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Harvard MindEx conference, this Saturday, 9/12 @ Sander’s Theatre

I’m helping with a conference this weekend (it’s free and at harvard saturday) with a pretty sweet speaker lineup, and has lots of topics on mental health, which i thought some of you might be interested in.

Please join us for an event focused on the brain and mind research: the MindEx conference, on Sept 12, at Sanders Theatre at Harvard. And join us on Sept 13 at Kendall Square for PG-Palooza – a hands-on, brains-on labs day!

Full agenda here: http://mindfirstfoundation.org/mindex2015/agenda/

The event is free, and more details are included below.

the keynotes are

9:25 am Dr. Martine Rothblatt
What I Learned from Being Labeled Mentally Ill and My Views on Some Challenges Facing Cyberconscious Minds

2:00 pm Dr. George Church,
The Current State of Personal Genomics

Other speakers include Ed Boyden, Co-Director of MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering; and, Dr. Jordan Smoller, Professor of Psychiatry at HMS, whose research focuses on identifying genetic determinants of childhood and adult psychiatric disorders.