International seminar in Tallinn University about the Alzheimer's disease

The seminar Current research in Alzheimer's Disease, protein misfolding and functional protein assembly takes place 14-15 May in the Tallinn University Astra building, room A543.

The presentations will be by the researchers from Tallinn University of Technology and the Alzheimer's Disease Centre of the Karolinska Institute.

Programme

Wednesday, 14 May

12.30 – 12.45  Introduction to the course
Margit Kaldmäe and Jenny Presto
12.45 – 13.40  "Protein folding and misfolding in humans and spiders"
Jan Johansson 
13.40 – 14.35  “An overview of Alzheimer disease with insights on cell death 
mechanisms” 
Maria Ankarcrona
 
Coffee – 1st floor Gallery (50 min)
 
15.25 – 16.20  "MALDI MS-based screening for inhibitors of Aβ peptide aggregation. 
The inhibitory effect of BB41 and zinc ions"
Peep Palumaa

Thursday, 15 May

9.00 Coffee – 1st floor Gallery (45 min)
9.45 – 10.40  "Chaperones in misfolding disease – BRICHOS against Alzheimer disease"
Jenny Presto
10.40 – 11.35  “Pathways to Alzheimer disease. The vascular connection”
Angel Cedazo-Minguez

Lunch

13.00 – 13.55  “Functional consequences of amyloid-beta peptide misfolding in neuronal networks”
André Fisahn 
13.55 – 14.50  “Neuroproteomics in human Alzheimer brain”
Anna Sandebring

Coffee – 1st floor Gallery (35 min)

15.25 – 16.20  “Alterations in protein glycosylation in Alzheimer Disease” Sophia Schedin Weiss
16.20 – 16.30  Goodbye