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Professor Yvonne Nolan invited speaker at Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago, USA.

Congratulations to Professor Yvonne Nolan, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, and APC Microbiome Ireland who was invited to present her research on the role of gut microbiome in Alzheimer’s disease at the Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago on 7th October 2024.
In her lecture entitled “The role of gut microbiota and hippocampal plasticity in Alzheimer’s disease: lessons from fecal microbiota transplantation studies” Yvonne shared latest findings from her research group showing that a gut microbiota signature in Alzheimer’s played a role in cognitive symptoms and neuroplasticity. Experiments carried out in her lab show that symptoms of Alzheimer’s can be transferred to a healthy young organism via the gut microbiota and thus that symptoms of the disease may be, in part, be caused by alterations in microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract. Hippocampal neurogenesis is highlighted as a converging cellular process regulating systemic and gut-mediated factors in Alzheimer’s.
Other research leaders in the field Professor Rima Fathi Kaddurah-Daouk (Duke University), Professor David Holtzman (Washington University in St. Louis) and Professor Katrine Whiteson (University of California, Irvine) contributed to the symposium “What does the microbiome tell us about prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease?”
As an additional distinction, the symposium was selected as one of very few to be highlighted in the annual meeting issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Yvonne and her fellow speakers’ co-authored review can be found here.
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to advancing understanding of the brain and nervous system. With >30K delegates, its annual meeting is one of the largest scientific conferences in the world. SFN 2024 was held at McCormick Place, Chicago, which is the largest convention centre in North America.
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The Journal of Neuroscience. Yvonne Nolan and fellow speakers’ co-authored review
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