Symposium by the Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research and the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease
Heterogeneity of Midbrain Dopaminergic Cells: Relevance to Parkinson’s Disease Neurodegeneration
“Deconstructing midbrain dopaminergic neuron diversity” | Rajeshwar Awatramani, PhD, Northwestern University
“Stressed out dopamine neurons? Heterogeneity among dopamine neurons in their activation of a cell stress response pathway and what it means for their vulnerability in Parkinson’s Disease” | Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD, Duke University
“Antigen presentation pathways in ventral midbrain” | David Sulzer, PhD, Columbia University
“Illuminating the intrinsic vulnerability of dopamine neurons by exploring the fundamental nature of their connectivity” | Louis-Eric Trudeau, PhD, University of Montreal
“The anatomically unique subpopulation of dopamine neurons that suppress reward acquisition” | Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida, PhD, Harvard University
Date: Monday, April 8, 2024
Time: 9:00am-3:00pm EDT
Location: Claudia Nance Rollins Building | 8th floor, Klamon Room
Lunch will be provided
Questions? Email Christina Holbrook.