Speakers:
Fei Wang, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Generating Recombinant Human Prions in Large Scale for Structural Studies
Rodrigo Morales, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Exploring the zoonotic potential of porcine-derived materials from animals exposed to infectious prions
Dr. Gabriel Haller and Brooke Sadler, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
The Contribution of Rare Variant and Copy-Number Variation to Risk of Sporadic CJD and Pleiotropy with Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Candace Mathiason, PhD, Prion Research Center, Colorado State University
Use of Blood-borne Prion Amplification Assays for the Detection of Human Prion Diseases and Biomarker Assessment
Moderator:
Brian Appleby, MD, Medical Director, CJD Foundation, and Director, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
