Alena Smith

Neuroscience PhD student @USCNGP | Previously @Stanford_Neuro Poston Lab 🧠

[The Science of Parkinson's @ScienceofPD]

New research findings support plasma pTau217 as a minimally-invasive tool for identifying pathological amyloid-β in neuronal synucleinopathies with mixed #Alzheimers pathology
https://t.co/82B5pNhx1i

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

#AAIC25 Day 2: Plasma biomarkers from Alena Smith (#LBDPIA student poster award winner from last year🥳 and she's one of our social media content creators this year🥰), CSF proteomics from wonderful Aurora Delvinne, update on #LBD Rating Scale from our awesome chair @jpmkane

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

Did you check out the posters yet? Our #LBDPIA poster judges were out and about 👀

[Next BioLeader @NextBioLeader]

🎓 Applying to PhD programs?
@NextBioLeader has you covered.

Join our workshop on how to write a strong personal statement with speakers from Stanford!

🗓️ July 11 | 🕛12–1PM | Wu Tsai S375
🍱 Lunch by @NovogeneAmerica
🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/oZETMbP4kd

#PhDApps #FuturePhDs

[Next BioLeader @NextBioLeader]

🚀 Calling our 🎓Next BioLeader!
Join our PhD Application Workshop!
🗓️ Fri, 6/6, 4–6pm
🎤 Speakers:
🧠 Dr. @RongxinFang – https://t.co/EwFIga1W2k
Alena Smith & Margarita Artiukhova – LSRP ➡️ PhD!
🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/M4YeJaO14F

#NextBioLeader #PhDApps #STEMMentorship #Stanford

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

Aaand it's a wrap! We're very proud of our younger members @aalenasmith @salomonsalazarl @annegret_habich for leading a successful session, thank the authors Anna, @DrFerreiraD , Alexa, Piero for joining the Discussion and @ISTAART for support! Join our PIA today!We welcome all☺️

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

Picture this: cool new #LewyBodyDementia research, you sit back and watch phenomenal young talents @aalenasmith @salomonsalazarl present&interpret studies, authors are there to answer questions with @annegret_habich moderating. What more can you ask for!? https://t.co/Gdc3e0h9Dz

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

Have you signed up for our journal club yet?? @salomonsalazarl & @aalenasmith will present exciting research + you can ask questions to the authors as they & @annegret_habich moderate the Q&A portion: https://t.co/Gdc3e0h9Dz

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

🚨🚨🚨Journal Club Alert🚨🚨🚨
Sign up for our PIA Journal Club on Nov 22nd at 10 am CT(USA) featuring presentations by @salomonsalazarl and @aalenasmith and their discussions alongside @annegret_habich with the paper authors! Don't wait, sign up here: https://t.co/Gdc3e0h9Dz

[Salomón Salazar-Londoño @salomonsalazarl]

Also, @aalenasmith will discuss "Associations between misfolded alpha-synuclein aggregates and Alzheimer's disease pathology in vivo (Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2024)"! Join us.

[Salomón Salazar-Londoño @salomonsalazarl]

Join us in November for the @LBDPIA Journal Club! With @annegret_habich we will discuss "Cerebrovascular and Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies and other dementias (Brain Communications, 2024)" with Anna Rennie and @DrFerreiraD.

https://t.co/7lTiAlgfYq

[Alena Smith @aalenasmith]

So grateful 😊😊😊 @LBDPIA’s enthusiasm is so contagious!!!!

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

Results are in! Excited to announce @MatejPerovnik as our Postdoctoral Best Poster Award Winner & @aalenasmith as our Student Best Poster Award Winner for #AAIC24 ! We loved checking out #Lewybodydementia posters at #AAIC24 & thank all the presenters for their awesome work🤩

[Alena Smith @aalenasmith]

@LBDPIA @MatejPerovnik So grateful 😊😊😊 @LBDPIA’s enthusiasm is so contagious!!!!

[Alena Smith @aalenasmith]

@hillaryvossler @ISTAART @carlaabdelnour @annegret_habich @LBDPIA 🕺🕺🕺

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

@carlaabdelnour provides a perspective into Lewy body dementia through the Alzheimer's realm #AAIC24

[Carla Abdelnour @carlaabdelnour]

🤔 What plasma biomarker should we use for LBD? Should we apply AD cut-offs, or does LBD require different ones?
🤓 To discover the answers, go to poster 364 and the 🌟amazing🌟 Alena Smith will explain everything you need to know about plasma pTau181 and 217 in LBD
#AAIC24

[Lewy Body Dementias PIA @LBDPIA]

#364 Alena dives into the ptau realm for Lewy body disease #AAIC24

[Stanford Neurology & Neurological Sciences @Stanford_Neuro]

Alena Smith presenting "Diagnostic Accuracy of Plasma Biomarkers pTau181 and pTau217 in Detecting Amyloid Co-pathology in Lewy Body Disease" at the Stanford University School of Medicine 11th Annual Neuroscience Forum.