The international Symposium on Parkinson’s Disease, organised by LCSB and CHL, held November 19 and 20, 2010, was visited by more than 90 scientists and offered latest insides in the development of Parkinson’s Disease with a special focus on the role of mitochondria.

Anthony Shapira, Kathleen Shannon, Sandra Jackson and David Galas where just four of the 13 speakers at Campus Limpertsberg.

Friday, 19 November 2010, Campus Limpertsberg, BC 011
15.00 - 15.15: Rudi Balling : Why Parkinson research in Luxembourg? 
15.15 - 15.30: Nico Diederich : Why research on mitochondria? 
15.30 - 16.10: KEYNOTE: Anthony Schapira : Mitochondria in PD: State of the art 
16.10 - 16.30: Sandra Jackson : Genomics: Where and what to look at?
16.30 - 16.50: David Galas : Whole genome analysis: What does it tell us about mitochondria?
16.50 - 17.20: BREAK
17.20 - 17.40: Bruno Domon : Proteomics: Too many or not enough proteins to look at?
17.40 - 18.00: Karsten Hiller : Metabolomics: What pathways to look at?
18.00 - 18.20: Ulrich Pilatus : Why spectroscopy could be interesting
18.20 - 18.50: Pascal Derkinderen : A salto finale: Does PD start in the colon: New biopsy findings
18.50 - 19.20: Kathleen Shannon : Clues to the etiology of PD in colonic tissue samples

Saturday, 20 November, 2010, Hotel Parc Belair
9.00 - 9.30: Matthias Maschke : Five questions from a non-believer
9.30 - 10.00: Lars Timmermann  / Carsten Eggers : Don’t we have enough research avenues in PD?
10.00 - 13.00: INTERNAL WORKSHOP

Organisation: CHL and LCSB
Supported by: FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche