The @ISTAART Immunity and Neurodegeneration Professional Interest Area focuses on the understanding of the role immunity plays in neurodegenerative processes.
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Are you excited to be heading to #AAIC2025?
The @ImmunityPIA has a fantastic lineup of events:
🧠 PIA Day Debate
July26⏰ 9-10 am
🔬 Immunity PIA Resource Fair
July26⏰ 12:30–2:30 pm
🧭 Roadmap Work Group
July28⏰ 12:30–1:45 pm
🌐 Featured Research Session
July29⏰ 9:00–10:30 am
Congratulations to the incoming leadership team for our PIA:
Student Representatives - Olayemi Aro, Fernanda Barros-Aragao, Luiza S. Machado General Committee Members - Celso Catumbela, Oriol Dols-Icardo, Elizabeth Fisher
Immediate Past Chair - Sarah Hopp
Congratulations to the incoming leadership team for the Immunity and Neurodegeneration PIA:
Chair - Keenan Walker
Vice Chair - Randy Brutkiewicz
Programs Chair - Amira Affaneh
Communications Chair - Caitlyn Fastenau
FRS session
Tunneling Nanotubes: connecting Immunity and Neurodegeneration
Tuesday, July 29 from 9 – 10:30 am
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Room 105
Immunity PIA resource fair
Help me by working the Immunity PIA table!
Saturday July 26 from 12:30pm-2:30pm
Westin Harbour Castle
PIA Day: Immunity PIA collaboration with Sex & Gender PIA
Debate: Do women’s immune processes accelerate AD more than men’s?
Saturday July 26 from 9am-10am
Westin Harbour Castle - Harbour B
New review - @alzassociation Roadmap Working Group:
What would it take to prove that chronic infection is a causal factor in Alzheimer’s?
This paper outlines the critical evidence - from epidemiology to intervention - needed to establish causality.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Immunity and Neurodegeneration PIA retweeted
Delighted to welcome our new class of ISTAART Ambassadors! This year's 43 Ambassadors represent 27 countries across the globe. They'll work with us at #AAIC25 Toronto / online, and we'll be mentoring them over the next year!
Meet them at alz.org/ISTAARTambassadors!
@alzassociation
Next Week! Friday 8am PST
💘 Cutting-edge science on APOE and lipid droplets! Join the @ImmunityPIA webinar on 2/14/2025! 📷
Moderator: @Andy_P_Tsai @CaitlynFastenau
Speakers: @cohenlaboratory, @xuashleychen1
@kimberleydbruce, @LJohnsonLab
Register now: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Don't forget to register for @ImmunityPIA webinar!
@Andy_P_Tsai and I will be moderating this session with amazing speakers @cohenlaboratory and @xuashleychen1! Come listen to perspectives from @kimberleydbruce and Lance Johnson
Register➡️: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi……
Early-career researchers, don’t miss out!
Apply to become a 2025-26 ISTAART Ambassador and gain year-round professional development, mentoring, and exclusive access to top Alzheimer’s research events like #AAIC 2025 !
Deadline: Feb 10, 2025.
Apply: alz.org/ISTAARTambassadors
🗓️ "Year in Review Webinar Series"
Join us on Jan 16, 2025, for a deep dive into Immunity & Neurodegeneration with @ISTAART & @ImmunityPIA. Review 2024’s highlights, look ahead to 2025, and engage with Amira @thatscientist_ and our panelists! Register now: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Don't miss the chance to join this webinar, where experts will explore how APOE affects astrocyte lipid droplets and the connection between microglial lipid droplet accumulation and brain tauopathies.
Register now: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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💘 Celebrate Valentine’s Day with cutting-edge science on APOE and lipid droplets!
Join the @ImmunityPIA webinar on 2/14/2025!
🎤 Speakers: @cohenlaboratory, @xuashleychen1
🌟 Panelists: @kimberleydbruce, @LJohnsonLab
👉 Register now: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Don’t miss this!
Join us in a few hours for hour webinar with @BettcherNeuro and Keenan Walker. Registration information below.
Join us on Tuesday, April 23rd at 10:00 AM CDT to hear @BettcherNeuro and Keenan Walker discuss efforts from our PIA to review and provide a research roadmap for the role of peripheral inflammatory insults in Alzheimer's Disease.
Register here: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Immunity and Neurodegeneration PIA retweeted
Introducing ISTAART Voices–a podcast exploring the latest dementia research with study authors. This is yet another way ISTAART members can stay up to date in addition to their year-round benefits. Not an ISTAART member? Tune in to the podcast and sign up! alz.org/ISTAARTpodcast
Join us on Tuesday, April 23rd at 10:00 AM CDT to hear @BettcherNeuro and Keenan Walker discuss efforts from our PIA to review and provide a research roadmap for the role of peripheral inflammatory insults in Alzheimer's Disease.
Register here: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…