Neurodegenerative diseases - from aggregates to model systems and drug targeting

Date

Feb 15, 2016

Time

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Speaker

Simon Alberti, Marcel Naumann, Jared Sterneckert, Volker Bußkamp

Affiliation

MPI-CBG; NEUR, UKD; CRTD; CRTD

Language

en

Main Topic

Biologie

Other Topics

Biologie, Medizin

Host

Andreas Hermann

Description

Program: 4:00 pm - 4:05 pm: Introduction by Andreas Hermann 4:05 pm - 4:35 pm: Simon Alberti (MPI-CBG) An aberrant liquid-to-solid phase transition of stress granules triggered by misfolded proteins and prevented by chaperone function 4:35 pm - 4:55 pm: Marcel Naumann (NEUR, UKD) Dissecting the pathophysiology of ALS using hIPSC 4:55 pm - 5:15 pm: Jared Sterneckert (CRTD) Identifying and testing neuroprotective drug candidates using iPS cell-based models of neurodegeneration 5:15 pm - 5:35 pm: Volker Busskamp (CRTD) miRNAs 182 and 183 Are Necessary to Maintain Adult Cone Photoreceptor Outer Segments and Visual Function 5:35 pm - 6:00 pm: Discussion and social get-together

Links

• to announcement of the organizer

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