The Third Joint Symposium on Neuroacanthocytosis and Neurodegneration with Brain Iron Accumulation was held at the La Palma Hotel in Stresa, Italy from October 30 - November 1, 2014. The title of the symposium was "New Frontiers in Neuroacanthocytosis and Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation: From Benchside to Bedside."
The meeting was organized by Lucia de Franceschi (University of Verona), Sonia Levi (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, and the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan), and Valeria Tiranti (IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute Carlo Besta, Milan).
The meeting was generously supported by the International Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorder Society (MDS), in addition to: Advocacy for Neuroacanthocytosis Patients, AISNAF, AOUI-Verona, ApoPharma Inc., AISNAF, EMINA-2, European Science Foundation, Instituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, NBIA Alliance, Ospedale San Raffaele, the European COST action proteostasis, Retrophin, Sistema Sanitario Regio Lombardia, TIRCON, Universita degli Studi di Verona, Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele.
For more information on the symposium, please visit this link http://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/News/Online-Web-Edition/JanuaryFebruary-2014-Website-Edition/Course-Report-3rd-.htm for a course report contributed by Ruth H. Walker, MB, ChB, PhD to the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
