Poster Presentations

Friday, March 14 – Saturday, March 15, 2009

Progranulinopathies and other Protein Misfolding Diseases (PMD):

ROLE OF CHARGES IN THE CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS OF AMYLOID-BETA AND α-SYNUCLEIN
A. Alexandrescu, R. Croke, S. Sheftic, J. LaRochelle
University of Connecticut, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Storrs, United States

UPREGULATION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN IN PRION INFECTED CELLS: A ROLE FOR ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN IN PRION DISEASES?
L. Vella¹, E. Toulmin², V. Lawson¹, T. Du¹, A. Caragounis¹, S. George¹, C. Masters³, S. Collins¹, J. Culvenor¹, A. White¹, R. Cappai¹, A. Hill^2
1University of Melbourne, Pathology, Parkville, Australia, ²University of Melbourne, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Parkville, Australia, ³Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

PROGRANULIN AS A POTENTIAL BIOMARKER FOR ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS
A. Carlson¹, P. Schneider², H. Hampel², J. Herms³, K. Bürger², C. Haass¹, A. Capell^1
1Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich and Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Department of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany, ²Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Alzheimer Memorial Center, Dementia Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Munich, Germany, ³Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Department of Neuropathology, Munich, Germany

TDP-43 PATHOLOGY IN FAMILIAL BRITISH DEMENTIA AND HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
C. Schwab¹, T. Arai², M. Hasegawa³, P.L. Mc Geer^1
1University of British Columbia, Dept. Psychiatry, Vancouver, Canada, ²Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Dept. Psychogeriatrics, Tokyo, Japan, ³Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Dept. Molecular Neurobiology, Tokyo, Japan

UBIQUILIN AND ERASIN FUNCTION IN ERAD AND REGULATE ER STRESS AND LIFESPAN IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS
M. Monteiro, C. Harman, S. Fang, P. Lim
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, MBC, Baltimore, United States