2024 Neurodegeneration Mini-Symposium
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Simons Auditorium, West Campus
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Prof. Giuseppe Caruso, University of Catania, "Traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease/dementia development: cerebrovascular link and potential pharmacologic therapies"
Prof. Angela Maria Amorini, University of Catania, "Understanding the mechanism of traumatic brain injury: focus on energy metabolism"
Prof. Michael S. Wolfe, University of Kansas, "In search of the pathogenic trigger of Alzheimer's disease"
Prof. Chris Culbertson, Kansas State University, "Using UPLC-MS to analyze analgesics and prostaglandins in animal plasma"
Prof. Michelle Kovarik, Trinity College, "ROS Detection Methods in Eukaryotic Microbes"
Prof. Meredith Hartley, University of Kansas, “Myelin lipid dynamics during demyelination and remyelination”
Dr. Jay Sibbitts, Lunte Research Group, University of Kansas, “Developing microfluidic tools to measure nitrosative and oxidative stress in glial cells”
Sayuri Niyangoda, Johnson Research Group, University of Kansas, "Unraveling zinc function on neurodegeneration with combined fast scan cyclic voltammetry and caged compound photolysis"
Dhanushki Abeykoon, Lunte Research Group, TL1 Trainee and PharmD student, University of Kansas and KU Medical Center, "Validation of a Novel Cerebrospinal Fluid-Based Biomarker of Mitochondrial Function"
COBRE CMADP and KU's Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry hosted a series of talks around the topic of neurodegeneration by University of Kansas colleagues as well as guests from Trinity College and the University of Catania, Italy. With over 50 people in attendance, it was a full day of interesting research and conversation. Many thanks to our speakers and everyone who spent the day with us!
