The Adams lab gathers once or twice a week for an hour or so, during which we dissect primary research articles in a journal club format, students present their recent experimental data to the group, and/or team-based experimental plans are discussed.
Spring 2023 Lab Meetings – Fridays, 1:30pm-3:00pm
Date | Presenter | Topic |
27-Jan | Team discussion | Welcome Back! |
3-Feb | Lauren | Project overview: Generating a PC12 cell model system to examine tau propagation |
10-Feb | Morgan | Journal Club: Ahmadi et al. (2019) Aggregation of Microtubule Binding Repeats of Tau Protein is Promoted by Cu2+. ACS Omega. 4: 5356-66. |
17-Feb | Jannah | Journal Club: Article to TBA |
24-Feb | Richard | Journal Club: Article to TBA |
3-Mar | Michaela | Journal Club: Article to TBA |
10-Mar | Molly | Project overview: Using the split-luciferase system to evaluate amyloid-beta interactions with apoE and tau |
17-Mar | Lauren | Journal Club: Article to TBA |
24-Mar | Morgan | Project talk: Generating recombinant tau-P301L to examine effects of cooper on aggregation |
31-Mar | Jannah | Project talk: Using the split luciferase system to examine effects of apoE isoforms and mutants on amyloid-beta aggregation |
7-Apr | Richard | Project talk: Comparing the thermal stabilities of apoE isoforms and mutants by thermal shift assay |
14-Apr | N/A | No meeting |
21-Apr | Michaela | Project talk: Effects of apoE isoforms on PC12 cell neuritogenesis |
28-Apr | Molly | Journal Club: Article to TBA |
Fall 2022 Lab Meetings – Mondays, 2:00pm-3:00pm & Fridays, 2:00pm-3:15pm
Date | Day | Presenter | Topic |
9-Sep | Fri | Team discussion | Welcome Back! |
12-Sep | Mon | Team discussion | Planning for the semester |
16-Sep | Fri | Michaela | Project/Data talk |
19-Sep | Mon | Team discussion | Planning for SfN 2022 Poster |
23-Sep | Fri | Richard | Practice talk for Summer ATP Symposium |
26-Sep | Mon | Team discussion | Planning for SfN 2022 Poster |
30-Sep | Fri | Summer ATP Symposium | 2:00-3:00pm – Richard’s oral presentation; 3:00pm-4:00pm – Jannah’s poster presentation; 5:00-5:45pm – Richard’s poster presentation |
3-Oct | Mon | Team discussion | Experimental planning |
7-Oct | Fri | Jannah | Islam et al. (2022) Presenilin Is Essential for ApoE Secretion, a Novel Role of Presenilin Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis. J. Neuroscience. 42(8): 1574. |
10-Oct | Mon | N/A | No meeting – Holiday |
14-Oct | Fri | Team discussion | Experimental planning |
17-Oct | Mon | Team discussion | Experimental planning |
21-Oct | Fri | Team discussion | Experimental planning |
24-Oct | Mon | Team discussion | Experimental planning |
28-Oct | Fri | Morgan | Yan et al. (2022) X-linked ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 increases tauopathy vulnerability in women. Cell. 185: 3913. |
31-Oct | Mon | Team discussion | Experimental planning |
4-Nov | Fri | ||
7-Nov | Mon | Team discussion | Final planning for SfN |
11-Nov | Fri | ||
14-Nov | Mon | N/A | No meeting – SfN 2022, San Diego CA |
18-Nov | Fri | ||
21-Nov | Mon | Team | SfN Poster Review |
25-Nov | Fri | Thanksgiving Break | |
28-Nov | Mon | Morgan | Journal Club |
2-Dec | Fri | Brook | Journal Club |
5-Dec | Mon | Richard | Journal Club |
9-Dec | Fri | Lauren | Journal Club |
12-Dec | Mon | Morgan | Tau Project |