Date and time
Location
UK Dementia Research Institute
6th Floor, UCL Maple House
Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF
Programme
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BioBeat24: Driving solutions in neurodegeneration with digital is taking place on Thursday 16 May, 13.30-18.15 at the Sainsbury's Wellcome Centre, London. This event is being co-organised by BioBeat and The UK DRI.
There is a fantastic group of speakers who are leaders in research, innovation, regulatory, investment and emerging companies. They will talk about emerging technology hot-spots and key fundraising trends. Zoe Kourtzi, Professor of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, will deliver the Keynote.
For a full list of speakers please see linked programme.
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Speaker
11:00–12:00
Registration (please put up your posters)
12:00–12:55
Lunch and networking
Session 1: Chair – Dr Colin Crawford
13:00–13:45
External speaker: Dr Carole Escartin (Institut des Neurosciences Paris‑Saclay)
Multiple roles for astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases
13:45–14:15
Dr Sophie Morse (Emerging Leader, UK DRI at Imperial)
14:15–15:05
ECR talks
Áine Heffernan (UK DRI at Edinburgh)
Understanding the consequence of LRRK2 dysregulation in human stem cell derived astrocytes
Dr Steve Hill (UK DRI at Edinburgh)
Identifying astrocyte endfoot functions with proteomics
14:50–15:20
Coffee break
Session 2: Chair – Sandra Diaz Clavero
15:20–16:05
External speaker: Professor Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir (University of Cambridge)
Consequences of white matter lesions and myelin regeneration on grey matter inflammation
16:05–16:35
External speaker: Professor David Lyons (University of Edinburgh)
16:35–17:10
ECR talks
Dr Rana Fetit (University of Edinburgh)
Can in-vitro cultures recapitulate the transcriptional heterogeneity of oligodendrocytes?
Dr Colin Crawford (UK DRI at Ediburgh)
Manipulation of the mononuclear phagocyte system via CSF1R to understand endogenous mechanisms and augmentation of post-stroke neuroplasticity
17:10–18:20
Drinks reception and poster session
19:30 onwards
Dinner social
Location
| Disease Group | Protein | Disease Type | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD | Tau, Aβ | Alzheimer's disease | Sporadic / Genetic |
| Tauopathy (FTLD-Tau *) | Tau | Pick disease | Sporadic |
| Tauopathy (FTLD-Tau *) | Tau | Globular glial tauopathy | Sporadic |
| Tauopathy (FTLD-Tau *) | Tau | Corticobasal degeneration | Sporadic |
| Tauopathy (FTLD-Tau *) | Tau | Progressive supranuclear palsy | Sporadic |
- Day 0
The first speaker and their talk
- Day 1
The speaker and their talk here