Axonal Transport and Neurodegenerative Disorder (ATND) - Mahabaleshwar Seminar on Modern Biology:Molecular Motors, Transport and Trafficking (M2T2) 2013

ADVANCED SCHOOL ON AXONAL TRANSPORT AND NEURODGENERATIVE DISORDERS (ATND2013)- MAHABALESHWAR SEMINAR ON MODERN BIOLOGY: MOLECULAR MOTORS, TRANSPORT AND TRAFFICKING (M2T2) Neurodegeneration, a broad symptom which arises out of several different dysfunctions, are prevalent in aging populations, and it mostly affects people after 50 years of age. There are both hereditary and sporadic cases. Alzheimer’s’, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Charcot Marie Tooth Type 2A (CMT2A), and a variety of different dementia are some examples. Recent research suggests that aberrant intracellular transports and mutations in the motor protein genes can induce such disorders in model organisms and humans. Recent reports also indicate that loss of mitochondrial transports, as well as the slow axonal transport, can induce dementia and neurofibrillary plaques in the brain. In view of these and other related developments, a large body of research is launched to elucidate the connection between defective axonal transport and neurodegeneration world-wide. A six-day Advanced School (January 13-19, 2013 at IIT-Powai), and a subsequent Workshop (January 20-26, 2013 at The Club Mahabaleshwar), is jointly organized by faculties from TIFR, IIT-Powai and UC San Diego to highlight this new areas of research. It will be focused on exploring the emergent link between Axonal Transport and Neurodegeneration by well-known and highly acclaimed experts in the field form India and abroad to train and motivate the PhD and postdoctoral students, as well as young faculties. The workshop is organized as a part of the “Mahabaleshwar Seminars on Modern Biology” series and will be concluded with the annual meeting of the Molecular Motors, Transport and Trafficking (M2T2) group.