International Symposium on Pathomechanisms of Amyloid Diseases
December 18-20 2019
Miami FL
SPEAKERS
Stony Brook University, NY
Andisheh Abedini
Islet amyloid polypeptide cytotoxicity directly correlates with amyloidogenicity
University of Michigan, MI
James Bardwell
SERF, a tiny well conserved protein accelerates amyloid formation via fuzzy complex formation
UCLA, CA
Gal Bitan
Biomarker analysis in brain-derived exosomes for improved diagnosis and progression-monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases
University of Miami, FL
Christian Camargo
Design and early insights of the AREPAS (A Role for Evaluation of PET Amyloid Status) study
Florida International University, FL
Prem Chapagain
Theoretical and computational analysis of the amyloid aggregation kinetics
Imperial College, UK
Alfonso De Simone
Are functional and pathological forms of alpha-synuclein so different?
University of South Alabama, AL
Luis del Pozo-Yauner
Elucidating the mechanism of immunoglobulin light chain amyloid aggregation
Ulm University, Germany
Marcus Faendrich
Analysis of amyloid fibril structures by cryo-EM
UT Southwestern University, TX
Kendra Frederick
Which amyloid conformations are propagated in cells?
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Ehud Gazit
What is the role of metabolites in amyloid disease?
University of Miami, FL
Varan Govind
Whole-brain proton MR spectroscopic imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging in Alzheimer’s disease
Stockholm University, Sweden
Astrid Gräslund
Amyloidogenic nanoparticles in blood serum of patients with Alzheimer´s disease
Max Planck Institute, Germany
Christian Griesinger
Interference into aggregation with small molecules
Boston University, MA
Olga Gursky
Structural basis for action of serum amyloid a in lipid transport and acute-phase response
University of South Alabama, AL
Guillermo Herrera
Glomerular and vascular amyloidogenesis: The role of mesangial cells and pericytes in al-amyloidosis
University of Michigan, MI
Magdalena Ivanova
Are the bio-molecular traits of fibrils grown in vitro related to the fibrils formed in disease?
University of South Florida, FL
David Kang
Mitochondrial dysfunction and proteostasis in neurodegenerative disease
University of Texas, TX
Rakez Kayed
Amyloid oligomers cross-seeding; How specific is it? What potential implications for therapeutic approaches?
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Lucie Khemtémourian
What is the role of insulin on the amyloid aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide and its mutants?
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Antoinette Killian
Can inhibitors of IAPP aggregation act via a different mechanism depending on whether or not membranes are present?
University of Southern California, CA
Ralf Langen
What is the mechanism of Huntington misfolding? Can we develop tools to monitor and inhibit it?
University of Catania, Italy
Carmelo La Rosa
The lipid-chaperone hypothesis: May amylin, a-synuclein and Aβ have a common molecular mechanism in membrane damage?
National Institutes of Health, MD
Jennifer Lee
Is it amyloid? How do you determine secondary structure in cells?
Stanford University, CA
Jin Hyung Lee
Innovating high-resolution novel imaging approaches to elucidate mechanisms of prion-like spreading of neurodegenerative disease
University of Bordeaux, France
Antoine Loquet
What are the structural determinants of amyloid cross-seeding?
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Bhubaneswar Mandal
Engineered peptides for total degradation of Amyloid
Kyoto University, Japan
Katsumi Matsuzaki
How does Aβ self-aggregate on and exert toxicity against neuronal cells?
McMaster University, Canada
Giuseppe Melacini
What is the molecular basis of Aβ assembly toxicity?
University of Chicago, IL
Stephen Meredith
Brain-seeded Aβ oligomers and fibrils
National Research Council, Italy
Danilo Milardi
Multitarget proteostasis rescuers: a promising venue in amyloid therapy?
Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Yifat Miller
The interplay between metals, peptides and amyloids: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies
University of South Florida, FL
Martin Muschol
Toxicity and characteristics of monomer vs. fibril-derived oligomers
JEOL Resonance / RIKEN, Japan
Yusuke Nishiyama
Electron and NMR crystallography to probe amyloid fibers
Université Paris Saclay, France
Sandrine Ongeri
What secondary structure should be mimicked in peptide derivatives to inhibit the aggregation of amyloid proteins? Helix or β-hairpin?
University of Miami, FL
Rajeev Prabhakar
Are computational techniques useful in designing of drugs for amyloid diseases?
Bar-IlanUniversity, Israel
Shai Rahimipour
Can we target Aβ oligomers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease?
Stony Brook University, NY
Daniel Raleigh
Islet amyloid induced β-cell death from molecular biophysics to therapeutic applications
University of Michigan, MI
Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy
Probing the mechanisms of amyloid-β fibril formation by NMR
University of Southern Mississippi, MS
Vijay Rangachari
How do lipid interfaces affect Aβ oligomer generation?
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Bernd Reif
How do small molecules, peptides and chaperones interfere with protein aggregation? - An NMR perspective
University of Pittsburgh, PA
Sunil Saxena
Can studying interaction of metal-ion with amyloid-β impact development of ESR spin labeling?
Institute of Complex Systems, Germany
Birgit Strodel
Amyloid aggregation simulations: what can we learn from them?
Case Western Reserve University, OH
Witold Surewicz
Amyloid fibrils from the N-terminal prion protein fragment as a model for studying the mechanism of prion propagation and transmissibility barriers
University of Texas, TX
Devarajan Thirumalai
Role of water in protein aggregation and amyloid polymorphism
University of Miami, FL
Michal Toborek
Amyloid pathology at the neurovascular unit
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
Chunyu Wang
Rare 3-O-sulfation of heparan sulfate enhances tau interaction, cellular uptake and seeding
University of Michigan, MI
Yanzhuang Wang
Where is the toxicity of Aβ in cells?
Kanazawa University, Japan
Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama
Do the individual amyloid aggregates follow the prion model?
University of California, CA
Jerry Yang
Can fluorescent probes aid in antemortem diagnosis of amyloid-associated diseases?
University of Wisconsin, WI
Martin Zanni
Why are the populations of amyloid oligomers so high? And how we might use that information to design a mouse model?
University of Miami, FL
Rong Grace Zhai
Are all aggregates created equal? Probing the biochemical and cellular properties of aggregates in vivo
Max Planck Institute, Germany
Markus Zweckstetter
How does disease phenotype correlate with protein structure?