2016 Lowenthal Symposium: “Protein Aggregation and Neurological Disorders”
Register for the 2016 Lowenthal Symposium (free; lunch not included for post-March 1 registrants).
The 2016 Biennial Lowenthal Symposium will center on “Protein Aggregation and Neurological Disorders” 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11 in the VCU School of Pharmacy’s Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St., Room 103. The schedule follows:
9:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
9:50 a.m. Welcome by Aron Lichtman, associate dean for research and graduate studies, VCU School of Pharmacy
10 a.m. “Amyloid and Tau: The Trigger and Bullet in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenisis,” George S. Bloom, professor of biology and cell biology and director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, University of Virginia
10:45 a.m. “Prions and the Transmissibility of Protein Misfolding,” Byron Caughey, chief, TSE/Prion Biochemistry Section, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH/AID/DIR
11:30 a.m. Lunch, Smith Building, Room 129
12:15 p.m. Presentation by Hilda Meth, Lowenthal Endowment Fund (established by Meth in 2000 in honor and commemoration of her late husband, VCU School of Pharmacy professor emeritus Werner Lowenthal)
12:45 p.m. Lowenthal Student Award presentation: “Novel Insight to Uptake-2: Defining Serotonin-Human Organic Cation Transporter 3 Interaction,” Hebing Liu, Ph.D. student, Department of Pharmaceutics, VCU School of Pharmacy
1 p.m. “Prion Disease – From Genetics to Therapeutic Strategies,” Eric Minikel and Sonia Vallabh, Ph.D. students, Stuart L. Schreiber Research Laboratory of MIT and Harvard.
1:45 p.m. “Inspiration From Nature: Design of Small Molecules as Potential Neuroprotectants for Alzheimer’s Disease,” Shijun Zhang, associate professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, VCU School of Pharmacy
2:30 p.m. Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Commission presentation, Devin Bowers, dementia services coordinator, Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, and Carol Manning, associate professor of neurology and nursing, University of Virginia
2:45 p.m. Closing remarks by Aron Lichtman
3 p.m. Open forum (networking)
See photos from the 2014 Lowenthal Symposium.
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