Parkinson's UK: Festival Partner Programme Stream
Sessions in this stream have all been convened by Parkinson's UK, the Festival Partner for BNA2023.
They are timetabled so that interested delegates can attend all Parkinson's UK sessions over the four days of the Festival, without any programme clashes.
In addition to sessions supported by Parkinson's UK, there are many other sessions in the programme which we believe will be of interest to delegates studying the neuroscience of neurodegeneration. Please explore the full Festival programme.
Sunday 23rd April 2023
10:20 - 12:00 BST Mitochondrial dysfunction and therapeutic potential (Full information)
Session convened by Parkinson’s UK
Niamh Connolly, Royal College of Surgeon Dublin, Ireland (co-chair): Mitochondrial bioenergetics, dynamics, morphology and stress response in neurons exposed to alpha-synuclein preformed fibrils
Olga Corti, Paris Brain Institute (Institut du Cerveau), Paris: Mitochondrial dysfunction in the alpha-synuclein preformed fibril mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Miratul Muqit, MRC Protein phosphorylation and ubiquitylation unit, Dundee (co-chair): Decoding Mitochondrial Damage Response Pathways linked to Parkinson’s disease
Richard Rutter, NRG Therapeutics, Cambridge: Targeting the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) as a disease modifying strategy for Parkinson’s
12:00 - 13:00 BST - Exhibition, lunch, career speed-dating, silent symposia, networking and more
13:00 - 14:40 BST - Parallel sessions, including
Patient and public involvement in research: Parkinson's and beyond (WORKSHOP) (Full information)
14:40 - 16:20 BST - Exhibition and POSTER SESSION ONE
16:20-18:00 BST - Parallel sessions
18:20 - 19:20 - Opening plenary
19:20 - Opening reception
Monday 24th April 2023
08:30-09:30 BST - Plenary Lecture
09:30 - 11:10 BST Dissecting the signaling pathways in Parkinson's and their therapeutic potential (Full information)
Session convened by Parkinson's UK.
Malú Tansey, University of Florida, USA: LRRK2 Role in Neuroimmune Interactions and Inflammation in Neurodegeneration (co-chair)
Dario Alessi, University of Dundee, UK: Pharmacological strategies targeting LRRK2
Matthew Gegg, University College London, UK: The effect of glucocerebrosidase deficiency on the endolysosomal pathway and identification of potential pharmacological treatments (co-chair)
11:10 - 11:50 BST - Exhibition, break, and POSTER PREVIEW for poster session two
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11:50 - 12:50 BST - The Parkinson's UK Plenary Lecture Patrik Brundin, Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
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12:50 - 13:50 BST - Exhibition, lunch, career speed-dating, silent symposia, networking and more
13:50 - 15:30 BST - Exhibition and POSTER SESSION TWO
15:30 - 17:10 BST Are peripheral and CNS inflammation drivers of neurodegeneration (Full information)
Session convened by Parkinson's UK.
Deborah Kronenberg- Versteeg, University of Tubingen, Germany: New models to investigate the role of microglia in Parkinson’s disease
Ian Harrison, University College London, UK (co-chair): Exploring the therapeutic potential of the glymphatic system in the clearance of pathological alpha-synuclein from the brain
Soyon Hong, University College London, UK: The gut brain hypothesis in Parkinson's disease
Caroline Williams-Gray, Cambridge University, UK (co-chair): The peripheral immune system: a new therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease
17:10-18:10 BST - Plenary Lecture
18:30-19:30 BST - Public Lecture
Tuesday 25th April 2023
08:30-09:30 BST - Plenary Lecture
09:30 - 11:10 BST - Parallel sessions
11:10 - 11:50 BST - Exhibition, break, and POSTER PREVIEW for poster session three
11:50-12:50 BST - Plenary Lecture
12:50 - 13:50 BST - Exhibition, lunch, career speed-dating, silent symposia, networking and more
13:50 - 15:30 BST - Exhibition and POSTER SESSION THREE
15:30 - 17:10 Techniques/Technologies driving a better understanding of disease mechanisms (Full information)
Topic: Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
Caleb Webber, University of Cardiff, UK: Exploiting stem cell model heterogeneity with single cell RNAseq (co-chair)
Tiago Outeiro, Newcastle University, UK: Extracellular vesicles: from basic biology to biomarkers
Amanda Lewis, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland: Insights into alpha-Synuclein accumulation in human brain using correlative light and electron microscopy
Nora Bengoa-Vergniory, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Spain: Visualizing and tackling alpha-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease therapeutics (co-chair)
17:10-18:10 BST - Plenary Lecture
18:30-19:30 BST - Public Lecture
Wednesday 26th April 2023
08:30-09:30 BST - Plenary Lecture
09:30 - 11:10 BST - Parallel sessions
11:10 - 11:40 BST - Break and refreshments
11:40-13:00 BST - Closing plenary