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News & Events > Events > Neurodegenerative Disease Working Group Evening Lecture

Neurodegenerative Disease Working Group Evening Lecture

The NYGC’s Neurodegenerative Working Group brings together researchers from our Institutional Founding Members (IFMs), NYGC faculty, senior faculty, NYGC technology development and computational scientists, and affiliate members to discuss the underlying disease mechanisms in neuropsychiatric disease.

Any questions on this event, contact events@nygenome.org.

Speakers

Liam J. Holt, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Institute for Systems Genetics
New York University

"A Physical Model for Initiation of Neurodegeneration”

Moderated by

Thomas Lehner, PhD, MPH
Scientific Director of Neuropsychiatric Disease Genomics
New York Genome Center

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