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Scientific Program

February 6th, 2025

9:00 Registration

9:30 Opening Session

Maria do Carmo Pereira | Coordinator of the Research Group Supramolecular Assemblies of LEPABE, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Fernando Pereira | Director of the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

9:45 - 11:00 Oral Presentations

Chair: Joana Loureiro

(Keynote) ​9:45 – 10:30 Gert Fricker | University of Heidelberg

Delivery of a therapeutic peptide across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

10:30 - 10:45 Romeu António Videira | University of Porto

SC-Nanophytosomes: a nanotechnological tool to unlock precision mitochondrial medicine for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

10:45 – 11:00 Tânia Martins University of Aveiro

Biomarkers in blood-derived EVs: New tools for AD diagnosis

11:00 - 11:15 Discussion

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break

​​11:30 - 12:15 Oral Presentations

Chair: Joana Loureiro

(Keynote) ​11:30 - 12:00  Ana Catarina Silva | University Fernando Pessoa

The promise of the nose-to-brain route for direct drug delivery

12:00 – 12:15 Carmo Correia | University of Porto

Maximising deposition of a nanostructured lipid carriers formulation for nose-to-brain drug delivery

 

12:15-12:30 Discussion

 

12:30 – 13:10 Poster Session

Chair: Maria João Ramalho

​13:10 - 14:15 Lunch

14:15 - 15:15 Oral Presentations 

Chair: Maria João Ramalho

(Keynote) 14:15 - 14:45 Cláudia Guimas Almeida | NOVA University Lisbon

How does the Alzheimer's genetic factor Bin1 put synapses at risk?

14:45 - 15:00 Margarida VazUniversity of Aveiro

Exploring Aβ Effects on Extracellular Vesicles’ Metabolic Profile

15:00 - 15:15 Joana Saavedra  | University of Porto

Dissecting the protective role of Transthyretin in brain processes dysregulated in Alzheimer’s Disease 

 

15:15-15:30 Discussion

 

15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break

 

15:45 - 17:00 Oral Presentations 

Chair: Pedro Carneiro

15:45  - 16:00 Hélio Albuquerque University of Aveiro

Development of multi-functional small molecules to tackle Alzheimer's disease

16:00 - 16:15 Daniela MalafaiaUniversity of Aveiro

Chromeno[3,4-b]xanthones: novel multifunctional small molecules targeting Alzheimer’s disease

16:15 - 16:30  Lúcia Melo University of Aveiro

Development of novel amyloid probes with donor-acceptor-donor architectures

16:30 - 16:45 Helena Rodrigues | Catholic University of Portugal

Neuroprotective Effects of Mushroom Biomass in Caenorhabditis elegans models of Alzheimer’s disease 


16:45-17:00 Discussion

February 7th, 2025

10:00 - 12:15 Oral Presentations

Chair: Débora Nunes

(Keynote) ​10:00 – 10:30 Maria José DiógenesUniversity of Lisboa

New strategy to prevent BDNF receptor cleavage and synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's

10:30 - 10:45 Tiago Oliveira University of Minho

Brain regional susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease pathology

10:45 - 11:00 Ivone Martins | University of Amsterdam

Bacteriophages in Alzheimer’s detection: exploring novel therapeutic approaches

11:00 - 11:15 Discussion

11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 11:45 Pedro MartinsUniversity of Porto

Association between the use of levodopa/carbidopa and the disease outcomes included in the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Uniform Data Set

11:45 - 12:00 Diogo TrigoUniversity of Aveiro

Metabolism, energy, and oxidative stress: mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease

12:00 – 12:15 Débora MoreiraUniversity of Porto

Engineering dendrimers to advance a therapeutic strategy for Amyloid-β-Induced Neurotoxicity 

 

12:15 – 12:30 Discussion

 

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

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14:00 - 17:00 Workshop on Production and Characterization of Nanoparticles for Loading Bioactive Compounds

 

17:00 Closing Session

©2025 3rd Symposium on Alzheimer’s Disease

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