Presentations
Talks
2025
“Potentially heritable biomarkers of neurodegeneration in a marmoset model of Alzheimer’s disease”
IEEE Women in Bioinformatics Workshop (WIBI) 2025, New Haven, CT, USA
Sonal Kumar, Catrina Spruce, Annat Haber, Laura Schultz, Hasi Huhe, Takeshi Murai, Sang-Ho Choi, Stephanie Hachem, Yongshan Mou, Seung-Kwon Ha, Jung Eun Park, Lauren Bailey, Lauren Mongeau, Andrew DeSana, Brianne Stein, Lauren K Hayrynen Schaeffer, Gregg E Homanics, Afonso C Silva, Stacey J Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W Carter [February 2025]
Posters
2026
“Genetic associations with plasma biomarkers measuring neurodegeneration in a population of laboratory marmosets”
Tufts GSBS Neuroscience Program Retreat 2026, Beverly, MA, USA
- Sonal Kumar, Annat Haber, Catrina Spruce, MARMO-AD Consortium, Diego Szczupak, Gregg Homanics, Afonso Silva, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W. Carter [March 2026]
“Genetic associations with plasma biomarkers measuring neurodegeneration in a population of laboratory marmosets”
Maine Chapter for the Society for Neuroscience, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
- Sonal Kumar, Annat Haber, Catrina Spruce, MARMO-AD Consortium, Diego Szczupak, Gregg Homanics, Afonso Silva, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W. Carter [March 2026]
2025
“Genetic associations with plasma biomarkers measuring neurodegeneration in a population of laboratory marmosets”
The 2025 Joint JAX Scientific Symposium and Faculty Retreat in Bar Harbor, ME, USA
Sonal Kumar, Annat Haber, Catrina Spruce, MARMO-AD Consortium, Diego Szczupak, Gregg Homanics, Afonso Silva, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W. Carter [October 2025]
“Genetic associations with plasma biomarkers measuring neurodegeneration in a population of laboratory marmosets”
The Simian Collective (SimCo) 2025, Durham, NC, USA
Sonal Kumar, Annat Haber, Catrina Spruce, MARMO-AD Consortium, Diego Szczupak, Gregg Homanics, Afonso Silva, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W. Carter [August 2025]
“Genetic associations of plasma biomarkers of neurodegeneration in a population of laboratory marmosets”
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2025, Toronto, Canada (Virtual presentation)
Sonal Kumar, Annat Haber, Catrina Spruce, MARMO-AD Consortium, Diego Szczupak, Gregg Homanics, Afonso Silva, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W. Carter [July 2025]
“Genetic associations with plasma beta-amyloid peptides in a population of laboratory marmosets”
Alzheimer’s Disease Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2025, Ventura, CA, USA
Sonal Kumar, Annat Haber, Catrina Spruce, MARMO-AD Consortium, Diego Szczupak, Gregg Homanics, Afonso Silva, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W. Carter [June 2025]
“Identifying genetic contributors to Corpus Callosum Dysgenesis (CCD) in a population of laboratory marmosets”
Tufts GSBS Neuroscience Program Retreat 2025, Boston, MA, USA
Sonal Kumar, Annat Haber, Catrina Spruce, MARMO-AD Consortium, Diego Szczupak, Afonso Silva, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W. Carter [April 2025]
2024
“Potentially heritable biomarkers of neurodegeneration in a marmoset model of Alzheimer’s disease”
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sonal Kumar, Catrina Spruce, Annat Haber, Laura Schultz, Hasi Huhe, Takeshi Murai, Sang-Ho Choi, Stephanie Hachem, Yongshan Mou, Seung-Kwon Ha, Jung Eun Park, Lauren Bailey, Lauren Mongeau, Andrew DeSana, Brianne Stein, Lauren K Hayrynen Schaeffer, Gregg E Homanics, Afonso C Silva, Stacey J Sukoff Rizzo, Gregory W Carter [July 2024]
2022
“Investigating the role of the noncanonical human small heat shock protein HSPB7 in Alzheimer’s disease”
IBAB Graduate Research Poster Symposium, IBAB, Bengaluru, India
Sonal Kumar, Bibha Choudhary [July 2022]
2020
**“Studying the effect of HSP16.2 overexpression on** \(\beta\)-amyloid protein aggregation in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans CL2006”
Present-Day Biology: Impact of Research at Molecular and Cellular Level. National conference, Ahmedabad, India. Presented under the theme ‘Diseases and Health’.
Pavan Matani, Sonal Kumar, Akshit Jain, Lavanya Lulla, Shital Doshi [January 2020]
2019
“Biofortified Crops as a Possible Solution to Vitamin-A Deficiency in Developing Nations”
Present-Day Biology: A Bastion for Social and Sustainable Development. International conference, Ahmedabad, India. Presented under the theme ‘Interventions in Nutrition and Agriculture’.
Sonal Kumar, Payal Varandani, Lavanya Lulla [January 2019]