Biography:
Dr. Mojgan Rastegar has completed her PhD at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and postdoctoral training in US and Canada. In Canada, she conducted postdoctoral training at the McGill University (Montreal) and Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto). Dr. Rastegar is currently an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba (Canada). She has published more over 40 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of several Journals including Frontiers in Genetics and Neural Plasticity, among others.
Title : Epigenetics and Mental Health; Implicating the role of DNA Methylation in Rett Syndrome