Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics
30 Nov 2016 to 3 Dec 2016
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Organizers:
Karen Duff, Columbia University; Richard Ransohoff, Biogen Idec; John Trojanowski, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Contact:
meetings@cshl.edu, (516) 367-8346
Description:
A primary goal of the meeting is to provide a forum where medical scientists from academia can interact with scientists from the biopharmaceutical industry, thus forging a community of academic and industry researchers who recognize that they have much to learn from each other. Rational drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases has begun to yield compounds and treatments that are now entering clinical settings. For human studies utilizing these compounds and treatments to be maximally informative, it is crucial that scientists from academia and industry meet regularly to exchange data and ideas.
Tentative Topics:
- Disease Propagation: Mechanisms & Therapeutic Opportunities
- Neuroinflammation
- RNA Metabolism in Neurodegenerative Disease
- Proteostasis, Mechanisms & Therapeutic Opportunities
- New Neuronal Models, iPS, Organoids, Primary Cultures,Therapeutic Opportunities
- Vascular Aspects as a Cause or Contributor to Neurodegenerative Disease
- Imaging: Insights & Application
- Gene Inactivation & Protein Lowering Strategies