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

Work in Progress Seminar

November 20, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Modeling Alzheimer’s disease in human brain chimeras: Toward uniting the BAPtists and TAUists" Wenhui Qu, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience, (Gan Lab) Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, WCM

Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar

November 6, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Multiscale Architecture of Memory Computation in the Hippocampus" Eunji Kong, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

November 5, 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Joe Lewcock, PhD Chief Scientific Officer Denali Therapeutics Talk Title: "Leveraging the Transport Vehicle Platform for the Development of Next-Generation CNS Therapeutics."

Bedside to Bench Seminar

October 30, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Patient Presentation: "Headache in Women" Arathi Nandyala, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology, WCM

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

October 29, 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Alex L. Kolodkin, Ph.D., Charles J. Homcy and Simeon G. Margolis Professor, Solomon H. Snyder Dept. of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University Talk Title: “Molecular mechanisms underlying neural circuit assembly."

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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