Earlier this month I presented my work at a conference for the first time at the inaugural Tau2020 Global Conference and it was one of the most fruitful experiences I’ve had in my grad student life so far! It was amazing to see 600 scientists all gathered to discuss one extremely complicated protein: Tau. I learned so much from the experts in this field who were more than willing to share data, tools, and discuss which questions remain to be answered. The role of the immune system in tauopathy pathogenesis seems to be a very compelling avenue to pursue , which has made me even more excited about what questions my PhD research may help to answer. The work I presented was on altered innate immunity in a novel Drosophila model of primary tauopathy. I’m incredibly grateful to the Alzheimer’s Association (Twitter: @alzassociation) for awarding me a fellowship to attend this conference, and I cannot wait for the next one!

Information for the conference can be found here: https://tauconsortium.org/initiative/tau2020-globalconference/