Mark Daly, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Senior Associate Member of the Broad Institute, presented continued genetics analysis of the 25 genes in the 16p11.2 region. Three investigators from Children's Hospital Boston presented their research on the human phenotypes associated with a deletion or duplication at 16p11.2. David Miller, MD, PhD, Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Division of Genetics and Assistant Director, DNA Diagnostics Laboratory, Children's Hospital Boston Ellen Hanson, PhD, Instructor, Department of Psychology, Harvard Medical School and Developmental Medical Center, Children's Hospital Boston Magdi Sobeih, MD, PhD, Instructor, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital BostonThree researchers presented work on understanding the role the 25 genes in the 16p11.2 region play in the mechanisms of neuronal development and brain formation in model organisms. Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, Director, Multi-Disciplinary Tuberous Sclerosis Program and Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston Froylan Calderon de Anda, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tsai Laboratory, MIT Damon Page, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sur Laboratory, MIT

Hazel Sive, PhD, Member, Whitehead Institute and Professor, Department of Biology, MIT, presented her work using the zebrafish as a tool to define the function of the genes contained in the 16p11.2 interval during early brain development.