggs – Feng Lab, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
  • Paola Negron-Moreno – Jiang Lab, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven
  • Geraldine Bliss – Co-Founder CureSHANK2

Recordings of the sessions are available upon request. See form at the bottom of the page.

The Third Annual SHANK2 Day Conference
December 10, 2023

The Third Annual SHANK2 Day Conference has concluded.

Session Speakers:

  • Dr. Miru Yun, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
  • Dr. Chunxue Liu, Children’s Hospital Fudan University, China
  • Preethi Anaih, SHANK2 Parent
  • Dr. Joseph Buxbaum, The Seaver Autism Center at Mount Sinai
  • Dr. Hank-Jan Boele, Erasmus University Medical Center and BlinkLab, Netherlands
  • Dr. Benjamin Hutz, SHANK2 Foundation, Co-Founder
  • Shelby Carney, Global Genes
  • Dr. Johanna Montgomery, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Recordings of the sessions are available upon request. See form at the bottom of the page.

The Fourth Annual SHANK2 Day Conference
November 10, 2024

The Fourth Annual SHANK2 Day Conference has concluded.

Session Speakers:

  •  Dr. Yong-Hui Jiang, Yale University Chief of Medical Genetics
  • Dr. Doyun Lee, IBS Center for Cognition & Sociality, Research Fellow
  • Dr. Simone Berkel, Heidelberg University Institute of Human Genetics
  • Dr. Joseph Buxbaum, The Seaver Autism Center at Mount Sinai
  • Karmen Trzupek, RARE-X, Senior Director of Scientific Programs
  • Dr. Benjamin Hutz, SHANK2 Foundation, Co-Founder
  • Dr. Alexandra Lanjewar, SHANK2 Foundation
  • Bente Danielsson, SHANK2 Parent
  • Peter & Sarah Schmidt, SHANK2 Parents

Recordings of the sessions are available upon request. See form at the bottom of the page.

Recordings of the SHANK2 Day Conference sessions are available upon request.

SHANK2 Research Summit Archives

The First Annual SHANK2 Research Summit
May 15, 2022

The First Annual SHANK2 Research Summit has concluded.

Session Speakers:

  • Dr. Eunjoon Kim – Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, IBS and Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST.
  • Dr. Thomas Bourgeron – Professor of Human Genetics and Cognitive Function, Institut Pasteur, France
  • Dr. Yong-Hui Jiang – Professor and Chief of Medical Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Guoping Feng – Associate Director, McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Second Annual SHANK2 Research Summit
May 7, 2023

The Second Annual SHANK2 Research Summit has concluded.

Session Speakers:

  • Dr. Aleksandra Badura, Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Neatherlands
  • Dr. Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp, Department of Human Genetics, University of Hamburg, Germany.