Round table discussion
Round table discussion
interactive discussion, including;
- future strategies and projects,
- hypotheses,
- funding ideas and sources
Meet our experts
We have done our best to invite those from around the world to give you the insights you hope for. Professors, teachers, experienced parents and siblings will discuss the topics for the best quality of life possible. Our motto; TOGETHER!

Frank Kaiser
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Professor of Functional Genetics and Human Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Lübeck, Germany
Since 2013, he has been Professor of Functional Genetics and Human Genetics at the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Lübeck. In addition to genetic and functional analysis in the field of cohesinopathies (like Cornelia de Lange syndrome), the research of his research group focuses on molecular mechanisms in the area of genetic disorders and hereditary diseases.
He studied biology at the Ruhr-University Bochum. In his doctorate and postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Human Genetics in Essen, he performed functional analysis of the transcription factor TRPS1.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the CdLS World Federation.

Sylvia huisman
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MD PhD, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, and Prinsenstichting, Purmerend, The Netherlands.
Sylvia is a clinical supervisor of the specialist training program at Prinsenstichting and a teacher at the Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam. She did a PhD on Self-injurious Behaviour in Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
She works at Prinsenstichting, at the Amsterdam Expertise Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (including Cornelia de Lange syndrome) at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre, and at the Centre for Consultancy and Expertise (CCE).
She is a Physician for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (AVG). She received her specialist training at the Prinsenstichting and at the Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam.
Medical Director of the Dutch CdLS group and President of the Scientific Advisory Council of the CdLS World Federation.