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Knight Initiative Winter 2026 Symposium

We invite the community to a symposium highlighting recent advances in brain resilience and aging research. The program will feature scientific talks as well as a clinical presentation. A neuroscience poster session will follow the talks, showcasing the latest research from members of the Stanford community.

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Featuring the following speakers and more

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Questions? Please email brainresilience@stanford.edu. 

Agenda

 

Winter 2026 Symposium Agenda

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Registration & Poster Session

Registration is required to attend this in-person only event. 

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 

Poster Submission Deadline (in registration form): Tuesday, January 13, 2026 
📌A limited number of poster slots are still available. Posters may be registered or modified through the Symposium registration form.

Schedule

  • Registration & Welcome Reception

  • Opening: Tony Wyss-Coray, Knight Initiative Director

  • Brit Mollenhauer, University of Göttingen, Germany

    Multimodal concepts for prevention trials in PD

  • Gaurav Chattree, Stanford University

    Clinical background & Parkinson’s disease participant presentation w/ Q & A

  • James Olzman, University of California, Berkeley

    Mechanisms of lipid storage and lipotoxicity: from lipid droplets to ferroptosis

  • Break & Topics in Neuro Poster Session

  • Frank Longo, Stanford University

    Synaptic resilience: from concepts to cells to mice to a human trial

  • Daisy Ding, Stanford University

    Cellular aging signatures in the plasma proteome record human health and disease

  • Michael Ward, NIH

    The hidden biology of lysosomes in neurodegenerative diseases

  • Topics in Neuro Poster Session

  • Event adjourns