the 23rd Molecular Neuroscience Research Center International Symposium

Molecular Neuroscience Research Center will hold the 23rd Molecular
Neuroscience Research Center International Symposium and welcome
you as participants. The details are as follows:

【Details】
■ Presentations: see program below
■ Date & Time: October 30th (Monday), 2017. 14:30-16:30
■ Place: Shiga University of Medical Science, Clinical room 2

◆ This symposium will be counted as a credit toward Ph.D. lecture
course and Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disease of
Leading Graduate Program.

－ Program －

1) 14:30 Opening Remarks: Kohei Shiota
(President and Dean, Shiga University of Medical Science)

2) 14:35–16:30 Presentations

1. 14:35–15:00 Douglas Gordon Walker (Professor, SUMS)
“Japan-USA collaborative research on Alzheimer’s disease
neuroinflammation. ”
Chairperson: Ikuo Tooyama (Professor, SUMS)

2. 15:00–15:45 Lih-Fen Lue (Professor, Arizona State University)
“Amyloid beta and tau as Alzheimer’s disease blood biomarkers:
promise from new technologies.”
Chairperson: Masaki Nishimura (Professor, SUMS)

3. 15:45–16:30 Brittany Nicole Dugger (Assistant Professor, UC
San Francisco)
“What can peripheral tissues tell us about Parkinson’s and
Alzeimer’s disease?”
Chairperson: Makoto Urushitani (Professor, SUMS)

3) 16:30 Closing Remarks: Kazumasa Ogasawara
(Vice-president, Shiga University of Medical Science)

For more information or inquiries, please contact Mayumi Toyama.
email: mayumit@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp, int: 2331