Event Detail (Archived)

A Neural Tipping Point: MeCP2 and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

  • This event already took place in March 2014
  • Caspary Auditorium

Event Details

Type
Harvey Society
Speaker(s)
Huda Zoghbi, M.D., professor, Baylor College of Medicine; director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Open to
Public
Reception
Refreshments, 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Abby Lounge
Contact
Lydia Hernandez
Phone
(718) 430-8695
Sponsor
Lindsey Cole
(212) 327-8183
lcole@rockefeller.edu

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