FENS-Hertie Winter School: “Protein aggregation and its consequences in neurodegenerative disorders”

Obergurgl, Austria

Organiser: FENS

Additional Organiser: Hertie Foundation

Attendance type(s): In Person

FENS members will benefit from preferential rates

Event Dates: 28 Nov—3 Dec 2024

Registration Deadline: 29 Aug 2024

Further details and the application form can be found in the tabs above the title.

Neurodegenerative diseases related to protein aggregation in the brain (=proteinopathies), remain one of the big challenges in the global health sector. The vast complexity of the diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and related diseases, stimulates research in a variety of biological and medical research fields – from molecular structure to brain imaging and biomarkers -, and asks for multi-disciplinary research approaches to understand the causes and consequences of protein aggregation and neurotoxicity in the brain.

In this school, experts, studying protein aggregation and its consequences in model systems as well as in patients at the molecular, cellular, and brain level will present their views on neurodegenerative protein aggregation diseases. The international consortium will provide us with an overview of historic and recent breakthroughs in the field, we will learn and discuss about new advances in most disciplines of proteinopathy research.

The school will provide the unique opportunity to get in touch and exchange with proteinopathy researchers working in different disciplines and on different diseases, which will enable to gain a more holistic view on neurodegenerative diseases.

Through poster sessions and different interactive activities (tbd), the attendees will be able to present, discuss, and elevate their own research and gain an interdisciplinary view on proteinopathies and the research behind them.

This school does not require pre-school preparations and everyone (MSc/PhD students, post-graduate, post-doctoral or early researchers in the field) interested and conforming with an inclusive and respectful learning environment is welcome. More information will be provided shortly.

Scientific Chairs

Presenting faculty

Luc Buée, Inserm | Université de Lille | CHU-Lille, France
Marc Aurel Busche, UK Dementia Research Institute, United Kingdom
Benjamin Dehay, Bordeaux Neurocampus, France
Michela Deleidi, Imagine Institute, France
Maud Gratuze, Institute of NeuroPhysiopathology, France
Isabelle Landrieu, Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
Jinghui Luo, PSI Center for Life Sciences, Switzerland
Joana Pereira, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Wilma van de Berg, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Susanne Wegmann, DZNE-Berlin, Germany

Key words: alpha-synuclein, amyloids, animal models, astrocytes, brain imaging & connectivity, cell models, diagnosis, ethics, iPSC, microglia, neuroinflammation, neuropathology, scientific integrity, stress granules, structural biology, tau, tdp-43, therapeutic innovations

Contact Details

Name: FENS Schools

Phone: 003225450455

Email: schools@fens.org

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