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Workshop Reports

  • Hereditary Disease Foundation Milton Wexler Interdisciplinary Workshop, December 2-3, 2011, "Designing Phase I/IIA Clinical Trials for Huntington's Disease." New York, NY. Prepared by Jill R. Crittenden, Ph.D.
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  • Hereditary Disease Foundation Milton Wexler Interdisciplinary Workshop, January 8-9, 2011,  "Curing Huntington's Disease – Approaches and Plans" Santa Monica, California. Prepared by Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
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  • Hereditary Disease Foundation Milton Wexler Interdisciplinary Workshop, January 24-25, 2009 “Pipeline, Pathogenesis and Progress Toward a Cure for Huntington's Disease” Santa Monica, CA. Prepared by Miriam Hickey, Ph.D.
    View entire report (.PDF)
  • Hereditary Disease Foundation Symposium, August 8-10, 2008
    HD 2008: “The Milton Wexler Celebration of Life” Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    Prepared by Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
    View entire report (.PDF)

  • 2008 HDF Workshops—Brief Summaries
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  • HDF-Lou Ruvo Brain Institute Common Threads Workshop II - Calcium in
    Neurodegeneration, February, 5-6, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada. Prepared by Tom
    Fagan.
    View entire report (.PDF)

  • Gene Delivery and New Developments Workshop, January 27, 2008, Santa Monica,
    California. Prepared by Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
    View entire report (.PDF)

  • Sirtuins as Targets for HD Treatment, January 27-28, 2007, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Prepared by Lianna R. Orlando, Ph.D.
    View entire report (.PDF)

  • Pipelines and Pathogenesis: New Horizons, January 20-21, 2007, Santa Monica, CA.  Prepared by Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
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  • Hereditary Disease Foundation Symposium, August 10-14, 2006 HD 2006: Changes, Advances and Good News (CAG)n, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prepared by HDF's science writer, Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
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  • Symposium Summary Report, August 10-14, 2006.  Prepared by Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
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  • Keep Memory Alive Foundation and the Hereditary Disease Foundation "Common Threads" Workshop, April 8-9, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada. Prepared by Lisa Bain.
    View entire report (.PDF)

  • The HD Therapeutic Pipeline, Santa Monica, CA, January 7-8, 2006.  Prepared by Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
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  • Autophagy in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Huntington’s Disease, New York, New York, October 1-2, 2005.  Prepared by Marina Chicurel, Ph.D.
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  • Innovation and Standardization: Accelerating the Search for Huntington's Disease Therapies, workshop sponsored by the Albert Parvin Foundation, in Santa Monica, CA, January 29-30, 2005.  Written by Marina Chicurel. 
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  • Marina Chicurel and the Hereditary Disease Foundation present the quintessential meeting report of HD 2004: Changes, Advances and Good News (CAG)n, sponsored by the Hereditary Disease Foundation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 12-15,2004.  Many thanks to participants for your phenomenal work! And many thanks, Marina, for a superb, elegant work of prose!
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  • Lay summary for "HD2004: Changes, Advances, and Good News (CAG)n” meeting, August 12-15, 2004, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA.  In August 2004, the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF) gathered over 300 scientists—most supported by the HDF—to share their latest findings on Huntington’s disease (HD)...
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  • September 20-21, 2003 "The Electrophysiological Phenotype of HD: Impact of the NMDA Receptor." Los Angeles, California
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  • January 11-12, 2003 "Huntington’s Disease: From Molecule to Miracle in the Search for a Cure." Los Angeles, California
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  • December 21-22, 2002 "Transcriptional Dysregulation in Huntington’s Disease." Berkeley, California
    *Not available at this time

  • December 7-8, 2002 "RNA Modalities of HD Therapy." Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  • October 14, 2002 "Genetic Modifiers of Disease." Baltimore, Maryland
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  • August 8-11, 2002 "HD: 2002 Biannual Huntington’s Disease Meeting." Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  • July 20ø21, 2002 "Behavioral Assessment of Mouse Models of Huntington’s Disease." Cardiff, Wales
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  • May 11-12, 2002 "Structural Studies of Huntington's ( In Memory of Max Perutz )." Los Angeles, California
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  • February 3-4, 2002 "Biomarkers for Huntington's Disease: the Impact of New Technologies." New York, New York
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  • December 4-5, 2001 "The Role of Proteolysis in the Pathogenesis of Huntington's Disease." Novato, California
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  • October 12, 2001 "Somatic Mosaicism in Huntington's Disease." San Diego, California
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  • August 8, 2001 "Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors - A Possible Treatment for HD." New York, New York
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  • June 17-18, 2001 "Biomarkers for Huntington's Disease." Playa del Rey, California
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  • February 10-11, 2001 "Workshop on Drug Discovery for Huntington's Disease." Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    View abstract     View entire report as PDF     View entire screen assays in development table as PDF

  • January 26-27, 2001 "Microarrays, Models, and Mechanisms, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center." Seattle, Washington
    View abstract     View entire report as PDF

  • January 6-7, 2001 "Fast Tracks to Lead Compounds, UCLA Brain Research Institute. Gonda (Goldschmeid) Neuroscience Research Center." Los Angeles, California
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  • December 10-11, 2000 "Huntington Structure and Function: An Enigma." Los Angeles, California
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  • October 3, 2000 "Tripping Up Triplets - Prevention, Intervention, Basic Understanding." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • August 18-20, 2000 "Huntington's Disease 2000 - Change, Advances, and Good News (CAG)n." Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  • June 26-27, 2000 "P53 & Huntington's Disease - a relationship?"  New York, New York
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  • January 30-31, 2000 "Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation Workshop Report.  Sponsored by the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation."  Los Angeles, California
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  • January 13, 2000 "Metabolic Discussion on Huntington's Disease",. New York, New York. Co-sponsored by the Terence Cardinal Cook Health Care Center James White Huntington's Disease Unit
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  • January 8-9, 2000 "Fast Paths to a Cure." Santa Monica, California
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  • October 19, 1999 "HD Genetics Update." San Francisco, California
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  • September 26-27, 1999 "Phenotype Assessment in Mouse Models of Huntington's Disease." Playa del Rey, California
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  • August 13-15, 1999 "HD Symposium." Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  • July 18-19, 1999 "Neural Progenitor Cells and Novel Regenerative Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases." New York City, New York
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  • June 27-28, 1999 "Huntingtinton's Action: Up and Down the Axon"
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  • May 2-5, 1999 "Pushing for Answers: Strategies for Inactivation of Mutant Genes." Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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  • March 28, 1999 "New Therapies: Screening in Animal Models." New York, New York
    View abstract     View entire report as PDF    plus    View HD Mutation Mice Table as PDF

  • January 9-10, 1999 "Planning for the Millennium: Setting the Research Agenda for the Countdown Year." Santa Monica, California
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  • August 9-10, 1998 "Huntington's Disease: New Progress." Cape Cod, Massachusetts (Symposium)
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  • July 19-20, 1998 "Disposing of Cellular Garbage: Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases." Playa del Rey, California
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  • June 28-29, 1998 "How Do Polyglutamine Proteins Enter and Leave the Nucleus?" New York, New York
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  • January 10-11, 1998 "Huntington's Disease: New Progress and New Directions." Santa Monica, California
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  • December 13-14, 1997 "Nuclear Inclusions and the Pathogenesis of Polyglutamine Diseases." Playa del Rey, California
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  • November 7-8, 1997 "What's Killing Neurons in Huntington's Disease?" Playa del Rey, California
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  • May 31 and June 1, 1997 "Delivering Therapeutic Molecules to the Brain." Los Angeles, California
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  • February 16, 1997 "Transplantation Planning Meeting." Coronado, California
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  • January 11-12, 1997 "Genetic Models of Treatment and Cure for Huntington's Disease." Santa Monica, California
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  • October 29, 1996 "Advances in Huntington's Disease Genetics, San Francisco." California
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  • June 19-20, 1996 "Protein-Protein Interactions in Neurodegenerative Disease." Los Angeles, California
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  • May 5-8, 1996 "Triplet Repeats and Polyglutamine Tracts." Cold Spring Harbor, New York

  • January 13-14, 1996 "Huntington's Disease: New Approaches to Finding a Cure." Santa Monica, California

  • October 24, 1996 "The Long and Short of Huntington's Disease." Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • May 19-20, 1995 "Huntington's Disease and Dystonia: Fresh Approaches to Old Problems." Atlanta, Georgia

  • October 18, 1994 "New Discoveries in Huntington's Disease." Montreal, Canada

  • June 11-12, 1994 "The Neurobiology of Triplet Repeat Diseases." Santa Monica, California

  • May 21-22, 1994 "How Can Molecular Knowledge of the Huntington Gene Help Produce an Animal Model for Huntington's Diseases?"  Islamorada, Florida

  • January 8-9, 1994 "Gene Therapy for Huntington's Disease." Santa Monica, California

  • September 18-19, 1993 "Expanding Repeats: Whimper or Big Bang?"  Dallas, Texas

  • June 19-20, 1993 "Huntington's Disease and Energy: Possible New Treatments." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • January 9-10, 1993 "Somatic Cell Replacement as a Possible Therapeutic Route for Huntington's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders." Santa Monica, California

  • June 27-28, 1992 "How do the Basal Ganglia Work and What Goes Wrong in Huntington's Disease?"  Santa Monica, California

  • February 1-2, 1992 "Transplantation as a Tool for Understanding the Neurobiology of Huntington's Disease." Santa Monica, California

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