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Session Highlights & Speakers

Session 1: How Molecular Modifications Rewire Tau’s Folding Logic

Tuesday, January 27

10:00 - 11:30 AM CT

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University of Florida

Moderator
Darragh O'Brien, PhD

University of Oxford

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Sue-Ann Mok, PhD

University of Alberta

Songi Han, PhD

Northwestern University

Session 2: Mechanistic Frontiers in Tau Modification

Tuesday, January 27

12:45 - 2:15 PM CT

Jesse Rinehart, PhD

Yale University School of Medicine

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Maciej Walczak, PhD

University of Colorado

Daniel Lee, PhD

University of Kentucky

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Todd Cohen, PhD

University of North Carolina

Session 3: Why This Cell? Unraveling the Bias of Tau Toward Vulnerable Networks

Tuesday, January 27

2:30 - 4:00 PM CT

Heather True, PhD

University of Washington

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University of California,
San Francisco

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•	Edward Lee, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

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University of Cambridge

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Session 4: The Architecture of Tau Misfolding

Wednesday, January 28

9:40 - 11:10 AM CT

Marc Diamond, MD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Van Andel Research Institute

Maria Catarina Silva

Harvard Medical School

Avi Samelson, PhD

University of California,
Los Angeles

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