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

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

May 7, 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Catherine Jensen Peña, PhDAssistant ProfessorPrinceton Neuroscience InstituteNew York Stem Cell Foundation — Robertson Investigator

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

April 30, 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Junghyup Suh, PhD Assistant Neuroscientist Assistant Professor of Psychiatry McLean Hospital

Work in Progress Seminar

April 24, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Enriched Detection of Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin on Multiple Sclerosis Lymphocytes and Its Effects on Immune Function" Jennifer R Linden, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, WCM

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

April 23, 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Kaavya Krishna Kumar, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology Weill Cornell Medicine

Work in Progress Seminar

April 17, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"The role of microglia in the cognitive impairment associated with excessive sugar consumption" Giuseppe Faraco, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, WCM

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

April 16, 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Christopher Donnelly, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Scientific Director-LiveLikeLou Center for ALS Research Department of Neurobiology University of Pittsburgh

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.

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