Carol and Gene Ludwig Annual Research Symposium

During the Ludwig annual Research Symposium, awardees from Cycle 1 of the Carol and Gene Ludwig Pilot Grant Program (PGP) will deliver short presentations to share progress and discuss future directions of their funded work with the Yale neuroimmune community. The symposium also includes two other invited Yale faculty speakers.

1:00 Akiko Iwasaki, PhD "Science behind failure to recover from infections.”

2:00 Emilia Favuzzi, PhD "Impact of peripheral immune challenges on microglia and neurons across aging”

2:30 Shawn Ferguson, PhD "Intersection of Innate Immunity with Lysosome Quality Control in ALS-FTD”

3:00 Le Zhang, PhD "Elucidating Neuroimmune Interactions in Parkinson's Disease Using a Novel Humanized Mouse Model”

3:30 Break with refreshments

4:00 David Martinez, PhD "Encephalitic viral infection, inflammation, and onset of neurodegenerative disease”

4:30 Yifei Cai, PhD "Investigate the role of complement pathway in axonal pathology in Alzheimer’s disease”

5:00 Noah Palm, PhD "Commensal manipulation of host immunity”