题目：Central role of protein phosphatase-2A (PP2A) in the molecular mechanism of neurofibrillary pathology and therapeutic options

报告者：Khalid Iqbal, Ph.D

单位：Department of Neurochemistry at the New York State Institute

时间：2014年9月6日（周六）上午10：00

地点：枫林校区治道楼八楼会议室

主办单位：医学神经生物学国家重点实验室

                   脑科学研究院

                   脑功能重塑协同创新中心

Khalid Iqbal is Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurochemistry at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York.  He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1969 from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K.  His pioneering studies on neuronal protein pathology and discoveries of tau protein and its abnormal hyperphosphorylation in Alzheimer disease has won him many prestigious honors and awards, including the Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer Disease research from the American Academy of Neurology, and the Zenith Award from the Alzheimer’s Association, U.S.A.  In 2007, Alzheimer’s Association, USA, established a Khalid Iqbal Life Time Achievement Award for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, which is given out annually at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) to a senior established Alzheimer disease researcher.  Dr. Iqbal has authored over 300 scientific papers in prestigious American and international scientific journals and edited seven books on research advances in Alzheimer disease and related neurodegenerative disorders.  He currently serves on the editorial boards of several journals and scientific advisory committees of biotechnology companies.