The University of Minnesota Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care is hosting its first annual scientific symposium on Monday, June 16, 2025.
This symposium welcomes university faculty, staff, trainees, and collaborators. The day begins at 8:30 with a networking breakfast followed by scientific sessions featuring keynote addresses from leaders in the field.
Symposium attendees can interact with collaborators from the University of Minnesota and beyond and participate in our lunch-hour poster session as a presenter or viewer.
Please see the agenda below.
*There is no fee to attend, but registration is required. Registration is now closed.
Event Location
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR)**
2021 6th St SE, Room 2-102
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Symposium Objectives
- Present an overview of recent clinical and translational research advancements in diagnosing, treating, and preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
- Explore the latest approaches to treatment relevant to disease management
- Offer insights into the research, diagnosis, and management of ADRD in select patient populations
- Discuss future directions in research and clinical care
Who Should Attend
Physicians, faculty, nurses and neuropscyhometirists, clinical care providers, scientists, staff, students, community partners and collaborators from within the university and beyond who are interested in the latest updates on Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Enjoy an opportunity to start the day with a continental breakfast and networking.
9:00 - 9:10 Welcome, Dongming Cai, MD, PhD
Dongming Cai, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Director of The N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care
9:10 - 9:20 Opening Remarks, Peter Crawford, MD, PhD (Recorded)
Peter Crawford, MD, PhD
Vice Dean for Research, University of Minnesota Medical School
Co-director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Minnesota
Division Director, Division of Molecular Medicine
Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
Watson Land Grant Chair in Medicine
Link to Bio
9:20 - 9:30 Greeting, Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD
Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD
McKnight Professor and Chair
Head of the Neurology Department
Director of the Neuromodulation Research Program
Center Director of the University of Minnesota Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Research.
Link to Bio
9:30 - 10:00 Keynote, Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s disease: Understanding Disease Mechanism, Alison M Goate, DPhil
Alison M Goate, DPhil
Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Genomics
Chair of the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology,
Faculty of the Icahn Genomics Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Link to Bio
10:00 - 10:30 Keynote, Transformative Multiscale Network Modeling of Alzheimer's Disease: Discovering Novel Mechanisms and New Therapeutics, Bin Zhang, PhD
Bin Zhang, PhD
Willard T.C. Johnson Research Professor of Neurogenetics in the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transformative Disease Modeling
Faculty member of the Icahn Genomics Institute
Link to Bio
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break (Poster presenters please see front desk to hang posters).
11:00 - 11:30 Keynote, Alzheimer’s Disease 2025: Diagnosis and Treatment, Ronald C. Petersen, MD, PhD
Ronald C. Petersen, MD, PhD
Director, Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging,
Professor, Neurology
Link to Bio
11:30 - Noon Keynote, From Brain Banks to Mechanistic Insights: AI-Driven Endophenotype Analysis for Therapeutic Target Discovery, John F. Crary, MD, PhD
John F. Crary, MD, PhD
Director, Mount Sinai Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research CoRE
Professor, Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine
Professor, Neuroscience
Professor, Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Link to Bio
Noon - 12:30 Keynote, Repairing synapses to reverse memory loss in dementia, Karen Ashe, MD, PhD
Karen Ashe, MD, PhD
Professor
Founding Director, N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care
Edmund Wallace and Anne Marie Tulloch Chairs in Neurology and Neuroscience
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch and Poster Session
2:30 - 3:00 Keynote, Accelerating Late Stage AD/ADRD Translation through Digital Transformation and Learning Health Systems,Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Director, Center for Learning Health System Sciences
Professor and Core Faculty Member, Institute of Health Informatics
Senior Associate Dean for Health Informatics and Data Science
Chief Health Informatics and AI Officer, Fairview Health Services
3:00 - 3:15 Invited Lecture, Molecular Biosensors as an Engine for Small Molecule Drug Discovery Targeting TDP-43, Jonathan Sachs, PhD
3:15 - 3:30 Invited Lecture, Microglial TREM2 and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy – Pathogenic Mechanisms and Potential Therapies across the BBB in Alzheimer’s Disease, Ling Li, PhD
3:30 - 3:45 Invited Lecture, APOE4 in American Indian Populations; Impact on Imaging and Blood-Based-Biomarkers, William Mantyh, MD
3:45 - 4:00 Invited Lecture, Molecular Insights into APOE3 Christchurch–Mediated Resistance to Alzheimer’s Disease, Shauna Yuan, MD
4:00 - 4:15 Invited Lecture, Amyloidogenic Oligomeric assemblies and Alzheimer's Dementia, Peng Liu, PhD
4:15-4:30 Closing Remarks, Dongming Cai, MD, PhD
Abstract Submission and Poster Session
Abstract Submission
The Grossman Symposium 2025 inaugural abstract submission and poster session grant flexibility to applicants to encourage participation at our inaugural event.
Participants can submit new or previously presented abstracts and posters. Accordingly, the format of abstracts and posters will vary by applicant.
We offer a set of guidelines to applicants for reference but emphasize that the format of submitted abstracts and posters will vary.
General Abstract Guidelines (Optional):
1. Presenting Author and Co-Author Information:
Presenting Author Information:
- Last Name, Degree, First Name
- Job Title/Student Status, etc. (Scientist, Post-Doc, 4th-year medical student, Resident, Jr. Faculty)
- Affiliation (Center)
**Permission for abstract submission must be obtained from each individual listed as a co-author.
2. Abstract Title:
3. Abstract:
Abstracts lengths may vary but are typically 300 words or less and include the following sections:.
a. Background
Highlight the significance of the research topic, including any gaps in current knowledge or existing problems. Use a few sentences to provide context for your study, explaining why this research is important.
b, Methods
The method section should contain enough information to enable the reader to understand what was done, and how. It should include brief details of the research design, sample size, duration of study, and so on.
c. Results/Data
What did you discover, learn, or create?
d. Conclusions
This section should contain the most important take-home message of the study, expressed in a few precisely worded sentences. Usually, the finding highlighted here relates to the study's primary outcomes. However, other significant or unexpected findings should also be mentioned. It is also customary, but not essential, to express an opinion about the theoretical or practical implications of the findings, or the importance of their findings for the field.
References are not required; if you’d like to include them, they should be included in the abstract body and typically count toward the word limit.
Please contact Grossman Center administrator Kersten Warren with questions via email at [email protected].
Poster Session
