Dr Nady Braidy is one of 15 Australian young scientists selected by the Australian Academy of Science to attend this year’s Nobel Laureate meeting in Lindau, Germany to meet with Nobel Prize winners in the fields of physiology and medicine.
The 64th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting (29 June – 4 July 2014) brings together 600 young researchers from 80 different countries to interact with giants in these fields and build networks with other researchers. Overall 20,000 researchers applied worldwide. The 15 Australians chosen went through a rigorous selection process to be put forward by the Australian Academy of Science.
Dr Braidy, 28, is a National Health and Medical Research Council early career postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing. His work investigates the pathobiology of Alzheimer’s disease and is the first to link the decline of one of the longevity genes, NAD+, with ageing. Next, he hopes to show that NAD+ levels can be increased in animal models, possibly leading to a reversal of age-related brain diseases.
Dr Braidy says he was "honoured and flabbergasted" to be selected, and plans to make the most of the Nobel Laureate opportunity to forge new collaborations.
“We’re already working with one of the leading neuroscientists in South America,” he told The Australian newspaper. The approach is paying dividends, with several research publications already in the pipeline.
