Seminars & Events

Tuesday, April 02, 2024, 13:00-14:00
The Neuroscience Program presents
Intersection Between Lysosome Damage and Parkinson''s disease Risk"
Speaker: Shawn Ferguson, PhD
Associate Professor, Cell Biology and of
Neuroscience, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University
Location: Hybrid In Person RGN Room 1421 and MS Teams Meeting
Please contact Nancy MacDonald at nmacdonald@toh.ca for the link

Dr. Michael Schlossmacher

Learning Objectives:

 

  1. Review current knowledge of Parkinson’s disease genetics
  2. Summarize understanding of roles played by endolysosomal pathway
    dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease.
  3. Demonstrate contributions of the LRRK2 protein in a pathway that
    responds to lysosome damage

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