Seminars & Events

Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 13:00-14:00
The Neuroscience Program presents
The growing impact of nucleosome remodeling on autism and neurodevelopmental disorders
Speaker: David Picketts, PhD
Deputy Scientific Director, and
Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine Program
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Professor,
Departments of Medicine, BMI and CMM
University of Ottawa
Location: Hybrid In Person RGN Room 2003 and ZOOM
Please contact Nancy MacDonald at nmacdonald@toh.ca for the link
Hosted by Dr. Paul Albert

Learning Objectives

1. Highlight the scope of defective chromatin remodeling in ASD/NDDs.

2. Present different mouse models to gain an appreciation of the varied
mechanisms contributing to these disorders
3. To describe a unique role for ATRX in mediating cell fate identity and
connectivity

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