AMYLOID DISEASES AND AMYLOID MECHANISMS

PROGRAM

X-rays and neutrons in amyloid research.

01

“Structural studies of prefibrillar intermediates and amyloid fibrils” Annette Eva Langkilde, University of Copenhagen

“A molecular mechanism for transthyretin amyloidogenesis” Trevor Forsyth, Institut Laue Langevin and France and Keele University

“Insights into molecular mechanisms of self-assembly of amyloids in presence of metals” Yifat Miller, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Amyloid structures. Functional amyloids.

02

“Can high-resolution fibril structures facilitate mechanistic understanding and inhibitor design?” Sara Linse, Lund University

“Nanoscale chemical imaging of protein aggregates in native and physiological liquid environment” Simone Ruggeri, Cambridge University

“Protein-Lipid Co-assembly in Amyloid Formation” Emma Sparr, Lund University

“Amyloid protein-membrane interactions: the influence of lipid composition on the kinetics of aggregation” Céline Galvagnion, University of Copenhagen

“Bacterial amyloids: Formation and function” Daniel Otzen, Aarhus University

Mechanisms of amyloid diseases.

03

“Mechanisms of synucleinopathies” Poul Henning Jensen, Aarhus University

“In-vitro cross-reactivity of Parkinson’s disease protein” Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Chalmers University of Technology

“Alzheimer’s beta-amyloid: from normal biology to disease” Gunnar Gouras, Lund University

Amyloids in diagnostics and treatment

04

“Tau pathology in AD: studies using fluid and imaging biomarkers” Niklas Mattsson, Lund University

Drugs and drug delivery systems to target amyloids

05