Programme
The 2017 Dementia MRI conference schedule.
| Time | Session | Chaired by |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Registration and coffee/tea | |
| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley (Cardiff University) | |
| 10:20 | MRI magnetic susceptibility mapping methods and applications in dementia Dr Karin Shmueli (UCL) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley |
| 10:50 | Advanced microstructural imaging with diffusion MRI Dr Chantal Tax (Cardiff University) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley |
| 11:20 | What can relaxometry tell us about the ageing brain? Dr Michael Knight (University of Bristol) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley |
| 11:45 | Coffee and tea | |
| 12:15 | MRS in dementia (Title TBC) Prof Adam Waldman (University of Edinburgh) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley |
| 12:45 | Comparative MRI and MRS biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia Prof Andrew Blamire (Newcastle University) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley |
| 13:15 | Lunch / poster viewing / CUBRIC tour | |
| 14:15 | Early changes in Lewy body dementia Prof John O'Brien (University of Cambridge) | Dr Dennis Chan |
| 14:45 | Impact of cerebellar changes in neurodegeneration Prof Michael Hornberger (University of East Anglia) | Dr Dennis Chan |
| 15:15 | Longitudinal cognitive and neuroimaging changes in posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) Dr Sebastian Crutch (UCL) | Dr Dennis Chan |
| 15.45 | Coffee and tea | |
| 16.15 | The MRI experience from the patient’s perspective | Dr Liz Coulthard |
| 16.30 | Exploring links between functional connectivity and MAPT gene expression in tauopathies Dr Timothy Rittman (University of Cambridge) | Dr Liz Coulthard |
| 17.00 | Memory pathways in old age and preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease: first data from the DELCODE Cohort of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Prof Emrah Duzel (University of Magdeberg) | Dr Liz Coulthard |
| 17:30 | End of day | |
| 19:00 | Evening meal (at Viva Brazil) |
| Time | Session | Chaired by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Coffee and tea | ||
| 09:30 | Entorhinal cortex function and structure in early Alzheimer’s disease Dr Dennis Chan (University of Cambridge) | Professor Julien Hughes | |
| 10:00 | Is Alzheimer's a disease of white matter? Dr Elisa Canu (Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan) | Professor Julien Hughes | |
| 10:30 | Fronto-temporal Dementia: an effective paradigm of network-based neurodegeneration Dr Federica Agosta (Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan) | Professor Julien Hughes | |
| 11:00 | Coffee and tea | ||
| 11:30 | Understanding the genetic architecture of Alzheimer’s disease Dr Rebecca Sims (Cardiff University) | Professor Risto Kauppinen | |
12:00 | Big data in neuroimaging: what could it tell us about ageing and disease? Dr Gwenaëlle Douaud (Oxford University) | Professor Risto Kauppinen | |
| 12:30 | There may be trouble ahead - the challenge of subjective cognitive decline Prof Anthony Bayer (Cardiff University) | Professor Risto Kauppinen | |
| 13:00 | Lunch / poster viewing / CUBRIC tour | ||
| 14:00 | Advanced MRI for quantification of microvascular and cellular pathology - validation in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease Dr Laura Parkes (University of Manchester) | Professor Richard Wise | |
| 14:30 | Brain-predicted age relates to measures of amyloid deposition and cognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Dr James Cole (Imperial College London) | Professor Richard Wise | |
| 14.42 | Object and scene memory are differentially associated with CSF markers of Alzheimer’s Disease and MRI volumetry David Berron (Magdeburg University) | Professor Richard Wise | |
| 14.54 | Spatial Gradient of Microstructural Changes in Normal-Appearing White Matter of Tracts Affected by White Matter Hyperintensities Dr Rozanna Meijboom (University of Edinburgh) | Professor Richard Wise | |
| 15.06 | In vivo topography of tau deposition, perfusion and cortical thinning in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment Dr Elijah Mak (University of Cambridge) | Professor Richard Wise | |
| 15.18 | Automatic quantification of brain MRI to improve the diagnostic workup of dementia in memory clinic patients Dr Rebecca Steketee (ERASMUS MC University, Medical Centre Rotterdam) | Professor Richard Wise | |
| 15.30 | Coffee and tea | ||
| 16.00 | Graph Distance of Structural and Functional Network Topologies becomes Closer in Alzheimer’s Disease Stavros Dimitriadis (CUBRIC, Cardiff) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley | |
| 16.12 | Distinct Alzheimer’s disease progression patterns revealed by subtype and stage inference (SuStaIn) Dr Alexandra Young (University College London) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley | |
| 16.24 | Hippocampal Viscoelasticity in Young and Cognitively Healthy Older Adults Lucy Hiscox (University of Edinburgh) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley | |
| 16.36 | MEG may be more sensitive than fMRI in detecting resting-state brain dysfunction in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease
Dr Loes Koelewijn (CUBRIC, Cardiff) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley | |
| 16.48 | 1H-MRS investigation of posterior cingulate cortex metabolites in young Apolipoprotein ε4 carriers and non-carriers Dr Alison Costigan (CUBRIC, Cardiff) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley | |
| 17.00 | DTI segmentation in focal cortical neurodegenerative syndromes Natasha Clarke (St George’s, London) | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley | |
| 17:12 | Prizes (best early career talks/posters) and closing remarks | Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley | |
| 17:30 | End of day |
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