Proceedings of the 24th International Stroke Genetics Consortium Workshop: Washington, DC, USA

Abstract

The 24th workshop of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC) was held at the beautiful National Museum of the American Indian on November 8–9, 2018 in Washington, DC, and was hosted by Paul Nyquist, MD, MPH and John Cole, MD, MS, and co-hosted by Jemma Hopewell, PhD and Matthew Traylor, PhD. The ISGC is an international collaboration of physicians and scientists who have agreed to pool resources and expertise in an effort to unravel the genetic basis of stroke and its comorbidities. It was formed in 2007 by a small group of scientists and has since grown to over 200 members representing over 50 countries in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia. ISGC workshops are held semi-annually and provide a forum for ISGC scientists and researchers to report on progress of ongoing scientific projects and discuss new ideas that help advance the ISGC's research mission. The ISGC nurtures its junior members by offering several travel awards to young investigators. Many abstracts in these Proceedings reflect the contributions of active junior investigators. Herein, we present the Proceedings and official published abstracts of the 24th ISGC workshop.