Abstract

The ARUK East Network Centre will be holding Scientific Meeting 2020 on Wednesday 11 November 2020 and Thursday 12 November 2020. Please register using the following links if you would like to attend the meeting:

Day 1 Wednesday 11 November 2020 – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/123171564465

Day 2 Thursday 12 November 2020 – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/124057181369

Programme for Scientific Meeting 2020

Wednesday 11 Nov 2020

10:00 – 10:05 Opening

10:05 – 10:15 Updates from ARUK

10:15 – 10:45 Development and Application of PET Imaging Methods and Infrastructure by the Dementias Platform UK - Prof Franklin Aigbirhio, University of Cambridge

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:30 More than bystanders, learning how microglia eliminate synapses in Alzheimer brain – Dr Soyon Hong, University College London

11:30 – 11:45 Break

11:45 – 12:15 Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain disorders – Dr. Nathan Skene, Imperial College London

12:15 End of Day 1

Thursday 12 Nov 2020

14:30 – 14:45 Opening (AGM)

14:45 – 15:15 Finding transdiagnostic markers of vascular cognitive impairment – Dr. Michele Veldsman, University of Oxford

15:15 – 15:30 Break

15:30 – 16:00 Effect of APOE4 on DHA brain delivery: timing matters – Dr. Hussein Yassine, University of Southern California

16:00 – 16:15 Break

16:15 – 16:45 Multimodal neuroimaging of atypical clinical presentations of Alzheimer’s disease – Dr. Renaud La Joie, University of California, San Francisco

16:45 End of Day 2