Memphis, TN. Prior to this year’s AES meeting, the epilepsy genetics community descended upon St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. I had previously largely associated St. Jude with pediatric cancer treatment, but within the last few years, a large-scale pediatric neuroscience program was launched, putting Memphis on the epilepsy genetics map. And with Heather Mefford’s new lab, the program at St. Jude includes one of the major epilepsy genetics groups. While blogging about scientific meetings is always tricky, one particular quote from the first day struck me as particularly relevant for the current state of therapeutic development: “quick, but not too quick”. Here is where the field of epilepsy genetics and precision medicine finds itself at the end of 2022. Continue reading →