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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics 22nd Annual Symposium

April 5, 2026 by nr9b@virginia.edu

Location: Pinn Hall Auditorium

Date: May 4, 2026 - May 4, 2026

Start Time: 1:00 pm

End Time: 5:30 pm

Cellular Foundations of Neurodegeneration: Metabolism and DNA Repair in Neurons

Program
  • 1:00 – 1:05 PM
    Dr. Anja Katrin Bielinsky
    Welcome and Opening Remarks.
  • 1:05- 2:05 PM
    Dr. Peter McKinnon—St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
    “Dealing with Damage: Genome Integrity and Neurologic Disease”
  • 2:05 – 3:05 PM
    Dr. Laurie Sanders—Duke University
  • 3:05 – 3:25 PM
    Refreshment and Coffee Break
  • 3:25 – 4:25 PM
    Dr. Ken Nakamura
    “Energy Metabolism in Neurodegeneration”
  • 4:25– 5:25 PM
    Dr. Ashley Webb— The Buck Inst. For Research on Aging
    “Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Neurodegeneration”
  • 5:25 – 5:30 PM
    Dr. Anja Katrin Bielinsky
    Closing Remarks
  • 5:30 – 6:30 PM
    Wine Reception
    Open to All Attendees of the Symposium

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