[Neuropostdocs] Seminar Announcement: Wednesday, Alzheimer's

[Sam Beshers]

>
>Hi:
>
>I would like to bring to your attention the talk by Lawrence 
>Goldstein on Wednesday October 2 at noon in B102 CLSL.  Dr. 
>Goldstein is hosted by CSB students and the title of his talk is 
>"Linking kinesin-dependent transport to signalling and disease".  A 
>significant portion of this talk will be devoted to his recent 
>discovery of the role of motor proteins in transport and processing 
>of beta-secretase, presenilin-1 and amyloid precursor protein - key 
>components in pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (see Nature. 2001, 
>414(6864):643-8 and Neuron. 2001, 32(3):389-401).
>
>Thank you.
>
>Vladimir Gelfand


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Samuel N. Beshers, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, Neuroscience Program, and
Research Associate, Department of Entomology
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