Thursday, March 12 5:00-6:30 pm
5:00-5:30 pm Registration
5:30-6:30 pm Presentation and Q&A
Industrious, 500 W Madison Street, #1000 Chicago, IL, 60661
$5 JASC Members/Co-Organizer Members
$15 Non-Members
Presentation Synopsis
Dr. Sisodia’s research has focused on understanding the cellular and molecular biology of genes encoding proteins that cause early-onset, genetic forms of Alzheimer’s Disease (FAD). His group developed and characterized transgenic mice that express FAD-linked gene variants and has shown that these animals develop deposits of Ab proteins and neuroinflammation, that are characteristics of AD. His recent studies examined the potential role of the gut microbiota on Ab deposition and neuroinflammation, which he will discuss in the lecture.
A brief discussion of clinical issues will also be addressed. Attendees will receive a google survey link to add topics or questions that they would like to be covered in the presentation. Dr. Sisodia will do his best to address these areas.
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Dr. Sangram S. Sisodia
Dr. Sangram S. Sisodia is the Thomas Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Center for Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Chicago. Previously at Johns Hopkins University, he advanced through the ranks to Full Professor before joining the University of Chicago in 1998 as Chair of Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology. A leading Alzheimer’s disease researcher, Dr. Sisodia has received major honors including the Potamkin Prize and the Metropolitan Life Foundation Award, delivered Presidential Special Lectures at the Society for Neuroscience, and is a Fellow of AAAS and multiple international scientific academies.
