Upcoming Webinars for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Researchers

ISTAART Journal Club Meet the Author

March 4, 2021
11:30 a.m. CT

Anny Reyes will lead a conversation with Arjune Sen and Masud Husain about the paper, Cognition and Dementia in Older Patients with Epilepsy, published in Brain.

John Baker will lead a conversation with Kamalini Ranasinghe, Keith A Vossel and Srikantan S. Nagarajan about the paper, Neurophysiological Signatures in Alzheimer’s Disease are Distinctly Associated with TAU, Amyloid-β Accumulation and Cognitive Decline, published in Science Translational Medicine.

AWARE PIA: Intersectionality

March 9, 2021
Noon CT

Peggye Dilworth-Anderson will bring her vast experience from the many years of supporting and mentoring the next generation of researchers toward addressing the importance of intersectionality in the field of Alzheimer’s disease research. This webinar will focus on empowerment of women and under-represented groups, acknowledging the need for voices from different backgrounds to occupy a seat at the decision-making table. This discussion will be moderated by AWARE PIA Executive Committee members, Shannon Risacher and Aparna Vasanthakumar.

Speaker:
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson

Electrophysiology PIA: Hans Berger's Dream: Alzheimer's Disease Affects EEG Rhythms and Vigilance

March 11, 2021
9 a.m. CT

According to NIA-AA Research A-T-N Framework (Jack et al., 2018), the in-vivo assessment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is based on biomarkers of brain amyloidosis, tauopathy and neurodegeneration. What about brain neurophysiology? This talk will discuss converging EEG evidence showing that AD substantially affects cerebral neurophysiological ascending systems regulating brain arousal and vigilance. Did Hans Berger’s dream come true?

Speaker:
Claudio Babiloni

Reserve PIA: Resilience Against Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia: Do Sex/Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences Matter?

March 15, 2021
10 a.m. CT

This program will address the extent to which sex/gender and race/ethnicity modulate resilience against AD. Brief impulse talks will focus on a) cognitive reserve at the intersection of sex and racial differences and b) sex-gene effects on resilience in a transgenic mouse model of amyloid-beta, and c) implications of such differences for precision medicine.

Panelists:
Justina Avila-Rieger, Dena Dubal and Maria Teresa Feretti

Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia PIA: Epidemiology to Inform the Role of Nutrition in the Exposome of Dementia

March 16, 2021
10 a.m. CT

Nutrition is central to the exposome of dementia. Epidemiology is unique to decipher the role of nutrition in the natural history of dementia, which evolves over decades. We will overview knowledge on nutrition and dementia from cohorts with long follow-up such as the Three-City study, from a one size fits all approach to a holistic and individualized perspective of nutrition.

Speaker:
Cecilia Samieri

Neuroimaging PIA: EEG y RM estructural y funcional (Spanish)

March 18, 2021
9 a.m. CT

Este es el primero de dos webinars educativos de la Neuroimaging Professional Interest Area sobre neuroimagen en la enfermedad de Alzheimer y otras demencias en español. Este seminario web proporcionará una descripción general sobre el electroencefalograma y la resonancia magnética estructural y funcional en la investigación y la práctica clínica de la enfermedad de Alzheimer y otras demencias.

This is the first of two educational webinars from the Neuroimaging Professional Interest Area on neuroimaging in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in Spanish. This webinar will provide an overview structural and functional MRI and EEG in research and clinical practice of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Panelists:
Roser Sala-Llonch and Agustin Ibanez

ISTAART Journal Club Meet the Author

March 18, 2021
1 p.m. CT

"Natasha de la Rosa-Rivera will lead a conversation with Tomohiro Nakamura and Stuart Lipton about the paper, Noncanonical Transnitrosylation Network Contributes to Synapse Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease, published in Science. Andréia Silva da Rocha will lead a conversation with Naomi Habib  about the paper, Disease-Associated Astrocytes in Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging, published in Nature Neuroscience."

Promoting Diverse Perspectives: Addressing Health Disparities Related to Alzheimer's and All Dementias

March 26, 2021
10 a.m. CT

In anticipation of the upcoming Promoting Diverse Perspectives conference, held virtually June 14-16, join us for an opportunity to meet the conference hosts, learn more about disparities in Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and ask questions you have about the conference. This webinar will feature lightning presentations highlighting key topics and sessions from the conference.

Presenters:
Carl V. Hill, Neil Henderson, Roland Thorpe, Ganesh Babulal, William Hu, Spero Manson, Jason Flatt and Dedra Buchwald

ISTAART Journal Club Meet the Author

April 1, 2021
10 a.m. CT

Lianne Reus will lead a conversation with Chengran Yang and Carlos Cruchaga about the paper, Genomic and Multi-Tissue Proteomic Integration for Understanding the Biology of Disease and Other Complex Traits, preprint.

Greg Wheildon will lead a conversation with  Ryan Corces about the paper, An Integrated Multi-Omics Approach Identifies Epigenetic Alterations Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease, published in Nature Genetics.

Tau Pathology in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease

April 14, 2021
11 a.m. CT

Phosphorylation of Tau is an early event and is suggested to be related to conversion to dementia in those with Down syndrome. Seeds containing pathological forms of Tau can spread in the brain, both directly and via secreted extracellular vesicles such as exosomes. This webinar will focus on several studies focused on Tau pathology, both in the human brain and in mouse models.

Speaker:
Ann-Charlotte (Lotta) Granholm-Bentley

ISTAART Journal Club: Meet the Author

April 15, 2021
10:30 a.m. CT

Alan Cronemberger Andrade will lead a conversation with Rachel Nosheny and Michael Weiner about the paper, Validation of Online Functional Measures in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Anna Volkmer will lead a conversation with Emily Rogalski about the paper, Communication Bridge: A Pilot Feasibility Study of Internet-Based Speech-Language Therapy for Individuals with Progressive Aphasia, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.