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EMBO:EMBL Symposium: Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration

 
  July 15, 2014  
     
 
EMBL, Heidelberg
2015-06-14


Topics

  • Mechanisms of neuronal and cognitive dysfucntion
  • RNA, RNA binding proteins and RNA translation
  • Chaperones, autophagy and mitochondria
  • Disease progression
  • Novel therapeutic approaches
  • Translating to the clinic

Summary

Neurodegenerative diseases represent a major challenge for today’s society in terms of the large and rapidly increasing number of the population that are afflicted and the general lack of effective treatments. The emphasis of this symposium will be on the genetic, cellular and molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Prion disease. The meeting will cover the major mechanisms linked to neurodegeneration and highlight the similarities and differences between the diseases. A strong emphasis will be placed on the development of targeted drug therapies and potential treatment options. 

 
 
Organized by: EMBL
Invited Speakers:

Thomas Südhof
Stanford University School of Medicine, United States of America

 
 
 

Bengt Winblad
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

 


John Collinge
University College London, United Kingdom


Ana Maria Cuervo
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, United States of America


Beverly Davidson
University of Iowa, United States of America


Hans-Ulrich Demuth
Fraunhofer-Institute of Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI) Leipzig, Dept. Drug Design & Target Validation, Halle (Saale), Germany


André  Fischer
Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences, Germany


Jürgen  Götz
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia


Michael Heneka
University Hospital Bonn, Germany


David Holtzman
Washington University School of Medicine, United States of America


Bradley Hyman
Massachusetts General Hospital, United States of America


Mathias Jucker
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and DZNE, Germany


Eva-Maria Mandelkow
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany


Colin Masters
University of Melbourne, Australia


Richard Morimoto
Northwestern University, United States of America


Pierluigi Nicotera
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany


Rosa Rademakers
Mayo Clinic, United States of America


Laura Ranum
University of Florida,United States of America


Charles Sabine
Journalist, United Kingdom


Dennis  Selkoe
Harvard Medical School Center for Neurologic Diseases, United States of America


Bart De Strooper
KU Leuven, Belgium


Paul Taylor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States of America


Timothy Miller
Washington University, United States of America


Li-Huei Tsai
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, United States of America


Virginia Lee
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, United States of America


Ryan Watts
Genentech, United States of America


Konstanze Winklhofer
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany


Dieter Edbauer
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany


Chad Dickey
University of South Florida, United States of America

 
Deadline for Abstracts: 2015-03-22
 
Registration: Please Register at: http://www.embo-embl-symposia.org/symposia/2015/EES15-03/registration/index.html
E-mail: nicola.vegiopoulos@embl.de
 
   
 
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