Drs. Jake Ayres and Dave Borchelt publish a new review in Acta Neuropathologica on phenotypic diversity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In many types of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS), mutations…
Drs. Valerie Joes and Karina Alviña were chosen as AlzSTARS Scholars. This program (Alzheimer’s Science Training to Advance Research Success or AlzSTARS) is a collaboration between the 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (1FLADRC) is a National Institute of Aging funded collaboration of The University of…
Drs. Malu Tansey and Rebecca Wallings publish a new review in Biochemical Society Transactions that reviews the role of LRRK2 mutation in pathway regulation in immune cells. Drawing upon data from multiple diseases associated with LRRK2, they highlight the pleiotropic effects of LRRK2 in different cell types. They further role…
Investigators at UF’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, or CTRND, earned a one-year, $200,000 award from the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Target Advancement Program to explore novel approaches to treat Parkinson’s disease. The award will fund a study to determine how targeting cannabinoid receptor 2, or CB2,…
By Michelle Koidin Jaffee University of Florida neuroscientists have identified an underlying mechanism for how overexposure to manganese, a hard metal often used to produce steel, could induce dysfunction of dopamine neurons. The preclinical mouse-model study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, describes how impairment of dopamine transmission caused by…
Neuroscience students Tara Cooper in Dr. Sara Burke’s lab, and Alejandro Albizu in Dr. Adam Woods’s lab were appointed to the T32 Research Training in Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Cognition in Aging, MCI, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Directed by Dr. Jada Lewis and Dr. Jen…
Neuroscience student Philip Mackie, working in the lab of Dr. Habibeh Khoshbouei, was appointed to University of Florida TL1 Clinical Translation training grant. In addition to financial support, the CTSI TL1 Predoctoral Training Program will provide Mr. Mackie the skills required to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical…
Two Ph.D. students from the Khoshbouei labs are appointed to led by Drs. David Vaillancourt and Dawn Bowers. In addition to receiving several years of support for theiir graduate training, these students will receive specialized training related to movement disorders. This program provides trainees with the ABC’S of translational…
In The Conversation, Drs. Golde and DeKosky explain the new test, which shows high accuracy in detecting chemicals specific to Alzheimer’s.
Published in The Times England,a newspaper from UK Dr. Maria Carolina Iradi was interviewed about her research. — the article reads: Tell-tale signs of Alzheimer’s disease have been found in dolphins – the first clear evidence of the condition in a wild animal. The cetaceans, who died after they were…
