November 30, 2006
Sullivan to lecture on Alzheimer’s Dec. 7
Dr. Jane Sullivan, UW assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, will give the New Investigator Science in Medicine Lecture, “What Goes Wrong at Synapses with Alzheimer’s Disease?” Thursday, Dec. 7. The lecture takes place from noon to 1 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Building.
Sullivan and her research group work to identify the normal and abnormal roles of Alzheimer’s disease-related proteins in controlling synaptic transmission, using cultured neurons, virally mediated protein expression, electrophysiology and optical imaging techniques. Proteins of interest include amyloid precursor protein and presenilin, both of which have been strongly implicated in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease.
Sullivan received her doctorate in neuroscience at the University of Utah. She worked at the Salk Institute before joining the Department of Physiology and Biophysics faculty in 2002.
The lecture will be simulcast at Harborview Medical Center, Research and Training Building, room 121; VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Building 1, room 518;VA American Lake, Building 2, room 343; and VA HSR&D at Metropolitan Park (downtown Seattle).
All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the lecture. No registration is required. For more information, contact Vee White at veewhite@u.washington.edu.
