Monday May Location 09.00-09.30 09.30-10.15 10.15-11.00 11.00-11.30 11.30-12.15 12.15-13.15 13.15-14.00 14.00-14.45 14.45-15.15 15.15-16.00 12th Alzheimer's disease/other dementias De Boelelaan 1085 coffee and introduction Jeroen Hoozemans Evelien Lemstra Coffee Ronald Boellaard Lunch Gijsje Koenderink Harm Krugers Coffee Helmut Kessels Tuesday May 13th White Matter Disorders Day 1 Location De Boelelaan 1085 09.30-10.15 Bob van Oosten 10.15-11.00 Inge Huitinga 11.00-11.30 coffee 11.30-12.15 Hugo Vrenken 12.15-13.15 lunch 13.15-14.00 Helga de Vries 14.00-14.45 Marianne Bugliani 14.45-15.15 coffee 15.15-16.00 Sandra Amor Wednesday May 14th White Matter Disorders Day 2 Location Pathology conference room VUmc ZH 0E36 09.30-10.15 Jack van Horssen 10.30-11.00 coffee 11.00-12.15 Annemieke Rozemuller and Jeroen Hoozemans 12.15-13.15 lunch (Pathology VUmc) 13.15-14.30 Annemieke Rozemuller and Jeroen Hoozemans 14.30-15.00 coffee 15.15-16.00 Daphne Vogel Thursday May 15th Pathology/ WMD/PD/AD Location Foyer Pathology building VUmc 09.00-12.00 S Amor/M Bugiani/P van de Voorn Location 12.15-13.00 lunch Location De Boelelaan 1085 13.00-13.45 Henk Berendse 13.45-14.30 Jan Booij 14.30-15.00 coffee 15.00-15.45 Eric Reits 15.45-16.30 Aad Tibben WN-S623 VUmc/CNCR/Alzheimer Center VUmc-Neurology/Alzheimer center Amyloid Cascade hypothesis Differential diagnosis of dementia VUmc-Nuclear medicine/Alzheimer Center Molecular Neuroimaging in AD AMOLF/UvA SILS Physico chemical aspects of aggregates Synapses, stress and tau NIN Abeta and synaptic transmission WN-C203 VUmc, Neurology, Amsterdam MS Center NIN Multiple Sclerosis - clincial course and treatments Brain banking…what every researcher should know VUmc Radiology, Amsterdam MS Center Principals of Imaging white matter disorders MCBI, VU Amsterdam MS Center VU Blood-brain barrier Vanishing white matter disorders VUmc Pathology Pathology and pathogenesis of MS MCBI, VU Amsterdam MS Center Understanding neurodegeneration in MS VUmc Pathology AD Neuropathology practical session - microscope/PM VUmc Pathology AD Neuropathology practical session - microscope/PM VUmc Pathology/MCBI Microglia in white matter disorders VUmc Pathology WN-hallway B4 WM Disorders Neuropathology practical session WN-M655 VUmc-Neurology AMC-nuclear medicine AMC-Cell biology LUMC-Neurologie / Klinische Genetica, Section Genetic Counselling Friday May 16th Biotech and Therapeutic approaches in neurodegenerative diseases Location Pathology conference room VUmc ZH 0E36 09.30-10.15 Guus Scheefhals Crossbeta Biosciences, Utrecht 10.15-11.00 Sipke Dijkstra Biofocus, Leiden 11.00-11.30 coffee 11.30-12.15 Hans van Noort Delta Crystallon, Leiden 12.15-13.15 lunch (Pathology VUmc) 13.15-14.00 Niels Prins VUmc-Neurology 14.00-14.45 David Baker QMUL, Barts and the London MC 14.45-15.15 coffee 15.15-16.00 Vivi Heine VUmc-Neurology Drinks Parkinson’s disease: full profile of a movement disorder PET/SPECT imaging: PD Cell biology of polyglutamine aggregation The psychology of predictive and diagnostic mutation testing Tools for research and diagnostics in neurodegenerative disease - Crossbeta technology Discovery of targets for neurodegenerative diseases Starting a biotech company in neurological disease Clinical trials in dementia: caveats and opportunities How to use animals wisely to understand neurodegenerative diseases Stemcell therapy for neurodegenerative diseases