APPD Monthly Seminar: '24-'25 APPD Scholarship Awardees

Aufzien Family Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease (APPD) Monthly Lecture Series:

'24-'25 APPD Scholarship Awardees

Our upcoming lecture in the APPD Monthly Lecture Series is scheduled for January 29, 2026 at 15:00 - 16:00 via Zoom.

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This month, we will be hearing from the APPD Scholarship recipients about their work:

• Yonatan Brand: Wearable Technology and Machine Learning to Identify People with a High Risk of Developing Parkinson's Disease
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
  Advisors: Prof. Jeffrey Hausdorff and Dr. Or Perlman

• Tamar Gordon: Identification of Molecular Signatures in Peripheral Autonomic Neurons Associated with Parkinson’s Disease
  Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
  Advisor: Prof. Avraham Ashkenazi

• Priyangana Deb: Synaptotagmin 9, an Overlooked Player in Parkinson’s Disease
  Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
  Prof. Ronit Sagi-Eisenberg

• Yarden Lewit Cohen: Investigating the Link between Astrocyte Cellular Senescence and Gender in the Development of Alpha-Synuclein Pathology in Parkinson’s Disease
  George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
  Advisor: Prof. Dan Frenkel

• Raneen Nicola: Investigating GLP-1 Receptor Agonists as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Parkinson’s Disease Using Advanced iPSCs-Derived In Vitro Models
  Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
  Advisors: Prof. Ben Maoz and Prof. Uri Ashery

• Hanaa Adsi: Unraveling "Metabolostasis": Homeostasis of Metabolite Aggregation as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Neurodegeneration
  George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
  Advisor: Prof. Ehud Gazit

We look forward to your participation!

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