Hello everyone,
We hereby proudly present you the final program for the upcoming 3rd GRIN European Conference on the 7th of November. All times are listed in UTC+1 time zone.
The conference will be recorded and shared.
Looking forward to see you there 🙂
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Join us for the third European GRIN Conference, this time online, on the 7th of November 2020.

The program for the conference day (all times are listed in CET):

  • 11: 00-11:15h Dr. Christian Brander, President of the GRIN2B EU Association- Opening and Welcome to the 3rd GRIN European Conference
  • 11:15-11:45h Dr. Xavier Altafaj, IDIBELL Institute – Review of NMDA receptor and how to go about getting diagnosed
  • 11: 45-12:15h Prof. Mireia Olivella, Vic University – GRIN Database: a new database containing genetic, clinical, structural and function information on GRIN variants
  • 12:15-12:20h Questions
  • 12:20-13.00h Dr. A. García-Cazorla, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu – Function of the NMDA receptor association with the child’s symptoms and possible treatments
  • 13:00-13:20h Dr. Natalia Julià, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu – Tolerability and efficacy of L-Serine in patients with Grin-Related Encephalopathy (Clinical trail review)
  • 13:20-13:25h Questions
  • 13: 25-14:30h Lunch break
  • 14:30-15:00h Dr. Kjartan F. Herrik- EEG and behavioral research data on pharmacological modulation of NMDA receptors, including GluN2B selective modulation
  • 15:00-15:30h Jenny-Li Örsell, MSce. Beyond the NMDA receptor- Rare disorder parent’s perspective
  • 15:30-15:35h Questions
  • 15:35-16:05h Dr. Z. Wen, Emory University- Brain Organiods: how they could help us understand and treat GRIN kids
  • 16:05-16:35h Dr. Amy Ramsey, University of Toronto- How mouse models are used to study GRIN
  • 16:35-16:40h Questions
  • 16:40-17:30h Roundtable discussion with the experts.

As a little teaser we were allowed to share a short video of Dr. Amy Ramsey, one of the researchers that we are proud to announce will do a presentation on our conference, giving an insight in her laboratories research in GRIN mice, explaining how consequences of NMDA receptor deficiency can be rescued in the adult brain: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=OZyMX5cInIc