| Alzheimer’s Disease: the brain, the genes, the promise of vaccines
St. Louis, March 6, 2000 – A 3-D tour of a human brain will highlight a free program about the latest advances in Alzheimer’s disease. The Saturday morning event will take place March 18 in the Saint Louis University Practical Anatomy Workshop Auditorium, 3839 Lindell Blvd. It is part of Brain Awareness Week, sponsored nationally by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and the Society for Neuroscience.
The Practical Anatomy Workshop features an 18-foot projection screen and 3-D projection system. Wearing 3-D glasses, participants will get an intimate view of the brain’s interior as Washington University anatomist Daniel McKeel, M.D., dissects a human brain and discusses brain pathology. Alison Goate, D. Phil., from Washington University will discuss recent research on genetic factors that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Robin Eastwood, M.D., from Saint Louis University will talk about the epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease. And Bob Vassar, M.D., from Amgen Inc. will describe his groundbreaking research on a key component of Alzheimer pathology and talk about related work that might lead to an Alzheimer vaccine within a few years. Alzheimer’s disease currently affects approximately 4.5 million Americans.
This year’s local Brain Awareness Week program is sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Practical Anatomy Workshop at Saint Louis University and the St. Louis Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. To reserve a seat, please call (314) 423-3422, ext. 144, or register online at www.alzstl.org
MAIN PROGRAM
8 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome
Craig Lawson, M.D., Saint Louis University
Tom Meuser, Ph.D., Washington University
Jan McGillick, Alzheimer’s Association
8:45 a.m. Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Robin Eastwood, M.D., Saint Louis University
9:05 a.m. Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease, with brain demonstration
Daniel McKeel, M.D., Washington University
10 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease — familial risk factors
Alison Goate, D. Phil., Washington University
11 a.m. Latest Discoveries — A Vaccine for Alzheimer’s?
Bob Vassar, M.D., Amgen Inc.
11:45 a.m. Questions and Answer Panel
OPTIONAL LABORATORY SESSION
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.. Tissue examinations and dissections
Daniel McKeel, M.D., Washington University
Joel Price, D. Phil., Washington University
Hyung Chung, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital/Saint Louis University
William Burke, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital/Saint Louis University
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