Workshop
The Goulandris Natural History Museum
Monday 11 December 2017
ABOUT THE EVENT
Neurodegenerative diseases-
Is there a t(h)reat?
We are delighted to invite you to attend the Workshop on “Brain: Progress and Challenges in Neurodegenerative Diseases”. The Workshop will be held on December 11, 2017 at the Goulandris Natural History Museum, Athens. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases are the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases that generate important health-related direct and indirect socio-economic costs. They are characterized by severe neuronal losses in several disease-specific brain regions associated with deposits of aggregated peptides and proteins. This workshop will highlight recent progress and advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of these diseases, with a focus on the underlying mechanisms of protein aggregation, and some of the most promising therapeutic strategies currently in development for those incurable neurodegenerative disorders.
WORKSHOP IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Invited Speakers
Dr. Spiros Efthimiopoulos
Neurobiologist
Professor,
Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dr. Achilleas Gravanis
Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Crete. Researcher Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology FORTH, Affiliated Research Professor Center of Drug Discovery Northeastern University Boston
Antonios M. Politis, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry at 1st Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Dr. Leonidas Stefanis
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens &
Director of Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens
Dr. Nektarios Tavernarakis
Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), and Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Dr. Antonis Tsarbopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Director of Bioanalytical Department at The Goulandris Natural History Museum
Dr. Kostas Vekrellis
Neuroscientist
Division of Basic Neurosciences at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA)
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under the auspices of the
HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
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