Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series 2022 Welcomes Aimee Kao

On Tuesday, April 26, at 4 p.m., the Center for Research on Families will welcome Dr. Aimee Kao as part of the Tay Gavin Lecture Series.

Kao is the John Douglas French Foundation Endowed Professor, associate professor of neurology, and director of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of California San Francisco.

She will discuss neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are incurable and debilitating conditions that result in progressive degeneration and/or death of nerve cells. Her work suggests that not only are lysosomes key players in neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis, but they can be targeted for therapeutic intervention. She will discuss the different ways that protein degradation via the autophagy-lysosome pathway can be disturbed in neurodegenerative disease. She will cover recent insights into tauopathy development associated with TSC1 mutations, how lysosomal pH regulation can be the target of therapeutics, as well as the interface between lysosomal proteases and client substrates such as alpha-synuclein, TDP-43, and tau.

The event will be hosted in Life Science Laboratory S330, light refreshments will be served and registration is preferred.  

The lecture will also be presented via Zoom with the link and more information will be shared upon registration.