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Caleb Finch to speak at third Berg symposium
Caleb Finch, Ph.D., director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Southern California, will deliver the keynote address at the third Leonard Berg Symposium. The symposium, titled "Neurobiology of the Aging Nervous System: Models, Manipulations and Alzheimer's Disease," will be held Feb. 15-16 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. Finch, who also is the ARCO-William S. Kieschnick Professor in the Neurobiology of Aging and professor of gerontology and biological sciences, will speak on "Biology of Aging in Model Organisms." He studies the genomic regulation of aging processes. The symposium is designed for physicians, allied health professionals and medical research scientists, though the general public also is welcome. Some of the topics are aging and the mammalian cerebral cortex, the impact of menopause on the brain and detection of very early Alzheimer's disease through neuroimaging. Speakers will come from across the country. The symposium, first held in 1997, honors Leonard Berg, M.D., professor emeritus of neurology and founder and former director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). The event, which is sponsored by the ADRC and the Washington University Center for Aging, recognizes Berg's contributions to the care of Alzheimer's patients and their families and to the scientific search for a solution to this condition. Berg graduated from Washington University in 1945 and earned a medical degree from the School of Medicine in 1949. He joined the faculty in 1955. The symposium costs $150. Senior citizens, University faculty, staff and students can attend for $75. Reservations are required. For more information, call 362-6891. |
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