Join us at the Penn Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Award Symposium in honor of Stanley Prusiner, University of California, San Francisco
Program (Rainey Auditorium, University Museum):
1:30 PM: Virginia Lee, University of Pennsylvania - "Misfolded Disease Protein Transmission as a Shared Pathogenic Mechanism for Neurodegenerative Disorders"
2:30 PM: Gerald Stubbs, Vanderbilt University - "Structural diversity in prions and other amyloids"
3:30 PM: Greg Petsko, Brandeis University - "Specific Inhibition of α-Synuclein Misfolding and Truncation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Parkinson's Disease"
4:30 PM: Stanley Prusiner, University if California, San Francisco - "The Biochemistry of Prions"
5:30 PM: Reception for symposium attendees in Nobel Hall in Chemistry Complex
Symposium is free and open to the public.
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