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The Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA within @istaart.bsky.social is requesting nominations for the best paper of 2025 on neuromodulatory subcortical systems in Alzheimer's disease!! ISTAART members: promote the work of your colleagues (or yourself) here: alz.surveymonkey.com/r/Publicatio...

#Lysosomal protease-mediated APP degradation is pH-dependent, mutation-sensitive, and facilitates tau #proteolysis

Caroline Ackley...Paul J. Sampognaro, Aimee W. Kao @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #amyloid #AlzheimersDisease #autophagy

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Author Talk and Book Signing Join UCSF’s Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center for an engaging evening celebrating Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain. This creative collaboration between…

Join UCSF’s Fein Memory and Aging Center for an evening celebrating "Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain" with Bruce Miller, MD & Cindy Weinstein, PhD

🗓️ Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026
🕓 4:30–6 p.m. PT
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center (in person)

details 👉

Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: You Don't Have to Show Up" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.

🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT

Details: bit.ly/4shTyWG

Excited to share the launch of our new @istaart.bsky.social Cognition PIA SIG: Speech and Language Measures in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, co-chaired with Alexandra König. Join our 1st meeting Jan 22, 2026 12:35pm CT (open to ISTAART members)
Register: forms.monday.com/forms/9fd36c...

Author Talk and Book Signing Join UCSF’s Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center for an engaging evening celebrating Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain. This creative collaboration between…

Join UCSF’s Fein Memory and Aging Center for an evening celebrating "Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain" with Bruce Miller, MD & Cindy Weinstein, PhD

🗓️ Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026
🕓 4:30–6 p.m. PT
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center (in person)

details 👉 bit.ly/3L09TOS

Gallery 190 Opening Reception: Carissa Potter Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring Jan 15 – Apr 3, 2026 Opening Reception Thursday, Jan 15, 4:30–6 p.m. Join UCSF’s Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center for the opening reception of Carissa…

Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.

🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT

Details:

Gallery 190 Opening Reception: Carissa Potter Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring Jan 15 – Apr 3, 2026 Opening Reception Thursday, Jan 15, 4:30–6 p.m. Join UCSF’s Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center for the opening reception of Carissa…

Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.

🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT

Details:

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS Rita Sattler, PhD Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience ‌David and Weezie Reese Chair for Neurodegeneration Research Barrow…

"Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS"
by
Rita Sattler, PhD
Barrow Neurological Institute

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Jan 5, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS Rita Sattler, PhD Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience ‌David and Weezie Reese Chair for Neurodegeneration Research Barrow…

"Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS"
by
Rita Sattler, PhD
Barrow Neurological Institute

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Jan 5, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Alice Tang - University of California, San Francisco Alice Tang is on Forbes' 2026 30 Under 30 - Science list. Read more about Alice Tang, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.

Congrats Alice Tank on being a Forbes 30 Under 30 - Scientist! www.forbes.com/profile/alic... "Tang is using AI computational tools to understand & diagnose complex diseases like Alzheimer's..." @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social

The UCSF NeuroAI Lab operates from the @ucsfmac.bsky.social within the Department of Neurology at the Weill Institute of Neuroscience. Our work is deeply collaborative, bringing together an exceptional team of clinicians from @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social , @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social, Dyslexia Center.

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds From Traumatic Brain Injury ‌to Neurodegeneration: Mechanisms Linking Acute Injury to Chronic Neurodegeneration Declan McGuone, FRCPath, MBBCh Associate Professor of Pathology Yale School of Medicine…

From Traumatic Brain Injury to Neurodegeneration: Mechanisms Linking Acute Injury to Chronic Neurodegeneration
by
Declan McGuone, FRCPath, MBBCh
Yale School of Medicine

UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Functional network collapse in neurodegenerative disease - Nature Communications This study demonstrates that brain functional network imbalance appears linked to progressive brain atrophy and cognitive decline across the dementia spectrum.

Excited to share our new work in @natcomms.nature.com: Functional network collapse in neurodegenerative disease

How does functional connectivity change across dementia types and stages?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds What Can Assessment of Biomarkers in More Representative Cohorts Tell Us About Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease? Susan Landau, PhD Research Neuroscientist Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute…

What Can Assessment of Biomarkers in More Representative Cohorts Tell Us About Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease?

Susan Landau, PhD
UC Berkeley

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Dec 15, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds Single-Neuron Genomes: ‌Lenses into the Pathogenesis of Neurodegeneration Michael B. Miller, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School ‌Associate Pathologist, PI, Brigham and…

Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Single-Neuron Genomes: Lenses into the Pathogenesis of Neurodegeneration"
by
Michael B. Miller, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Monday, Nov. 17, 10-11 a.m.
register 👉 bit.ly/47HtV80

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds Integrative Single-Cell Genomic Approaches to Dissect Alzheimer's Disease Mechanisms Li-Huei Tsai, PhD Director, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT ‌Picower Professor of…

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Integrative Single-Cell Genomic Approaches to Dissect Alzheimer's Disease Mechanisms"
by
Li-Huei Tsai, PhD
MIT

Monday, Nov. 3, 10–11 a.m.
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds Consciousness and Its Three Stages of Processing Ezequiel Morsella, PhD Professor of Neuroscience San Francisco State University Learning Objectives To appreciate that only a subset of processes in…

"Consciousness and Its Three Stages of Processing"
by
Ezequiel Morsella, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
San Francisco State University

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Oct. 20, 10-11 a.m. PT
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds The Connected Cerebellum: Mapping Social and Cognitive Networks in Neurodegeneration Sherry Chen, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Memory and Aging Center University of California, San Francisco Learning…

"The Connected Cerebellum: Mapping Social and Cognitive Networks in Neurodegeneration"
by
Sherry Chen, MD, PhD
UC San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Oct. 13, 10-11am PT
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AAIC Neuroscience Next Four pictures of attendees and speakers are shown in circle cutouts, overlayed on top of a purple city skyline.

Registration is open for AAIC Neuroscience Next, Feb. 23-26. This no-cost, global hybrid event is a great opportunity to collaborate and connect both in person and virtually around the globe! Learn more: alz.org/NeuroscienceNext. #AAICNeuro #ALZSky #NeuroSky

Familiar Touch: The Aesthetics of Aging We are thrilled to welcome American filmmaker Sarah Friedland to the UCSF Memory and Aging Center for a screening of her feature film Familiar Touch. Awarded the Luigi de Laurentiis Lion of the…

Join UCSF Memory and Aging Center and GBHI for a screening of "Familiar Touch" by award-winning filmmaker Sarah Friedland. Followed by a panel on caregiving, aging & film.

Oct 8 | 7 PM
Free & open to all.
Details: bit.ly/4mEpLDh

Trailer: bit.ly/3ICj4ns

KOKO SUZANNE A young girl's life is turned upside down when her grandmother's strange behaviour sparks fears of witchcraft. As her family struggles to reconcile illness with the supernatural, she must navigate…

Join us for Cinematic Empathy: The Art of Socially Conscious Film
Oct. 6 | 5–7 PM at UCSF

Filmmaker & Atlantic Fellow Zach Bandler explores brain health & ethical storytelling. Featuring Koko Suzanne and an exclusive preview of Altered.

Details 👉 buff.ly/jICXxvD

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds Amyloid PET Quantification with Centiloids: Concepts, Thresholds, and Interpretation Renaud La Joie, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco David…

Amyloid PET Quantification with Centiloids: Concepts, Thresholds, and Interpretation

Renaud La Joie, PhD
&
David Soleimani-Meigooni, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Oct. 6, 10-11am PT
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An Atlantic Fellow views work by Kiggundu Rodney hanging in UCSF's Memory and Aging Center's Gallery 190.

We loved hosting MindScapes, the exhibition by Ugandan visual artist & Atlantic Fellow Kiggundu Rodney, at UCSF’s Gallery 190!

Rodney’s art uses the brain & objects as metaphors for introspection.
synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/202...

Learn more about Rodney’s work: www.instagram.com/kiggunduarts...

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds Automated Language and Speech-Based Markers for Dementia Jet Vonk, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco Learning Objectives Understand the clinical need for…

Automated Language and Speech-Based Markers for Dementia
by
Jet Vonk, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UC San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Sep 29
10-11 a.m. PT
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SEMINARIO COMUNITARIO DE LA ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION EN COLABORACIÓN CON UCSF CENTRO DE MEMORIA Y ENVEJECIMIENTO (presentado en Español) / ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SEMINAR IN COLLABORATION WITH UCSF MEMORY AND AGING CENTER (presented in Spanish) Si no puede llenar este formulario, favor de llamar al 408.372.9919 / "If you cannot fill out this form, please call 408.372.9919. Gracias a generosos donantes, nuestros programas de atención y apoyo…

Join @alzassociation.bsky.social & @ucsfmac.bsky.social for a free Spanish seminar on Alzheimer’s, Sat 9/20, UCSF Mission Bay. Shared by Sandra Green & Dr. @kristalynharrison.bsky.social. Register: tinyurl.com/ForoSobreAlzheimer

Watch 'Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special' Tuesday, August 26 | ABC Updates Watch "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special" Tuesday, Aug. 26 on ABC.

Check out ABC’s "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special," airing Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 p.m. PT. This heartfelt feature highlights Bruce Willis’ diagnosis with FTD and includes expert commentary from UCSF’s Dr. Bruce Miller. Don’t miss it! abc.com/news/83a8aa7...

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Call For Papers! Alzheimer's & Dementia Special Issue: Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems in Alzheimer's Disease

Research on the intersection of the Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems and AD are welcome! #AlzResearch
⏰Deadline: Aug. 30, 2025

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Watch 'Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special' Tuesday, August 26 | ABC Updates Watch "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special" Tuesday, Aug. 26 on ABC.

Check out ABC’s "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special," airing Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 p.m. PT. This heartfelt feature highlights Bruce Willis’ diagnosis with FTD and includes expert commentary from UCSF’s Dr. Bruce Miller. Don’t miss it! abc.com/news/83a8aa7...

Film Screening of The Rest I Make Up & Panel Discussion In honor of both Hispanic Heritage and World Alzheimer’s Months, join us for a special screening of The Rest I Make Up—named one of The New Yorker’s “Best Movies of 2018”—followed by a panel…

Film Screening of "The Rest I Make Up" & Panel Discussion
Sat, Sep. 13, 2:30-5 p.m. PT
San Francisco Main Library

Join a special screening of "The Rest I Make Up"—named one of The New Yorker’s “Best Movies of 2018”—followed by a panel discussion.

Details at