Neurology Seminar Series
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Who: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Clinicians, Medical Students
When: Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST
Where: N1-1100 at the new NERB and via Zoom (link information to be provided later)
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January 15, 2025 |
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to be determined |
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February 12, 2025 |
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March 12, 2025 |
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to be determined |
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April 9, 2025 |
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Li Gan |
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May 14, 2025 |
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Liang Oscar Qiang |
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June 11, 2025 |
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to be determined |
2024
December 2024 - Reelin signals and APOER2 splices: Cracking the code of neural development nad Alzheimer's Disease with Angela Ho, PhD, associate professor, at the Department of Biology enter for Systems NEuroscience at Boston University.
November 2024 - The cellular basis of heterotopic ossification in FOP with David Goldhamer,PhD, professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Connecticut. This seminar is hosted by Charles Emerson, Jr., PhD
October 2024 - Uncommon senses: sensory control of immunity with Felipe Alemida de Pinho Ribeiro, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, in the departmen tof medicine and dermatology, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. This seminar is hosted by JeanPierre Schatzmann Peron, PhD.
September 2024 - Deciphering functional mechanisms of genetic risk APOE4 using iPSC, human brains and chimeric models with Julia TCW, PhD, BU Computing and Data Sciences assistant professor of bioinformatics, in the department of pharmacology, physiology, and biophysics, director of the Laboratory of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapeutics, of Boston University. This seminar is hosted by Elaine Lim, PhD, and Rigel Chan, PhD.
August 2024 - Extrapulmonary infection in COVID-19 and contributions to disease pathophysiology with Marcelo A. Mori, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, Laboratory of Biology of Aging; Laboratorio de biologia do envelhecimento (LaBE), in the department of biochemistry and tissue biology (DBBT), Institute of Biology (IB), at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). This seminar is hosted by JeanPierre Schatzmann Peron, PhD.
June 2024 - Crystallin yS: A novel neuroprotective molecule expressed by microglia and engrafted monocytes in response to retinal pathology with Eleftherios Paschalis, PhD, assistant professor of opthalmology and director of Boston Keratoprosthesis Research, Development, and Regulatory Affairs. This seminar is hosted by Kevin Houston, OD.
May 2024 - Regulation of CNS inflammation by astrocytes with Francisco J. Quintana, PhD, professor of neurology, Kuchroo Weiner Distinguished Professor of Neuroimmunology at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and associate member of the board institute of Harvard and MIT. The seminar is hosted by JeanPierre Schatzmann Peron, PhD
April 2024 - Biomarkers in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease with Eric McDade, DP, professor of neurology, co-director of the Knight Family Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trial Unit (DIAN-TU), director of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Expanded Registry (DIAN-ER) at Washington University School of Medicine. The seminar is hosted by Robert H. Brown Jr., MD, DPhil.
April 2024 - Using iPSC to understand the role of pesticides in sporadic ALS with Alison O'Neil, PhD, assistant professor in the chemistry departmen tof the Neuroscience and Behavior Program at the Collegeof Integrated Sciences, Wesleyan University.
February 2024 - Using iPSC models to refine TDP-43 dependent disease mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in ALS with Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD, associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at Northwestern University, at the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL.
Seizure disorderin Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias with Keith Vossel, MD, MSc, professor of neurology at UCLA, director of the Katherine and Benjamin Kagan Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Development Program, Dementia and Memory Disorders Clinic at ACLU, director of Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care, at ACLU.
January 2024 - Mis-splicing in repeat expansion diseases and development of potential therapeutics with Andrew Berglund, PhD, Empire Professor of Innovation, director of RNA Institute at the University of Albany, State University of New York. This seminar is hosted by Lawrence Hayward, MD, PhD, of UMass Chan Medical School.
2023
October 2023 - Quest to identify critical, pathological mechanisms in ALS astrcytes for advancing diagnostic and therapeutic efforts with Bridgette van Zundert, PhD, adjunct professor at UMass Chan Medical School, and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chili.
October 2023 - Targeting drug delivery to the CNS: mechanisms, challenges, and opportunties with Rachael Sirianni, PhD, professor and vice chair of research in neurosurgery at UMass Chan Medical School.
September 2023 - Zika virus modulates mirNAs targeting immunoregulatory and neurodevelopmental genes in astrocytes with JeanPierre Schatzmann Peron, PhD, associate professor of neurology, and principal investigator of Neuroimmune Interactions Laboratory at UMass Chan Medical School.
August 2023 - Cytotoxicbehavior of encephalitogenic CD4 cells with Alessandro dos Santos Faria, PhD, associate professor of genetics, microbiology, and immunology, and vice dean of the Institute of Biosciences at University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.
August 2023 - Metabolic adaptation of myeloid cells: from COVID-19 to brain disease with Pedro M. Moraes-Vieira, PhD, associate professor of genetics, microbiology, nad immunology at University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.
April 2023 - The ATXN2 RNA/protein comples: a role in more than just cerebellar degeneration with Stephen Pulst, MD, professor of neurology and chair at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
April 2023 - Brain repair after stroke with Steven Cramer, MD, professor, Susan and David Wilstein Chair in Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and medical director of research at the California Rehabilitation Institute.
March 2023 - Single-cell dissection of the human motor and prefrontal cortices in ALS and FTLD with Myriam HEiman, PhD, associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
February 2023 - Understanding cell typesin the developing human brain and glioblastoma with Aparna Bhaduri, PhD, associate rpofessor of biological chemistry at the University of California in Los Angeles.