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SUMMARY:Tau: A shape-shifting protein that may hold the key to early detection of brain diseases
DESCRIPTION:This town talk will be presented by Lukasz Joachimiak\, Associate Professor\, UT Southwestern Medical Center.  \nTau is a protein in brain cells that normally helps support their internal structure. In more than 25 brain diseases\, including Alzheimer’s\, tau can misfold and clump together into harmful fibers. Recent advances in imaging have shown that these tau clumps can take on many different shapes depending on the disease\, but it is still unclear how the same protein can form such a wide variety of structures. In this talk\, I will describe how we are using both experiments and computational methods to understand the basic rules that guide how tau changes shape and forms these toxic aggregates. By uncovering these rules\, we hope to develop better ways to detect specific forms of tau early and design targeted treatments that can stop or prevent these diseases. \nTown Talks will be held on Tuesdays at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village June 9 to August 11 (with the exception of July 7\, please note the July 28 talk will be at the Sheridan Opera House). Doors open at 6 pm and the program starts at 6:30 pm. Free and open to the public. \nThanks to our title sponsor Alpine Bank and Telluride Mountain Village Owner’s Association. 
URL:https://telluridescience.org/event/tau-a-shape-shifting-protein/
LOCATION:Telluride Conference Center\, 580 Mountain Village Blvd\, Telluride\, CO\, 81435\, United States
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