November 06, 2026, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Markesbery Symposium Scientific Session UK Gatton Student Center, Harris Ballroom, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508
Event Details
Join the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging for the 16th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia, Scientific Session!
Alberto Serrano-Pozo, M.D., Ph.D., (Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center) will deliver the keynote presentation focused on reactive astrogliosis in Alzheimer’s Disease. In addition, University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., and Cellas Hayes, Ph.D., will share about lessons learned in Alzheimer’s drug discovery and understanding plasma biomarker heterogeneity.
Download the 2026 Markesbery Symposium Scientific Session program complete with this year's presenter information and abstracts!
POSTER COMPETITION:
There will be a poster competition for outstanding work by students (graduate or undergraduate) and postdocs (PhD or MD trainees/fellows). Abstract submission deadline has passed.
Poster Preparation Instructions
- Poster tac boards and push pins will be provided. Posters should be no more than 36 inches in height, 44 inches in width.
- Poster should focus on hypothesis, methods, and results/conclusions. Please include reference to grant support (agency/identification number) for funded research.
- Participants will be assigned a poster number before the day of the event. Use this number to locate your space assignment and mount your poster.
- Please mount your poster on your assigned poster board in the Harris Ballroom before 9:45 a.m.
- Poster award presentations will be at 2:45pm. You may remove your poster afterward.
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