Workshop 1 NET-CNS. Neurodegenerative Diseases: Unraveling Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms to Advance Prevention and Treatment
Friday, May 9 @ 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Exploring the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and CNS pathology, as well as emerging therapies and prevention strategies.
Schedule for workshop:
- 9:20-9:30 Welcome from Network coordinator
- 9:30 – 10:00 Mariano Martin, IBEC, “Amyloids ‘at the border’: deep mutagenesis and random sequence extension reveal an incomplete amyloid-forming motif in Bri2 that turns amyloidogenic upon C-terminal extension”
- 10:00 – 11:00 Salvador Ventura, Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, “A structure-based approach to tackle protein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease”
- 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break and Networking
- 11:30 – 12:30 Amaia Arranz, Achucarro, “Divergent Effects of APOE3 and APOE4 Human Astrocytes on Key Alzheimer’s Disease Hallmarks in Chimeric Mice”
- 12:30-13:00 Amayra Hernández, IBEC, “Dynamics of Axonal Degeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease Induced by Tau or Amyloid Beta Aggregation”
- 13:00-13:30 José Antonio del Río, IBEC,”Neuronal Activity and p-Tau: Lessons from Primary Cultures to Cortical Organoids Modeling FTLD-17″
- 13:30 -14.30Lunch
- 14:30 -16:00 Roundtable – Moderated bynetwork chairs to debate the issues discussed
- 16:00 End of the Workshop
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