{"id":3772,"date":"2025-04-14T17:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/?page_id=3772"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:30:15","slug":"global-insights-international-conferences-on-dementia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/global-insights-international-conferences-on-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Insights: International Conferences on Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3772\" class=\"elementor elementor-3772\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-002c0f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"002c0f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46341e8\" data-id=\"46341e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08dd56b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08dd56b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HAI 2024 \u2013 HUMAN AMYLOID IMAGING<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16fce44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16fce44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>January 17-19, 2024, Miami, Florida<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fedd51d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fedd51d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The students of Dr. Rosa-Neto attended the 2024 Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI2024) in Miami, Florida on January 17th and 19th. It consisted of a ground-breaking series of talks on fluids and PET- biomarkers used in research on dementia. The conference remains at the forefront of unraveling the mechanisms and improving the diagnosis and understanding of Alzheimer\u2019s and other related neurodegenerative diseases. At this conference, attendees had the opportunity to review the basic, fundamental principles of amyloid and tau, Alzheimer\u2019s Disease hallmarks, and using fluids and PET biomarkers. The students presented their work at the international conference which allowed them to learn and exchange their research in the field with other research groups. MCSA Students that attended include: Nesrine Rahmouni, Yi-Ting Wang, Jaime Arias Fernandez, Ali Hosseini, Lydia Trudel, Brandon Hall, Etienne Aumont and Wan Lu Ji.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12e7c09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12e7c09\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ded908d\" data-id=\"ded908d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f283fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f283fa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AD\/PD 2024 \u2013 International Conference on Alzheimer\u2019s And Parkinson\u2019s Diseases And Related Neurological Disorders<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08edd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e08edd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>March 5-9, 2024 &#8211; Lisbon, Portugal<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c1aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74c1aec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The students from the McGill Research Centre for Studies in Aging attended the 2024 Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease and Parkinson&#8217;s Disease (ADPD2024) conference which consisted of a ground-breaking series of talks on fluids and PET-biomarkers used in research on dementia. The conference remains at the forefront of unraveling the mechanisms and improving the diagnosis and understanding of Alzheimer\u2019s and other related neurodegenerative diseases. This year, the conference was hosted in Lisbon, Portugal, from March 4th to March 9th. At this conference, attendees had the opportunity to review the basic, fundamental principles of amyloid and tau, Alzheimer\u2019s Disease hallmarks, using fluids and PET biomarkers. Attending this conference allowed the students to learn more about neuroimaging and biomarkers, which are the key subjects of their thesis: discussing the pathogenesis of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, using plasma and PET-imaging biomarkers. They will be presenting their work at this at this international conference which would allow them to learn and exchange about their research in the field with other research groups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a312a6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a312a6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-469530c\" data-id=\"469530c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d989af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d989af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">XIV International Symposium on Functional Neuroreceptor Mapping of the Living Brain (NRM2024)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a6325c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a6325c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May 18-21, 2024, Montreal, Quebec<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a608e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a608e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The XIV Neuro Receptor Mapping (NRM) Conference took place at the Centre Monty-Royal in Montreal from May 18-21, 2024. First established by Prof. Dr. Albert Gjedde in 1997, this biennial event focuses on the in-vivo quantification of brain function using Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Known for its innovative approach and significant impact, the conference was hosted by McGill University&#8217;s CaTS, the Montreal Neurological Institute, and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The following provides an overview of the events and key details from the 4-day conference. The NRM community is responsible for significant progress in detection of brain neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab9161b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab9161b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb22856\" data-id=\"cb22856\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5f0ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b5f0ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AAIC 2024 \u2013 The Alzheimer Association International Conference<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c7f2c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c7f2c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>July 28- Aug 1, 2024 &#8211; Philadelphia, U.S.A<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e72b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55e72b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The students from the McGill Research Centre for Studies in Aging attended the 2024 Alzheimer&#8217;s Association International Conference (AAIC2024) which consists of a ground-breaking series of talks on fluids and PET-biomarkers used in research on dementia. The conference remains at the forefront of unraveling the mechanisms and improving the diagnosis and understanding of Alzheimer\u2019s and other related neurodegenerative diseases. This year, the conference was hosted in Philadelphia, USA, from July 28th to August 1st, with the pre-conference which was held on July 27th (Alzheimer&#8217;s Imaging Corium). At this conference, attendees had the opportunity to review the basic, fundamental principles of amyloid and tau, Alzheimer\u2019s Disease hallmarks, using fluids and PET biomarkers. Attending this conference allowed the students to learn more about neuroimaging and biomarkers, which are the key subjects of their thesis: discussing the pathogenesis of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, using plasma and PET-imaging biomarkers. They also shared their work at this international conference which would allow them to learn and exchange about their research in the field with other research groups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae8ea10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae8ea10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac7c0ed\" data-id=\"ac7c0ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a25df74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a25df74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HAI 2025 \u2013 HUMAN AMYLOID IMAGING<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cbd64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cbd64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>15-17 January 2025, San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5141611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5141611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The students from the McGill Research Centre for Studies in Aging, attended the 2025 Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI-2025), which consisted of a ground-breaking series of talks on fluids and PET-biomarkers used in research on dementia. This conference remains at the forefront of unraveling the mechanisms and improving the diagnosis and understanding of Alzheimer\u2019s and other related neurodegenerative diseases. The students had the opportunity to review the basic, fundamental principles of amyloid and tau, Alzheimer\u2019s Disease hallmarks, using fluids and PET biomarkers. Attending this conference allowed the students to learn more about neuroimaging and biomarkers, which are the key subjects of their thesis: discussing the pathogenesis of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, using plasma and PET-imaging biomarkers. They presented the following posters and orals:<\/p><table class=\"t1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p3\">Dr. Arthur C. Macedo, MD<\/p><\/td><td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Poster<\/span>: The spatial spread of tauopathy precedes the increase in tau-PET load in Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Poster:<\/span> Head-to-head comparison of four tau-PET tracers for in vivo Braak staging: the HEAD Study<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"td2\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\">Nesrine Rahmouni, PhD<\/p><\/td><td class=\"td2\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Poster:<\/span> Association between early and late tau aggregation across tau imaging agents: The HEAD Study<\/p><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Oral:<\/span> PET astroglia and microglia follow tau propagation patterns in Alzheimer&#8217;s disease<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"td3\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\">Brandon J. Hall, PhD<\/p><\/td><td class=\"td3\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Poster &amp; Mini-Oral: <\/span><\/p><p class=\"p4\">Cortical free water increases with tau tangle aggregation<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"td4\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\">Gleb Bezgin<\/p><\/td><td class=\"td4\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Poster:<\/span> Comparison of distribution volume and standardized uptake value ratio for a MAO-B tracer in mild cognitive impairment<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\">Lydia Trudel, PhD<\/p><\/td><td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\"><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Poster<\/span>: Patterns of tau-PET accumulation and clinical progression according to biological AD stages<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95564c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95564c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-862bb1d\" data-id=\"862bb1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9fcd9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9fcd9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honorary Presentation by Dr. Paolo Vitali\u2028\u201cThe role of biomarkers in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease\u201d<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c86603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c86603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">On February 7<span class=\"s1\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span>, 2024, neurologist, Dr. Paolo Vitali, gave a talk on the role of biomarkers in the diagnosis of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, for the Annule Colloquium Barclay Family Educational Series at the Alzheimer\u2019s Society of Montreal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAI 2024 \u2013 HUMAN AMYLOID IMAGING January 17-19, 2024, Miami, Florida The students of Dr. Rosa-Neto attended the 2024 Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI2024) in Miami, Florida on January 17th and 19th. It consisted of a ground-breaking series of talks on fluids and PET- biomarkers used in research on dementia. 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