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Cafe Scientifique February Meeting
St. Patricks Irish Club, Adelaide Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 5AH
Monday 17 February
Talk starts at 7.30 PMAll Welcome, no admission charge
All of the proceeds from a voluntary collection will be donated to Alzheimer's Society
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Cafe Scientifique February Meeting
Kevin Moffat, Emeritus Professor of the University of Warwick School of Life Sciences will be talking to us about
Fruit flies’ assistance in understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, devastating for the individual, for families and for society. There is currently no cure. With over a million people currently in the UK having some form of dementia, and with cost cares rising to over £42 billion, then intervention is a priority. Come with Kevin, as he takes you on a journey of science, touching on history, and politics.
The fruit-fly, Drosophila, is a model organism, arguably the most studied animal, other than humans themselves. Flies share with us important similarities in behaviour, anatomy, genetics and physiology: learning and remembering, aging and degenerating. However, in this lecture we will look at how we have ‘humanised’ the fly through transgenesis and from this approach what we have learnt about Alzheimer’s disease. We’ll explore where this has taken Kevin’s research, moving from flies through physical biochemistry to electrophysiology – and hopefully into new targets for the next generation of drug intervention.
Fruit flies’ assistance in understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, devastating for the individual, for families and for society. There is currently no cure. With over a million people currently in the UK having some form of dementia, and with cost cares rising to over £42 billion, then intervention is a priority. Come with Kevin, as he takes you on a journey of science, touching on history, and politics.
The fruit-fly, Drosophila, is a model organism, arguably the most studied animal, other than humans themselves. Flies share with us important similarities in behaviour, anatomy, genetics and physiology: learning and remembering, aging and degenerating. However, in this lecture we will look at how we have ‘humanised’ the fly through transgenesis and from this approach what we have learnt about Alzheimer’s disease. We’ll explore where this has taken Kevin’s research, moving from flies through physical biochemistry to electrophysiology – and hopefully into new targets for the next generation of drug intervention.