Studying Cognitive Reserve
Yaakov Stern, Ph.D.
Florence Irving Professor of Neuropsychology,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center,
New York, NY
STERN LAB
Seminars
Past Seminars
2024
Neurovascular Interactions: Mechanisms, Imaging and Therapeutics
Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D.
Senior investigator, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
Professor of Neurology, University of California
The Noradrenergic System: Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Alzheimer’s Disease
Lori McMahon, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research,
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Lysosome signaling and microglia regulation in Alzheimer’s disease
Hui Zheng, Ph.D.
Director, Huffington Center on Aging
Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Mechanisms of Age Related Tauopathy
John F. Crary, MD, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Pathology,
Neuroscience, AI & Human Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
New York, NY
CRARY LAB
The “where” and “when” of extracellular vesicles: biodistribution and pharmacokinetics
Kenneth W. Witwer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
An emerging role for RNA metabolism in regulating tau biology
Benjamin Wolozin, MD, Ph.D.
Professor, Depts. of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology,
Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics
Program in Neuroscience, Neurophotonics Center
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
2023
Neuronal pathophysiology compared in Alzheimer’s disease and Down Syndrome
Beth Stutzmann, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Discipline of Neuroscience
Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease and Therapeutics
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science,
Chicago, IL
Independence of neurons for trophic support
Moses V. Chao, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology,
Neuroscience & Physiology and Psychiatry
NYU Grossman School of Medicine,
New York, NY
Alzheimer’s Disease as a Systems-Level Maladaptation to Stressors: From Mechanisms to Diagnostics and Treatment
Gabriela Chiosis, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
New York, NY
Taking out the trash: endolysosomal trafficking in neuronal dendrites.
Bettina Winckler, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
University of Virginia
Lysosomal dysfunction in Frontotemporal Dementia: New insights into Progranulin biology and therapeutic strategies
Thomas Kukar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (CND),
Departments of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Neurology,
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Identification and manipulation of individual memory traces in cognitive and psychiatric diseases
Christine A Denny, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry),
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
Why the senior brain needs junior neurons
Orly Lazarov, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience,
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Alzheimer disease in people with Down syndrome: The contribution of cerebrovascular pathology and neuroinflammation
Elizabeth Head, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of California, Irvine, CA
Regulation of neuroimmune interaction by AD risk factors
Li Gan, Ph.D.
Professor in Neuroscience,
Burton P. and Judith B. Resnick Distinguished Professor in Neurodegenerative Diseases,
Director, Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer Disease Research Institute,
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Mitovesicles: a novel subtype of brain extracellular vesicles altered with aging and disease.
Pasquale D'Acunzo Ph.D.
Internal Speaker, LEVY’S LAB
Nathan Kline Institute
Mitochondrial Psychobiology in the Brain and Immune System
Martin Picard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine,
Dept. of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Medicine & Dept. of Neurology,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), New York, NY
ApoE4 and Alzheimer’s Disease: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies
Yadong Huang, Ph.D.
Director, Gladstone Center for Translational Advancement,
Senior Investigator, Gladstone Inst. of Neurological Disease,
Professor of Neurology & Pathology, University of California, San Francisco
High frequency oscillations as an early biomarker and potential treatment target in Alzheimer’s disease
Christos Lisgaras, Ph. D.
Autophagy: A Selective Eater that Protects Brain.
Zhenyu Yue, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience,
Friedman Brain Institute,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Exploring the roles of microglia in the healthy and Alzheimer’s disease brain
Kim Green, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair,
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior,
University of California, Irvine, CA
Microglial TREM2 interactome in Alzheimer’s disease.
Tae-Wan Kim
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University, New York, NY
Interaction of microglia with amyloid plaques.
Frederick Maxfield Ph.D.
Horowitz Professor of Biochemistry
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
2022
2021
2020
2019
Synaptic and dendritic mechanisms of brain dysfunction in cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease
Daniel Nicholson, Ph. D.
Big Data Analysis and Genetic Liability to Neuropsychiatric Disease
Panagiotis Roussos, M.D., Ph. D.
2018
New Insights on Alzheimer’s Disease: Lessons from Carmela Abraham Aβ catabolism
Javier Pacheco-Qunito, Ph. D.
Pathological consequences of p75 neurotrophin receptor expression in the brain
Khalil Saadipor, Ph. D.
2017
Recent progress in microglia and exosome mediated progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph. D.
Role of endolysosomes in pathogenesis of HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders and Alzheimer’s disease
Jonathan D. Geiger, Ph. D.
Alzheimer’s disease mimics: common and under-appreciated causes of dementia
Peter Nelson, M.D., Ph. D.
Apoliprotein E and Alzheimer’s Disease: Multitude of Biological Effects and Potential for New Therapeutic Approaches
Martin Sadowski, M.D., Ph. D.
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011