Guest lectures and seminars - Page 58

Now it's time for the traditional PhD/postdoc-gathering for Stochastics and Risk which will take place in Abels Utsikt and online on October 28th, 09.30 - 16.30. All PhD students and postdocs have the opportunity to give a 15-minute talk on their research. In addition, Jocelyne Bion-Nadal (École Polytechnique) will give an introductory talk and Kristina Rognlien Dahl (UiO) will introduce the SCROLLER project. As a member of the section, you can attend either in person or online. Welcome!

Benjamin Kedem (Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, USA) will give a talk on October 27th at 14:15 in Zoom - the link will be sent by mail one day in advance).

Registration Link: https://nettskjema.no/a/167852 

Abstract: Frailty is a multi-system dysregulation leading to a loss of physiological reserve known to predict dementia. However, its link with neurodegenerative alterations of the central nervous system (CNS) is not well understood at present. We investigated the association between the biomechanical response of the CNS and frailty in older adults suspected of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) presenting markers of multiple comorbid neurodegenerative pathologies, including pathologies of Alzheimer’s Disease. The biomechanical response of the CNS was characterized from phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging and intracranial pressure monitoring during a lumbar infusion test. Frailty was assessed with an index of health deficit accumulation. We found a significant association between the CNS biomechanical response and frailty, with an effect size comparable to that between frailty and age, the latter being the strongest known risk factor of frailty. The CNS biomechanical characterization may help to understand how frailty is related to neurodegeneration and detect the shift from normal to pathological brain ageing.

This talk is part of the Mechanics Lunch Seminar series. That means 20min talks plus discussion in an informal setting.

Christian Page (Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo) will give a talk on October 13th at 14:15 (held with restricted attendance in the Erling Sverdrups plass, Niels Henrik Abels hus, 8th floor and streamed in Zoom - the link will be sent by mail one day in advance).