Protein Misfolding as a Common Pathway in the Dementias and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

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2004 NDW SPEAKERS	TITLE Click to view the on-line presentation	Download  slide file
John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,PA	Workshop Introduction
Dennis J. Selkoe, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston MA	Protein Misfolding in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA	Convergence of Tau and Alpha-synuclein Amyloids in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Richard I. Morimoto, MD Northwestern University, Evanston, IL	Genome-wide Screen for Genes that Regulate Protein Quality Control
Stuart Lipton, MD, PhD Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA	Nitrosative-oxidative Stress, E3 Ligases and the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System in Neurodegeneration

The workshop took place on October 22, 2004 at the SfN meeting in San Diego, California, USA. It was organized by Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD and John Trojanowski, MD, PhD.  For information about the 2005 NDW, please check the SfN website. Comments about the workshop can be directed to members of SfN's education committee which sponsors the NDW. Comments about this website can be emailed to the SfN International Affairs Committee webperson at .