MILAN, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — “Human Brains” is the results of an in-depth analysis course of undertaken by Fondazione Prada in 2018 within the discipline of neuroscience. The challenge has featured a web based convention devoted to the research of consciousness, a collection of video talks by worldwide scientists, philosophers and researchers, and an exhibition on the historical past of mind research, at present on view in Venice till 27 November 2022.
The fourth part of “Human Brains, titled “Preserving the Brain – Forum on Neurodegenerative Diseases”, will comprise an exhibition (16 September – 10 October 2022) and a conference (6 and 7 October 2022) at Fondazione Prada’s Milan premises.
“Preserving the Brain” goals to stimulate an open and demanding alternate between worldwide scientists and consultants on neurodegenerative ailments, resembling Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Multiple sclerosis, that are extensively unfold and as but incurable.
As said by Miuccia Prada, President of Fondazione Prada, “For us, this phase of the project is particularly significant as it permits a closer understanding of scientific research’s impact on our everyday lives, and in particular on the discovery of possible cures and treatments. ‘Preserving the Brain’ also demonstrates how critical collaboration and sharing of knowledge are within the scientific community. This first international forum could become recurring and allow the organizations we are associated with to communicate with a wider audience, as they would like to, and Fondazione Prada to contribute tangibly to neuroscientific research.”
The pivotal second of “Preserving the Brain” would be the scientific convention held on 6 and 7 October 2022, at Fondazione Prada’s Cinema in Milan. The audio system will discover the topic of neurodegenerative ailments from totally different views, resembling genetic implications and molecular mechanisms, medical trials and attainable drug remedies. The convention is addressed to researchers and universities concerned within the challenge and representatives of outstanding establishments within the well being sector. The classes will even be streamed and visual to all on the net platform: humanbrains.fondazioneprada.org.
The exhibition will likely be held from 16 September to 10 October 2022 within the Podium, the area on the heart of Fondazione Prada’s Milan venue. Conceived by the New York studio 2×4, the exhibition design will likely be divided into totally different sections supervised by the analysis facilities, and a typical central space that can encourage dialogue and exchanges between the 13 institutes. Each part will look at a selected analysis course of on neurodegenerative ailments using video displays, technological objects and devices, scientific paperwork, and visible supplies.
Throughout the opening of the exhibition, the 13 establishments collaborating within the challenge will give a collection of on-line workshops that will likely be accessible to the general public at humanbrains.fondazioneprada.org. Each assembly will allow the evaluation of a selected side within the seek for new remedies for neurodegenerative ailments.
“Preserving the Brain” is realized in collaboration with 13 of essentially the most prestigious worldwide neuroscience institutes and universities: Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Ann Romney Center for Neurological Diseases, Boston, United States; Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Sorbonne University AP-HP, Neurology division and Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France; UniSR – Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Juntendo University Hospital, Neurology Department, Tokyo, Japan; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) throughout the Helmholtz Association, Bonn, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Munich, Germany; Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill Research and Teaching Institute, Canada; Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Neurology Department, Tianjin, China; UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States; University College London, United Kingdom; Weizmann Institute of Science, Revohot, Israel; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.
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