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DESCRIPTION:The Centre of Excellence in Epilepsy at The Neuro (Montreal Neu
 rological Institute-Hospital) is proud to announce the new Epilepsy Lectur
 e Series. The series will include eight lectures per year covering hot top
 ics in basic and clinical epilepsy research. Topics will be presented by d
 istinguished leaders and rising stars in the field\, with the goal of brid
 ging basic and clinical perspectives. We are most pleased to welcome Dr. S
 amuel Berkovic as the series’ first speaker.\n\nTo register: eventbrite\n
 \nLink to livestreaming: https://vimeo.com/662630742 (Q&A function is not 
 accessible here)\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Sam Berkovic\, AM\, MD\, FAA\, FRACP\, FR
 S\n	Laureate Professor\, Dept of Medicine\, University of Melbourne\n	Direct
 or\, Epilepsy Research Centre at Austin Health\, Australia\n\nTalk Abstrac
 t - Whilst epilepsy may be a consequence of an acquired insult including t
 rauma\, stroke\, and brain tumours\, the genetic component to epilepsies h
 as been greatly under-estimated. Considerable progress has recently occurr
 ed in the understanding of epilepsy genetics\, both at a clinical genetic 
 level and in the basic science of epilepsies. The clinical evidence for ge
 netic components will be first briefly discussed including data from popul
 ation studies\, twin analyses and multiplex family studies. Initial molecu
 lar discoveries occurred via classical methods of linkage and gene identif
 ication. Recent large-scale hypothesis-free whole exome studies searching 
 for rare variants and genome-wide association studies detecting common var
 iants have been very rewarding. These discoveries have now impacted on cli
 nical practice\, especially in severe childhood epilepsies but increasingl
 y so in adult patients. The “genetic background” of patients has long been
  posited as part of the reason that some patients have epilepsy\, or perha
 ps why some have more severe epilepsy. This has been unmeasurable but now\
 , with the development of polygenic risk scores\, the “background” is now 
 in the research foreground. The current and future impact of polygenic ris
 k scores will be explored.\n
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SUMMARY:NEURO Epilepsy Lecture Series: Epilepsy Genetics – From Family Stud
 ies to Polygenic Risk Scores
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