245 Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences
| 8:45-9 AM | Pre-function Social |
| 9-9:10 AM | Welcome |
| 9:10-9:55 AM | Rui Costa, DMV, PhD Columbia University Talk Title: "Basal ganglia control of movement in health and disease" |
| 10:00-10:45 AM | Virginia Lee, PhD University of Pennsylvania Talk Title: "Transmission of Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disorders" |
| 10:45-11:00 AM | Break |
| 11-11:45 AM | Bruce M. Spiegelman, PhD Stanley J. Korsmeyer Professor of Cell Biology and Medicine Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Talk Title: "The PGC1a/Irisin Pathway: Connecting Exercise with Cognitive Function and Neurodegeneration" |
| 11:50-12:35 PM | Craig Blackstone, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Chief, Movement Disorders Division, Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Talk Title: "Untangling the Structure and Dynamics of the ER: Insights from the Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias" |
| 12:35-1:45 PM | Lunch (Not Provided) |
| 1:45-2:30 PM | Suzanne Pfeffer, PhD Professor of Biochemistry Stanford University School of Medicine Talk Title: "Molecular basis of inherited Parkinson’s disease |
| 2:35-3:20 PM | Meng-meng Fu, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB), UC Berkeley Talk Title: "Acentrosomal Microtubule Nucleation in Oligodendrocyte Development and Disease |
| 3:25-4:10 PM | Ekemini A.U. Riley, PhD, ASAP Managing Director Coalition for Aligning Science Talk Title:”Charting a new path with the ASAP Initiative” |
| 4:10-4:20 PM | Close |
| 4:20-5:00 PM | Social |