Please join us for this month’s Stein Institute public lecture as we welcome William C. Mobley who will present “Alzheimer’s Disease: A Moving Target.” Dr. Mobley is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosciences at UCSD. He came to UCSD in June 2009 from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he served as the John E. Cahill Family Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and was the founding director of the Neuroscience Institute.
Dr. Mobley’s research focuses on the neurobiology of neurotrophic factor actions and signaling and on the hypothesis that dysfunction of such signaling mechanisms contributes to neuronal dysfunction in developmental and age-related disorders of the nervous system. His emphasis on the neurobiology of Down syndrome has brought new insights into the disease, including possible treatments. He has also done pioneering work on the neurobiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) using a mouse model of Down syndrome. These studies were based on the observation that virtually all adults with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer’s disease by age 50. This knowledge paved the way for Dr. Mobley’s ongoing studies of AD in experimental models.
The event will take place on October 19, 2011 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM at Liebow Auditorium, UC San Diego.
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