2022 |
Pedro Rosa-Neto, M.D., Ph.D. McGill University Oct. 28 |
"Translational Biomarker Research in Alzheimer's Disease" |
Bruno Correia, Ph.D. École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Mar. 23 |
"Exploring the functional landscape of proteins by computational design" |
Wolfgang Hoyer, Ph.D. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Feb. 3 |
"Inhibition of fibril elongation and secondary nucleation via protein-protein interactions" |
Sandra Encalada, Ph.D. Scripps Research Jan. 27 |
"Endolysosomal Trafficking Pathways that Make or Break Intra-axonal Neurotoxic Aggregates" |
2021 |
Sagar Khare, Ph.D. Rutgers University Apr. 22 |
"Data-driven protein engineering for developing smart therapeutic enzymes" |
Edward Lee, M.D., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Apr. 8 |
"Disentangling tau in frontotemporal lobar degeneration" |
Alexander Leitner, Ph.D. ETZ Zürich Mar. 18 |
"Structural biology of protein-RNA complexes by cross-linking mass spectrometry" |
Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic Feb. 25 |
"Mis-behaving antibodies that mis-fold and pretend to be viruses in light chain amyloidosis" |
Sarah Shahmoradian, Ph.D. University of Basel Jan. 21 |
"Crowded Membranes: A New View at Lewy Pathology Using Multi-Modal Imaging and Biophysical Approaches" |
Ethan Lippmann, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Jan. 14 |
"Simple and complex human cell-based models for understanding neurodegeneration" |
2020 |
Matthew Pratt, Ph.D. University of Southern California Nov. 19 |
"Investigating the Biology of O-GlcNAc in Neurodegeneration Using Chemistry" |
Danny Hatters, Ph.D. University of Melbourne Nov. 5 |
"Probing Proteome Foldedness and Conformational Changes Under Proteostasis Stresses" |
Jan Kosinski, Ph.D. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg Oct. 29 |
"Computing molecular structures directly in cells" |
Julie Forman-Kay, Ph.D. University of Toronto Oct. 15 |
"Intrinsically Disordered Protein Phase Separation: Implications for Biochemical Regulation, Disease and Bioinformatics" |
Jeff Kelly, Ph.D. Scripps Research Institute Sept. 30 |
"Adapting Proteostasis for Disease Amelioration" |
Frederic Rousseau, Ph.D. KU Leuven-VIB Centre for Brain & Disease Research, Belgium Sept. 24 |
"Evolutionary Imprints of Protein Aggregation" |
Rina Rosenzweig, Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science Sept. 3 |
"Molecular Chaperones in Protein Disaggregation" |
Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Aug. 19 |
"In Silico Computation of Fitness Landscapes Suggests Rules of Evolution in Genetics of Complex Disease" |
Peter Nelson, M.D., Ph.D. University of Kentucky July 29 |
"LATE: What It Is, Why It’s Important, and How We Might Beat It" |
Rijhu Das, Ph.D. Stanford University July 23 |
"Crowdsourcing Intractable Problems in Designing RNA Medicine" |
Jose Abisambra University of Florida, July 16 |
"Of Tau, mRNA Translation, and Other Demons: Translational Dysregulation in Tauopathies" |
Chris Weihl, M.D., Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis July 8 |
"Connecting Myodegeneration and Neurodegeneration: VCP Dysfunction and the Lysosome" |
Henrik Zetterberg, M.D., Ph.D. University of Gothenburg June 24 |
"Update on CSF and Blood Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Dementias" |
Gareth Morgan, Ph.D. Boston University June 17 |
"Small Molecule Stabilizers of Amyloidogenic Antibody Light Chains" |
Christian Haass, Ph.D. Ludwig-Maximilians University June 4 |
"Microglial Modulation in Neurodegenerative Disease – Innovative Therapies or Devilish Gambling?" |
William Seeley, M.D. UC San Francisco May 27 |
"Selective Vulnerability in FTD and ALS: Emerging Concepts" |
Virginia Lee, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania May 21 |
"Transmission of Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Common Mechanism of Disease Progression" |
Harm Kampinga, Ph.D., University Medical Center Gronigen May 7 |
"DNAJ Proteins and Their Role in Age-Related Degenerative Diseases" |
David Sanders, Ph.D. Princeton April 29 |
"Molecular Networks Serve as Blueprints for Intracellular Condensation" |