International Workshop
The Niemann-Pick C Lesion & The Role Of
Intracellular Lipid Sorting In Human Disease

October 14-17, 1999
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Organizing Committee
Dr. Peter G. Pentchev, NIH
Dr. Marc Patterson, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Stephen Sturley, Columbia University
Dr. William Paven, NIH

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Institutions and Scientists Contributing to
Research Presented at Niemann-Pick C Workshop

 (* denotes lead author of research presented at workshop)



Albert Einstein College of Medicine ~ Bronx, New York   


Konstatin Drobenis, Ph. D.

Marjorie Gondré *

P. A. March

D. A. Siegel

Stephen U. Walkley, DVM, M.Sc., Ph.D. *

Mark Zervas, Ph.D. *

Axys Pharmaceuticals ~ San Francisco, California

Dr. Carl Johnson *

Ben Gurion University of the Negev ~ Beer Sheva, Israel

Rivkah Carmi

Boston University School of Medicine ~ Boston, Massachusetts

Dailan Liu

Raphael A. Zoeller

Bristol-Myers Squibb ~ Princeton, New Jersey

Richard E. Gregg, M.D. *

Colorado State University ~ Fort Collins, Colorado

T. Beck

D. Brown

L. A. Lyons

E. A. McNeil

J. S. O'Brien

M. A. Royals *

P. Schultheiss
M. O. Smith

Kyra L. Somers, DVM *

Mary Anna Thrall, DVM, M.Sc. *

Columbia University - College of Physicians and Surgeons ~ New York, NY

Fred Alcantara

Naz Erdeniz

Sohail Khan

Malathi Krishnamurphy, Ph.D. *

Ying Liu

Stephen L. Sturley, Ph.D. *

Arthur H. Tinkelenberg, Ph.D. *

Dalhousie University - Atlantic Research Centre ~ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abbas Mohammadi

Neale D. Ridgway, Ph.D. *

Dartmouth Medical School ~ Hanover, New Hampshire

T. Y. Chang, Ph.D.

Jonathan Cruz *

William Fischer

Leslie P. Henderson, Ph.D. *

Robert A. Maue, Ph.D.

Anita Prasad

Shigeki Sugii *

European Molecular Biology Laboratory ~ Heidelberg, Germany

Kai L. Simons, M.D., Ph.D. *

Georgetown University Medical School ~ Washington, D.C.

Meryl E. Wastney, Ph.D. *

Hadassah University Hospital ~ Jerusalem, Israel

Gideon Bach

Ruth Bargal

Ziva Ben-Neriah

Alex Lossos

Vardiella Meiner, M.D.

Shoshi Shpitzen

Vivi Suri

Marsha Zeigler, Ph.D. *

Institute for Inherited Metabolic Diseases ~ Prague, Czech Republic

Milan Ellender, M.D., Ph.D. *

M. Hrebicek

H. Hulkova

J. Ledvinova

F. Smid

Jefferson Medical College ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

T. Rafi

David A. Wenger, Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ~ Baltimore, Maryland

Philip A. Beachy, Ph.D. *

Lyon-Sud School of Medicine ~ Oullins Cedex, France

C. Marçais

Gilles Millat, Ph.D. *

Marie T. Vanier, M.D., Ph.D. *

Massachusetts General Hospital ~ Boston, Massachusetts

Mason W. Freeman, M.D. *

Mayo Clinic and Foundation ~ Rochester, Minnesota

Michel Dominguez

Patrick Lundquist

David L. Marks, Ph.D.

Dr. John F. O'Brien

Richard E. Pagano

Walter Park

Marc C. Patterson, M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.P. *

Vishwajeet Puri, Ph.D. *

Karen Snow, Ph.D. *

Xiaofeng Sun, Ph.D.

Rikio Watanabe

Christine L. Wheatley

Medical College of Virginia ~ Richmond, Virginia

Charles C. Schwartz, M.D. *

Mount Sinai School of Medicine ~ New York, New York

Joanna P. Davies, Ph.D. *

Yiannis A. Ioannou, Ph.D. *

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences ~ Bangalore, India

R. Christopher

P. N. Jayakumar

Uday B. Muthane, M.D. *

S. K. Shankar

T. C. Yasha

National Institutes of Health ~ Bethesda, Maryland     

E. Joan Blanchette-Mackie, Ph.D. ~ NIDDKD *

Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director-NHGRI *

A. M. Cooney

Nancy K. Dwyer ~ NIDDKD

April C. Howard

C. R. Kaneski

Yujing Liu ~ NIDDKD *

Jill A. Morris, Ph.D. ~ NINDS

Katherine A. Mullin~ NIDDKD

Edward B. Neufeld, Ph.D. ~ NIDDKD *

Peter G. Pentchev, Ph.D. ~ NINDS

Dr. Richard L. Proia ~ NIDDK

National Public Health Institute ~ Helsinki, Finland

Titta Anttinen, M.Sc. *

Maarit Hölttä-Vuori, M.Sc. *

Elina Ikonen, M.D., Ph.D.

Sari Lusa

Vesa Olkkonen

National University of Singapore ~ Singapore

Wei Yi Ong

New England Biomedical Research Center ~ Newington, Connecticut

Shutist Patel, M.D. *

Sundar Suresh

Osaka University ~ Osaka, Japan

H. Niwa

Philips University of Marburg ~ Marburg, Germany

Dr. Andrej Hasilik

Brigitte Simons *

Pontifica Universidad Catolica ~ Santiago, Chile

Ludwig Amigo

Hegaly Mendoza

Francisco Morera

Flavio Nervi

Attilio Rigotti, M.D.

Silvana Zanlugo *

QEII Health Science Center ~ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

David M. Byers

Melanie J. Dobson

Gabrielle S. Girouard

Wenda L. Greer, Ph.D., FCCMG *

Paul E. Neumann

D. Christie Riddell

Rambam Hospital ~ Haifa, Israel

Hannah Mandel

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center ~ Chicago, Illinois

Yvonne Lange, Ph.D. *

Saccomanno Research Institute ~ Grand Junction, Colorado

Eugene D. Carstea, Ph.D.

S. D. Klas

D. G. Willis

Stanford University School of Medicine ~ Stanford, California

Janet Jin

Dennis C. Ko

Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D. *

Tottori University-Faculty of Medicine ~ Yonago, Japan

Katsumi Higaki, Ph.D. *

Eiji Nanba *

H. Ninomiya

Kousaku Ohno, M.D.*

Y. Sugimoto

M. Taniguchi

Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Ph.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine ~Boston, Massachusetts

Laura Liscum, Ph.D. *

Natalie J. Munn

Kari Wojtanik *

Tulane University School of Medicine ~ New Orleans, Louisiana

Hans C. Anderson, M.D. *

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School ~ Newark, New Jersey

Akira Honda

Gerald Salen

Sarah Shefer

Dr. G. S. Tint *

Universität Rostock - Klinik für Neurologie ~ Rostock, Germany

C. Bauer

Dr. Peter Bauer *

A. Hufen

N. Lindberg

A. Rolfs

Universität Tübingen - Institut für Hirnforschung ~ Tübingen , Germany

K. Harzer

University of Akita ~ Akita, Japan

Tamaki Abe

Goro Takada

Dr. Tsutomu Takahashi *

University of Alabama at Birmingham ~ Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Ron Johnson *

University of Alberta-Medical Research Center ~ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Robert B. Campenot

Elena Posse de Chaues

Dennis Vance

Jean E. Vance, M.D. *

University of Arizona Health Sciences Center ~ Tucson, Arizona

James Blanchard

Fernando Carmango

Robert P. Erickson, M.D. *

William S. Garver, Ph.D. *

Robert J. Gillies, M.D. *

Randall A. Heidenreich, M.D.

Jean M. Wilson, Ph.D.

University of Calgary ~ Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dr. Richard Hawkes

Justyna R. Sarna *

University of California ~ San Francisco, California

Lisa D. Griffin, M.D., Ph.D. *

S. H. Mellon

University of Cambridge ~ Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stacy Efstathiou

Robin H. Lachmann, Ph.D., MRCP *

Chris M. Preston

Cinzia Scarpini

University of Essen ~ Essen, Germany

Eberhard Passarge

Dörthe Schmidt *

University of Geneva ~ Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Jean Gruenberg

Feng Gu

Toshihide Kobayashi *

University of Montreal ~ St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Mira Dobias-Goff

Nicholas Gévry *

Dan Lacroix

Bruce D. Murphy, Ph.D. *

J. H. Song

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill~ Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Justin Brown

Kenneth Fowler

Jeffry F. Goodrum, Ph.D. *

A. Kubota

Kinuko Suzuki, M.D. *

Dr. Yun-Ping Wu *

University of Oxford - Glycobiology Institute ~ Oxford, United Kingdom

Ulrika Andersson

Dr. Terry D. Butters

Raymond A. Dwek

Mylvaganam Jeyakumar

Frances M. Platt, Ph.D. *

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charissa A. Dyer

Thomas W. Mitchell, DVM, Ph.D.

Jerome F. Strauss III, M.D., Ph.D. *

Dr. Hidemichi Watari *

Dr. John H. Wolfe *

University of Porto - IBMC ~ Porto, Portugal

O. Amaral

A. Marcão

Dr. Isaura Ribeiro *

Dr. M. Clara Sá Miranda

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ~ Dallas, Texas

Michael S. Brown

Russell A. DeBose-Boyd

John M. Dietschy, M.D. *

Joseph L. Goldstein

Axel Nohturfft, Ph.D. *

Sogrid Scheek

Stephen D. Turley

Chonglun Xie, M.D. *

University of Vermont ~ Burlington, Vermont

Hans Klünemann, M.D. *

W. W. Pendlebury

University of Washington ~ Seattle, Washington

John P. Incardona, M.D., Ph.D. *

Raj P. Kapur

Henk Roelink

University of Western Ontario ~ London, Ontario, Canada

D. G. Munoz

J. Woulfe

USDA Western Regional Research Center ~ Albany, California

William Gaffield

Wake Forest University School of Medicine ~ Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Melissa L. Hubbert

Dr. W. Gray (Jay) Jerome *

Jerry W. Reagan Jr., Ph.D. *

Patricia G. Yancy

Washington University School of Medicine ~ St. Louis, Missouri

Andrey Frolov

Dorit-Daphna Iken *

Daniel S. Ory, M.D.

Kalpana Srivastava





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