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SPEAKERS

Stony Brook University, NY

Andisheh Abedini

Islet amyloid polypeptide cytotoxicity directly correlates with amyloidogenicity

Andisheh Abedini

University of Michigan, MI

James Bardwell

SERF, a tiny well conserved protein accelerates amyloid formation via fuzzy complex formation

James Bardwell

UCLA, CA

Gal Bitan

Biomarker analysis in brain-derived exosomes for improved diagnosis and progression-monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases

Gal Bitan

University of Miami, FL

Christian Camargo

Design and early insights of the AREPAS (A Role for Evaluation of PET Amyloid Status) study

Christian Camargo

Florida International University, FL

Prem Chapagain

Theoretical and computational analysis of the amyloid aggregation kinetics

Prem Chapagain

Imperial College, UK

Alfonso De Simone

Are functional and pathological forms of alpha-synuclein so different?

Alfonso De Simone

University of South Alabama, AL

Luis del Pozo-Yauner

Elucidating the mechanism of immunoglobulin light chain amyloid aggregation

Luis del Pozo-Yauner

Ulm University, Germany

Marcus Faendrich

Analysis of amyloid fibril structures by cryo-EM

Marcus Faendrich

UT Southwestern University, TX

Kendra Frederick

Which amyloid conformations are propagated in cells?

Kendra Frederick

Tel Aviv University, Israel

Ehud Gazit

What is the role of metabolites in amyloid disease?

Ehud Gazit

University of Miami, FL

Varan Govind

Whole-brain proton MR spectroscopic imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging in Alzheimer’s disease

Varan Govind

Stockholm University, Sweden

Astrid Gräslund

Amyloidogenic nanoparticles in blood serum of patients with Alzheimer´s disease

Astrid Gräslund

Max Planck Institute, Germany

Christian Griesinger

Interference into aggregation with small molecules

Christian Griesinger

Boston University, MA

Olga Gursky

Structural basis for action of serum amyloid a in lipid transport and acute-phase response

Olga Gursky

University of South Alabama, AL

Guillermo Herrera

Glomerular and vascular amyloidogenesis: The role of mesangial cells and pericytes in al-amyloidosis

Guillermo Herrera

University of Michigan, MI

Magdalena Ivanova

Are the bio-molecular traits of fibrils grown in vitro related to the fibrils formed in disease?

Magdalena Ivanova

University of South Florida, FL

David Kang

Mitochondrial dysfunction and proteostasis in neurodegenerative disease

David Kang

University of Texas, TX

Rakez Kayed

Amyloid oligomers cross-seeding; How specific is it? What potential implications for therapeutic approaches?

Rakez Kayed

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?

Lucie Khemtémourian

Utrecht University, Netherlands

Antoinette Killian

Can inhibitors of IAPP aggregation act via a different mechanism depending on whether or not membranes are present?

Antoinette Killian

University of Southern California, CA

Ralf Langen

What is the mechanism of Huntington misfolding? Can we develop tools to monitor and inhibit it?

Ralf Langen

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?

Carmelo La Rosa

National Institutes of Health, MD

Jennifer Lee

Is it amyloid? How do you determine secondary structure in cells?

Jennifer Lee

Stanford University, CA

Jin Hyung Lee

Innovating high-resolution novel imaging approaches to elucidate mechanisms of prion-like spreading of neurodegenerative disease

Jin Hyung Lee

University of Bordeaux, France

Antoine Loquet

What are the structural determinants of amyloid cross-seeding?

Antoine Loquet

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Bhubaneswar Mandal

Engineered peptides for total degradation of Amyloid

Bhubaneswar Mandal

Kyoto University, Japan

Katsumi Matsuzaki

How does Aβ self-aggregate on and exert toxicity against neuronal cells?

Katsumi Matsuzaki

McMaster University, Canada

Giuseppe Melacini

What is the molecular basis of Aβ assembly toxicity?

Giuseppe Melacini

University of Chicago, IL

Stephen Meredith

Brain-seeded Aβ oligomers and fibrils

Stephen Meredith

National Research Council, Italy

Danilo Milardi

Multitarget proteostasis rescuers: a promising venue in amyloid therapy?

Danilo Milardi

Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Yifat Miller

The interplay between metals, peptides and amyloids: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Yifat Miller

University of South Florida, FL

Martin Muschol

Toxicity and characteristics of monomer vs. fibril-derived oligomers

Martin Muschol

JEOL Resonance / RIKEN, Japan

Yusuke Nishiyama

Electron and NMR crystallography to probe amyloid fibers

Yusuke Nishiyama

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?

Sandrine Ongeri

University of Miami, FL

Rajeev Prabhakar

Are computational techniques useful in designing of drugs for amyloid diseases?

Rajeev Prabhakar

Bar-IlanUniversity, Israel

Shai Rahimipour

Can we target Aβ oligomers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease?

Shai Rahimipour

Stony Brook University, NY

Daniel Raleigh

Islet amyloid induced β-cell death from molecular biophysics to therapeutic applications

Daniel Raleigh

University of Michigan, MI

Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy

Probing the mechanisms of amyloid-β fibril formation by NMR

Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy

University of Southern Mississippi, MS

Vijay Rangachari

How do lipid interfaces affect Aβ oligomer generation?

Vijay Rangachari

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Bernd Reif

How do small molecules, peptides and chaperones interfere with protein aggregation? - An NMR perspective

Bernd Reif

University of Pittsburgh, PA

Sunil Saxena

Can studying interaction of metal-ion with amyloid-β impact development of ESR spin labeling?

Sunil Saxena

Institute of Complex Systems, Germany

Birgit Strodel

Amyloid aggregation simulations: what can we learn from them?

Birgit Strodel

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

Witold Surewicz

University of Texas, TX

Devarajan Thirumalai

Role of water in protein aggregation and amyloid polymorphism

Devarajan Thirumalai

University of Miami, FL

Michal Toborek

Amyloid pathology at the neurovascular unit

Michal Toborek

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY

Chunyu Wang

Rare 3-O-sulfation of heparan sulfate enhances tau interaction, cellular uptake and seeding

Chunyu Wang

University of Michigan, MI

Yanzhuang Wang

Where is the toxicity of Aβ in cells?

Yanzhuang Wang

Kanazawa University, Japan

Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama

Do the individual amyloid aggregates follow the prion model?

Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama

University of California, CA

Jerry Yang

Can fluorescent probes aid in antemortem diagnosis of amyloid-associated diseases?

Jerry Yang

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?

Martin Zanni

University of Miami, FL

Rong Grace Zhai

Are all aggregates created equal? Probing the biochemical and cellular properties of aggregates in vivo

Rong Grace Zhai

Max Planck Institute, Germany

Markus Zweckstetter

How does disease phenotype correlate with protein structure?

Markus Zweckstetter
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