Emergent scientists discuss Alzheimer's disease
Christiana Bjørkli, Siddharth Ramanan · Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
Tue, Oct 20, 2020 · 15:00 UTC
This seminar is part of our “Emergent Scientists” series, an initiative that provides a platform for scientists at the critical PhD/postdoc transition period to share their work with a broad audience and network. Summary: These talks cover Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research in both mice and humans. Christiana will discuss in particular the translational aspects of applying mouse work to humans and the importance of timing in disease pathology and intervention (e.g. timing between AD biomarkers vs. symptom onset, timing of therapy, etc.). Siddharth will discuss a rare variant of Alzheimer’s dise