Program and Speakers

Sunday, September 22nd, 2024. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
8am-8:50am: Registration

8:50am-9am: Brief opening remarks.

9:00am: 1. Michal Schwarz (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel). Defeating Alzheimer’s disease by harnessing systemic immunity
9:30am: 2. Lindsay Farrer (Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts), “Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease in Jews and Israeli-Arabs”.
10:00am: 3. Sudha Seshadri (University of Texas, Texas, USA)The biological and clinical spectrum of vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia

10:30am: Midmorning Break: Coffee, tea, sweets

11:00am: 4. Mary Sano (Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA) Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders: What do we mean by “related disorders”?
11:30am: 5. Illana Gozes (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) Sex influence on Alzheimer’s disease tau pathology and drug development
12:00pm: 6. Mark Gluck (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA) Lifestyle, genetic, and environmental influences on Alzheimer’s risk in older African Americans

12:30pm-2pm. Luncheon

2:00pm: 7. Amos Korczyn (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) Alzheimer’s is a heterogeneous syndrome, not a disease
2:30pm: 8. Gil Rabinovici (University of California, San Francisco, USA) Integration of Alzheimer’s disease molecular diagnostics and therapeutics into clinical practice

3:00pm: Afternoon Break: Coffee, Tea, Sweets

3:30pm:  9. Michal Beeri (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA) The role of the glycoproteome in cognitive decline
4:00pm: 10. Hermona Soreq (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) Transfer RNA fragments as essential fine tuners of brain functioning and Alzheimer’s disease decay

4:30pm: General Discussion: Future Directions for US-Israel Alzheimer’s Disease Collaboration/Cooperation

5pm-6:30pm: Poster Session/Job Fair/Wine & Cheese Reception