Targeting Brain Metabolism: Techniques and Therapeutic Perspectives
DRA symposium
This mini-symposium explores the central role of energy metabolism in brain health and disease, focusing on how neurons and glial cells dynamically regulate energy production and utilization. With a special emphasis on metabolic vulnerabilities in neurological disorders and brain injury, the event will highlight advanced techniques for studying brain metabolism and discuss how targeting metabolic pathways can open new therapeutic avenues.
Programme
| 09:00 | Introduction Associate professor Blanca I. Aldana, University of Copenhagen |
| 09:15 |
Hyperpolarized 13C MRI: A Translational Tool for Studying Brain Energy Metabolism Professor Mathilde Hauge Lerche, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| 10:15 |
The ying and yang of the purine salvage pathway: Source of diagnostics of acute brain injury and site of ATP-elevating strategies for its remediation Professor of Neuroscience, Bruno Frenguelli, University of Warwick, UK |
| 11:15 |
Wrap-up and thank you for the day |
The symposium is organized on behalf of the graduate programme in pharmaceutical sciences, Drug Research Academy, by Associate Professor Blanca I. Aldana, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
The symposium is free of charge and open for attendance by all interested parties. It is not necessary to pre-register.