PDBEB course “Neurodegenerative disorders”
April 27-30, 2015
Organizers: Ana Cristina Rego and Cláudia MF Pereira
Daily Programme:
Monday (April 27) – Mechanisms of neuronal dysfunction
9:00-9:30- Presentation of students and speakers. Presentation of student’s assignments.
Ana Cristina Rego and Cláudia MF Pereira
9:30-10:00- Cellular stress response
Cláudia MF Pereira
10:00-10:30- Protein degradation pathways
Henrique Girão
10:30-11:00- Break
11:00-11:30- Excitotoxicity
Ildete Luísa Ferreira
11:30-12:00- Decreased neurotrophic support and neuronal dysfunction
Carlos B. Duarte
12:00-14:00- Lunch
14:00-14:45- Investigating neuronal mitochondrial (dys)function
Jorge Oliveira
14:45-15:15- Free radicals and oxidants in the CNS: mechanisms of signaling and injury
João Laranjinha
15:15-15:30- Break
15:30-16:00- Neuroinflammation
Paula Agostinho
16:00-16:30- Role of neurogenesis in neuropathology
Elisabete Ferreiro
Tuesday (April 28) – Alzheimer s disease (AD)
9:15-10:00- Metabolic dysfunction and diabetes in Alzheimer s disease
Paula Moreira
10:00-10:15- Break
10:15- 11:00- Endoplasmic reticulum stress and Alzheimer s disease
Cláudia MF Pereira
11:00-11:30- Break
11:30-12:15- NMDA receptors and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer s disease
Ana Cristina Rego
12:15-14:00- Lunch
14:00-14:45- ATP as a danger signal in Alzheimer s disease
Ricardo Rodrigues
14:45-15:30- Genetic basis of dementias – a focus on Alzheimer s disease
Rosário Almeida
15:30-15:45- Break
15:45 -16:45- Translational research in Alzheimer s disease
Catarina Oliveira
Wednesday (April 29) – Movement disorders
9:30-10:15- Molecular basis of Parkinson s disease
Sandra Morais Cardoso
10:15-10:45- Break
10:45- 11:30- LRRK2 regulation of macroautophagy in Parkinson s disease
Raquel Esteves
11:30-12:15- Neurotrophic factors in Parkinson s disease
Graça Baltazar
12:15-14:00- Lunch
14:00-14:45- Machado-Joseph disease: from models to reversibility
Luís P. Almeida
14:45-15:30- Interacting ataxins: from regulated to pathological protein aggregation
Clévio Nóbrega
15:30-15:45- Break
15:45- 16:30- Sirtuins and Huntington s disease
Ana Cristina Rego
Thursday (April 30)
9:30-10:15- PET markers in neurodegenerative diseases
Antero Abrunhosa
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-11:00- Multiple-choice examination
11:00-12:30- Paper Presentations (max. 20 min/group)
12:30-13:30- Lunch
13:30-14:30- Seminar: “Mouse and worm models of Machado-Joseph disease: tools for therapy development”
Patrícia Maciel
Papers
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