AAIC 2023 - Day Four

07/20/23 • 69 min

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In this podcast we share a few selected highlights from the fourth day of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) taking place in Amsterdam and Online, 16th – 20th July. Adam Smith hosts the show with special guests Vyshnavy Balendra from Saint James School of Medicine, Chicago. Dr Helena Popovi, Family physician, educator and author of three books from the Gold Coast in Australia and Dr Iain Hartnell, Research Communications Officer from Alzheimer’s Society. The AAIC brings together distinguished basic scientists, clinical researchers, early career investigators, clinicians and the care research community at the largest and most influential international conference on dementia science. They share theories and breakthroughs while exploring opportunities to accelerate work and elevate careers. For more information visit: https://aaic.alz.org -- You can also enjoy this show as a video podcast on our YouTube Channel. -- Find more information on our guests, and a full transcript of this podcast on our website at https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast -- The views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.

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AAIC 2023 - Day Three

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In this podcast we share a few selected highlights from the third day of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) taking place in Amsterdam and Online, 16th – 20th July. Adam Smith hosts the show with special guests Dr Jayashree Dasgupta from GBHI Trinity College Dublin, Samita Kirve from Oxford Brookes University and Sarah Gregory from The University of Edinburgh. -- The AAIC brings together distinguished basic scientists, clinical researchers, early career investigators, clinicians and the care research community at the largest and most influential international conference on dementia science. They share theories and breakthroughs while exploring opportunities to accelerate work and elevate careers. For more information visit: https://aaic.alz.org -- You can also enjoy this show as a video podcast on our YouTube Channel. -- Find more information on our guests, and a full transcript of this podcast on our website at https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast -- The views and opinions expressed by guests in this podcast represent those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR Dementia Researchers, PIA membership, ISTAART or the Alzheimer's Association.

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Dr Sam Moxon has been working on a new grant and exploring how to create a spin out innovation biotech company. This work led him to meet Matthias Alder, who we just had to get on the podcast. In this show we hear from Gain Therapeutics CEO Matthias Alder. He is leading a biotech company engaged in the development of a potentially disease-modifying therapy for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Hoping to unlock new treatments for difficult to treat disorders with their SEE-TxTM supercomputer-driven, drug discovery platform targeting allosteric binding sites. There is a lot of work underway to explore modifying enzymes that have misfolded, losing their functional structure. Misfolding can lead to various diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Researchers in this field seek, and Gain Therapeutics study the mechanisms behind enzyme misfolding, explore the consequences of misfolding on cellular functions, and develop strategies to correct or reshape these misfolded enzymes. By gaining insights into this process, scientists hope to discover potential therapeutic interventions for treating diseases associated with misfolded enzymes. https://www.gaintherapeutics.com/ -- Full biographies on all our guests and a transcript can be found on our website https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk -- Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode – and if you prefer to watch rather than listen, you’ll find a video version of this podcast with full captions on our YouTube Channel – https://youtu.be/uVmNbqWKBvM -- This podcast is brought to you by University College London / UCLH NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in association with Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society and Race Against Dementia who we thank for their ongoing support.