Events | Helen & Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute

Work in Progress Seminar

February 27, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"β-Synuclein α-Synuclein Function to Maintain Synaptic Homeostasis" Violetta Ivanova, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience (Burré lab), Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, BMRI, WCM

"Brain metabolism-excitation relations" Juan M. Pascual, MD, PhD, Division Chief of Child Neurology, Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Neuroscience, Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology and BMRI, WCM

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

February 19, 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Maik Hüttemann, Ph.D. Professor Division Director for Research Charles Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow School of Medicine Distinguished Faculty Wayne State University School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics Talk Title: Mitochondria-Targeted Noninvasive Infrared Light Treatment Protects the Brain from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Through Inhibition of Cytochrome c Oxidase

Neurology Grand Rounds

February 18, 2026 - 8:30am to 9:30am

Lecture Topic: "The Tyrant is Tau" Jeremy Koppel, MD Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University

Work in Progress Seminar

February 13, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Sex-Specific Alterations in Brain Network Dynamics in Youth With a Family History of Substance Use Disorder" Louisa Schilling, PhD candidate in Neuroscience (Kuceyeski lab), Department of Radiology, WCM

Work in Progress Seminar

June 11, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Belfer Research Building, (3rd Floor) BB 302-A, BB 302-B

Dr. Aryeh Zolin, Burre & Sharma Labs. "Mechanisms of Trans-Neuronal Propagation of alpha-Synuclein Agregation: developing an in vivo model using genetically defined neuronal supopulations".

Adytia Rao, Neuroscience Ph.D. Candidate, Sharma lab. "Post-translational changes of tau following traumatic brain injury".

Appel Institute Forum on Neurodegeneration

May 28, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Belfer Research Building, (3rd Floor) BB 302-A, BB 302-B

Dr. Jorge J. Palop, Ph.D. Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease. Associate Professor, Department of Neurology University of California, San Francisco.

Talk: Dynamic dysregulation of parvalbumin cell states underlies altered gamma oscillations and brain hyperexcitability in Alzheimer’s disease

Special Seminar Appel Institute

May 20, 2025 - 12:15pm to 1:15pm

Location: Belfer Research Building

Rusty Gage, Ph.D., Salk Institute

Talk: Cellular Modeling of Neuronal Aging and Age-related AD Dementia

Appel Poster Symposium

May 19, 2025 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: Griffis Faculty Club

The Appel Symposium highlights groundbreaking research discoveries by leading investigators and provides a platform for discussing the advances being made in the research of Alzheimer's disease and other related neurodegenerative disorders.

Scientific presentations by:

Dr. Li Gan, Appel Institute.

Dr. Manu Sharma, Appel Institute.

Dr. Valina Dawson, Johns Hopkins University.

Appel Poster Event

May 19, 2025 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: Griffis Faculty Club

Appel Poster Event Over 30 posters will be presented with the latest findings in neuroscience, neurodegeneration, 3D imaging, ML/AI, glial biology and drug discovery.

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