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Professor Bart De Strooper is the founding director of the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI). He is a researcher in Alzheimer's disease, and supervises laboratories based in the UK DRI at the Francis Crick Institute in London and in the VIB laboratory at the KU Leuven in Belgium. Bart De Strooper’s research is focussed on translating genetic findings into mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and drug targets. He is best known for his work on the presenilins and gamma-secretase, and more recently for his work on the cellular theory of Alzheimer’s Disease. He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship in 2020, and has received several awards including the Potamkin prize, the Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research, Alois Alzheimer’s prize, the highly prestigious Brain Prize 2018 and Commander in the Order of Leopold I.
Moderator of 1 Session
SYMPOSIUM
Session Type
SYMPOSIUM
Date
Wed, 16.03.2022
Session Time
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Room
ONSITE: 112
Presenter of 3 Presentations
SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMICS TO ANALYZE THE PATHOLOGICAL CELLULAR NICHES IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
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Session Type
SYMPOSIUM
Date
Wed, 16.03.2022
Session Time
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Room
ONSITE: 112
Lecture Time
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Presenter
Different species of Aβ and associated toxicities
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SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM
Date
Sat, 19.03.2022
Session Time
11:40 AM - 01:25 PM
Room
ONSITE PLENARY: 115-117
Lecture Time
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
Presenter
Moderated panel discussion (pre-recorded)
Session Type
SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM
Date
Sat, 19.03.2022
Session Time
11:40 AM - 01:25 PM
Room
ONSITE PLENARY: 115-117
Lecture Time
12:55 PM - 01:20 PM