Lectures and seminars Symposium: Protein Aggregation as Therapeutic Target in Neurodegenerative diseases
16-10-2020 3:00 pm - 4:40 pm
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Program
- 15:00-15:05
Professor Per Svenningsson, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Introductory Remarks
- 15:05-15:20
Professor Janne Johansson, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet
Protein aggregation cause disease - lessons from lung fibrosis and Alzheimer´s disease
- 15:20-15:35
Professor Alberto Espay, James J. and Joan A. Gardner Center for Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders, University of Cincinnati
The Promise and Pitfalls of Protein Aggregation as Target of Therapeutic Endeavors
- 15:35-15:50
Professor Simon Mead, MRC Prion Unit, University College London
What can study of prions tell us about mechanisms in neurodegeneration?
- 15:50-16:05
Dr. Kariem Ezzat, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
Proteins Precipitate, They Don’t Replicate
- 16:05-16:10
Prof. Janne Johansson’s rebuttal
- 16:10-16:15
Prof. Alberto Espay’s rebuttal
- 16:15-16:20
Prof. Simon Mead’s rebuttal
- 16:20-16:25
Dr. Kariem Ezzat’s rebuttal
- 16:25-16:35
Questions and answers
- 16:35-16:40
Prof. Per Svenningsson
Closing remarks
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Organizers: Kariem Ezzat and Martin Paucar