GISS 2023
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Welcome to the official website for the Giessen International Schizophrenia Symposium!
We were excited to invite you to participate in the 2023 Giessen International Schizophrenia Symposium (GISS) that was held in Giessen, Germany on 20-22 April 2023. This year highlights included the lectures from the Nobel laureate Tom Sudhof “Synapses in neuropsychiatric disorders: NRXN1 deletions and beyond”, from Iris Sommer (Professor of Psychiatry, Groningen, Netherlands): „Nutritional Psychiatry“, from Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (CEO and Chair, Central Institute of Mental Health, Germany): Mechanisms of Risk- and resilience in schizophrenia and from the EPA president Peter Falkai about „Aerobic Exercise in Schizophrenia: Understanding and Cure“ (LMU Munich, Germany).
GISS Lecture 2023
| Tom Südhof (Stanford, USA) | Synapses in neuropsychiatric disorders: NRXN1 deletions and beyond |  |
Robert Sommer Lecture 2023
| Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (ZI Mannheim, Germany) | Mechanisms of Risk- and resilience in schizophrenia |  |
Key Note Lectures 2023
| Iris Sommer (Groningen, Netherlands) | Nutritional Psychiatry |  |
| Peter Falkai (LMU Munich, Germany) | Aerobic Exercise in Schizophrenia: Understanding and Cure |  |
| Robin Murray (London, United Kingdom) | An aetiological approach to the treatment of psychosis |  |
| Daniel Weinberger (Baltimore, USA) | Genomic Insights about the Prenatal Origins of Behavioral Disorders |  |
| David Lewis (Pittsburgh, USA) | A Molecular and Neural Circuitry Substrate for Cognitive Dysfunction in SZ |  |
Opening Symposium 2023
| Dan Rujescu | |
| Stefan Borgwardt | |
| Silvana Galderisi |
Presidential Symposium 2023
| Christoph Correll | |
| Nikolaos Koutsouleris | |
| Tilo Kircher | |
| Branislava Curcic-Blake |
Saturday Morning Symposium 2023
| Ofer Pasternak | |
| Gregor Leicht | |
| Sebastian Walther | |
| Alkomiet Hasan |
Closing (Neuroimaging) Symposium 2023
| Todd Woodward | |
| Peter Uhlhaas | |
| Amanda Lyall | |
| Marek Kubicki |
Expert Classes 2023
| Gregor Leicht | EEG |
| Todd Woodward | Task-based fMRI |
| Alkomiet Hasan | Implementation of evidence-based schizophrenia care |
| Christoph Correll | State of the art of schizophrenia pharmacological treatment |
| Candelaria Mahlke | The role of peers in clinical practice |
| Ofer Pasternak Marek Kubicki Amanda Lyall | DTI in schizophrenia research |
| Sebastian Walther Christoph Mulert | Neurostimulation in schizophrenia |
| Christos Pantelis | Meet the Expert |
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Justus Liebig University School of Medicine
Giessen, Germany, EU