Date: Saturday 25 March 2023
Time: 09:00 - 13.00
Venue: Lecture Theatre RM402, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Malta (Msida Campus)
Register:
The Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking together with the Department of Physiology and Biochemistry within the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, is hosting the third edition of the University of Malta ALS/MND Summit. The theme of the third edition will be ‘Risk Factors triggering Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in island populations’.
Key Speakers include:
- Prof. Vincenzo La Bella, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Head of the ALS Clinical Research Centre, University of Palermo, Italy
- Prof. Ruben J. Cauchi, PhD, FRSB, FRCPath
Associate Professor of Neurogenetics and Lead Researcher at the University of Malta’s ALS/MND Research Lab
- Dr Rossella Spataro, MD, PhD
Neurologist and Clinical Researcher on Brain-Computer Interface, University of Palermo, Italy
Programme:
09:00 - Welcome/Introduction
09:15 - Brain-Computer Interfaces for ALS
09:45 - Genetic & Environmental Risk Factors for ALS in Malta
10:30 - Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 - How do we use Flies to model ALS?
11:15 - From Omics to Mechanisms and Drug Target Discovery for ALS
11:30 - Towards an Animal Model of a Maltese Major ALS gene
11:45 - The First Juvenile ALS case in Malta
12:00 - Keynote Lecture: Epidemiology and Genetics of ALS in Sicily
13:00 - Closing Remarks
The event will be held in Lecture Theatre RM402 (third floor) of the University of Malta’s Biomedical Sciences Building, and is open to ALS/MND patients, family members, clinicians, medical/biomedical students and all those interested in the topic.
Kindly visit the for more details and to register. Places are limited.
We look forward to your participation.
