Apr 17 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"The role of microglia in the cognitive impairment associated with excessive sugar consumption"
Giuseppe Faraco, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, WCM
Apr 16 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Christopher Donnelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Scientific Director-LiveLikeLou Center for ALS Research
Department of Neurobiology
University of Pittsburgh
Apr 10 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
Patient Presentation: "Update on Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimer Disease: WCM Experience"
Michael Lin, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Department of Neurology
Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
WCM
Apr 9 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Ana Maria Cuervo MD PhD
Distinguished Professor of Developmental and Molecular Biology and of Medicine
Robert and Renee Belfer Chair for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Talk Title:“Chaperone-mediated autophagy: Keeping neurons working one protein at a time”
Apr 3 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
"An approach to disease-agnostic therapeutic genome editing"
Sarah Pierce, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Broad Institute
Apr 2 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Attila Losonczy, MD, PhD
Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Director, Program in Memory Longevity, O’Donnell Brain Institute, UTSW
Talk Title: Towards Optical Imaging of Subcellular Dynamics Supporting Navigation and Learning
Mar 27 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
Patient Presentation: "Cervical Artery Dissection"
Babak Navi, MD, MS, RPNI, Vice Chair, Neurology Hospital Services, Chief, Division of Stroke and Hospital Neurology, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, BMRI, WCM
Mar 26 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Avenue
Michio Hirano, MD
Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology
Columbia University
Title of Talk: “Nucleoside Therapy for Thymidine Kinase 2 Deficiency: From Mouse Model to FDA Approval"
4-5pm
A-250 or https://weillcornell.zoom.us/j/93386316537
Mar 24 2026 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Belfer Research Building
The Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium highlights groundbreaking research discoveries by leading investigators and provides a platform for discussing the advances being made in the research of Alzheimer's disease and other related neurodegenerative disorders.
Mar 24 2026 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Griffis Faculty Club
30 research posters in neuroscience and neurodegeneration