An online scientific seminar series focused on motor neurone disease (MND) Research. Hear from national experts and emerging leaders in MND research including the latest clinical trials, drug developments, pre-clinical models, discovery research and collaborative platforms. Learn, connect and share with the Australian MND research community.
For enquiries related to the seminar series, please contact: Dr Sarah Bennett
This seminar will present an overview of our current understanding of the brain imaging signature of ALS. Drawing on multi-modal neuroimaging findings, the association between brain changes with ‘motor’ and ‘extra-motor’ functional changes will be presented. The potential role of neuroimaging for detecting and monitoring ALS pathology will be discussed.
Dr Tu is the Lenity Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer based at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney. His research employs leading multi-modal neuroimaging techniques to quantify changes in brain integrity and connectivity associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive dysfunction. His current focus is the discovery and translation of novel non-invasive markers for monitoring and tracking disease progression from its earliest stage in dementia and motor neuron disease. He holds particular interest in characterising regional patterns of change across key neural relay hubs as a marker of widespread cortical dysfunction and brain network abnormality.
Prof Samar Aoun, Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science , WA, July 2024
Prof Lawrence Steinman, Stanford University, June 2024
Prof Julie Atkin, Macquarie University, May 2024
Dr Alan Yu, The Florey, April 2024
Raymond Houck, Aclipse Therapeutics, March 2024