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

Work in Progress Seminar

June 13, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Raja Bhattacharyya, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Mass General Research Institute, MGH, Harvard Medical School "Targeting MAM Stability and Endosomal Abnormalities in Neurons to Prevent Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Pathogenesis"

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 Work in Progress Seminar

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

This Seminar aims at bringing together the neurodegeneration community at WCM to discuss mechanisms, translational, and cutting-edge technologies in neurodegenerative diseases.

Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar

June 6, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Harris Kaplan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University "A coming-of-age story: neurodevelopment of social behavior circuits"

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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Appel Institute Forum on Neurodegeneration

May 14, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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

Dr. Alberto Espay, Professor of Neurology, Director and Endowed Chair, Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorders -University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center.

Talk: From a Clinicopathologic to a Biophysical Framework for Neurodegeneration

Appel Institute Forum on Neurodegeneration

April 30, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: Belfer Research Building, (2nd Floor) BB 204-A, BB 204-B

Dr. Josh Huang, Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience.

Talk: Genetic dissection of cortical neuron type trajectories: from developmental origin to behavioral function

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