In an effort to spotlight recent research progress, cureCADASIL facilitated the CADASIL Connection series of webinars. These insightful, pre-recorded sessions offer invaluable opportunities to educate and unite a diverse audience of researchers, clinicians, and patients.

We invite you to take advantage of these valuable resources to deepen your understanding of CADASIL and stay informed about its evolving landscape. Input your name and email address to gain access to the recordings via the links below.

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CADASIL Connection Webinar Registration – April 2024

Fanny Elahi, M.D., Ph.D.
The Power of Patient-Partnered Research in CADASIL

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-funded Patient-Partnered Collaboration between cureCADASIL and Dr. Elahi’s team has resulted in significant advancements in CADASIL research. By collaborating with patients, Dr. Elahi has gained novel insights into the disease and the patient experience. She will share advancements made in collaboration with patients and patient advocates.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Registration – March 2024

Elisa Ferrante Ph.D.
CADASIL Clinical Studies at the National Institutes of Health
Join cureCADASIL for the upcoming CADASIL Connection webinar on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:00AM ET (5:00 PM CET) entitled “CADASIL Clinical Studies at the National Institutes of Health.” Dr. Elisa Ferrante, Principal Investigator of the CADASIL Disease Discovery Study as well as the Clinical Program Manager/Staff Scientist at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Transitional Vascular Medicine Branch in Bethesda, MD will discuss the significance of clinical studies of CADASIL that are being conducted at the NIH. She will also provide updates on the NIH CADASIL Pilot and CADASIL Disease Discovery studies, which are aimed at understanding the development and progression of the disease.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Registration – January 2024

Jane Paulsen, Ph.D.
Family Participation: The Key to Success in Genetic Research
Join cureCADASIL for the upcoming CADASIL Connection webinar on Wednesday, January 31, 2023, 11:00AM ET (5:00 PM CET) entitled “Family Participation: The Key to Success in Genetic Research.” Dr. Jane Paulsen, Lead Principal Investigator of the CADASIL Consortium Study as well as Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health in Madison, Wisconsin will explain the importance of enrolling not only CADASIL patients but also members of CADASIL patients’ families in the CADASIL Consortium study and how this can help produce a more complete understanding of the disease.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Registration – October 2023

Elena Muiño, MD, Ph.D.
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing for Discovering Therapeutic Drug Targets in CADASIL
Elena Muiño, MD, PhD, a Neurologist with Stroke Pharmacogenomics and Genetics Group at the Sant Pau Institute for Biomedical Research in Barcelona, Spain, will present the webinar “Single-Cell RNA Sequencing for Discovering Therapeutic Drug Targets in CADASIL” on October 24 at 10:00am ET.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – May 2023

Marc Vila Cuenca, Ph.D.
CADASIL vessel-on-chip for disease modeling and drug development

Marc Vila Cuenca, PhD, a senior post-doctoral researcher in the Orlova Lab and CADASIL research group at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, discusses vessel-on-chip as an emerging technology to understand the structure and function of blood vessels in the CADASIL disease and to study potential therapies.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – November 2022

Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD
The CADASIL Patient-Partnered Therapeutic Discovery Pipeline
Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD, a Physician/Scientist in the Department of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pathology at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai in New York discusses modeling the CADASIL disease process to make discoveries with therapeutic potential.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – July 2022

Jane Paulsen, PhD Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD
Learn about the New $12M NIH-Funded CADASIL Consortium Study
Jane Paulsen, PhD, Professor Neurology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health and Michael Geschwind, MD, PhD, Michael J. Homer Chair in Neurology at the University of California San Francisco discuss the details about the exciting $12M NIH-Funded CADASIL Consortium Study.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – April 2022

Masayo Koide, MD, PhD
Capillary dysfunction by CADASIL: The smallest vessels have the biggest impact

Dr. Mayaso Koide, PhD, from the Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, and recipient of a University of Pennsylvania Orphan Disease Center Million Dollar Bike Ride research grant, presents her research on the impact of CADASIL on brain capillaries and their regulation of cerebral blood flow.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – December 2021

Julie Rutten, MD, PhD
Why do certain individuals with a NOTCH3 mutation develop CADASIL and others do not? Understanding the role of genetic modifiers in NOTCH3 associated small vessel disease

Dr. Julie Rutten, MD, PhD from the Department of Clinical Genetics of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Netherlands presents her research on NOTCH3 genetic mutations and their relationship to the clinical presentation of CADASIL.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – April 2021

Fabrice Dabertrand, Ph.D.
Restoring Cerebral Blood Flow in a CADASIL Model

Fabrice Dabertrand, PhD Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology at University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus and recipient of the 2019 Million Dollar Bike Ride (MDBR) seed grant (made possible by donations from the CADASIL community  in partnership with cureCADASIL and Penn Medicine Orphan Disease Center) shares insights on cerebral blood flow in a CADASIL mouse model, explains what pericytes are and their role as well as the effects of PIP₂ in increasing  blood flow to the brain.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – September 2018

Saskia A.J. Lesnik Oberstein, M.D., Ph.D.
“CADASIL and NOTCH3: Genotyping, Phenotyping and Exon Skipping”
Dr. Lesnik Oberstein, a Clinical Neurogeneticist at the Department of Clinical Genetics of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Netherlands, presents new insights into NOTCH3 mutations as well as the current status of her lab’s published exon-skipping gene therapy as a potential therapeutic strategy for CADASIL.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – April 2018

Dr. Michael Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
“Molecular Clues from Cadasil Brain Analysis”

Dr. Wang is Chief of Neurology at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan where his lab studies the mechanisms of vascular degeneration and defining pathological proteins that build up in CADASIL and here he will share this exciting work in advancing our understanding of CADASIL.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – February 2018

Joseph F. Arboleda-Velasquez, M.D., Ph.D.
“Harnessing the Power of the Immune System to Develop Therapies for CADASIL”
Dr. Joseph Arboleda Velasquez discusses the design and analysis of CADASIL mouse models, recent research findings and establishing feasibility for a novel modality of treatment for cerebral small vessel disease.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – December 2017

Jorge Ortiz Garcia, M.D.
“The Misdiagnosis of CADASIL – One Institutions Experience”
Dr. Jorge Ortiz Garcia, a neurocritical care fellow, provides insight to CADASIL diagnosis and describes one institutions experience with misdiagnosis of this rare disease.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – October 2017

Manfred Boehm, M.D.
“The NIH CADASIL Disease Discovery Program: A Clinical and Basic Research Investigation to Better Understand the Disease”

Dr. Manfred Boehm, Senior Investigator Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and Principal Investigator for the CADASIL Disease Discovery Clinical Trial shares an inside view of the CADASIL Disease Discovery Study being conducted at the National Institute of Health.

CADASIL Connection Webinar Recording – August 2017

Li-Ru Zhao, Ph.D., M.D.
“Exploring a Therapeutic Approach for CADASIL: The Efficacy of Bone Marrow Stem Cell Factors in Brain Repair”
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This cureCADASIL webinar series is supported by a grant from Global Genes, generous community donations and time of valued volunteers.

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