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News

Astrocytes Identified as Source of Brain Free Radicals Driving Dementia

We’re pleased to congratulate the Orr Lab in collaboration with the Gan Lab for their exciting new study, led by first author Daniel Barnett, on the underlying sources of brain free radicals and...

Congratulations to Summer Scholars Sosmita Islam and Ashley Acosta-Pereyra

Today, Friday, August 1, 2025, at 10:30 AM EDT, our scientific community gathered virtually for the BMRI/Appel Summer Scholar Program Seminar, marking its 6th year. Summer Scholars Sosmita Islam and...

Alzheimer’s Protective Mutation Works by Taming Inflammation in the Brain

The Christchurch mutation in the APOE3 gene protects against tauopathy by tamping down inflammation in the brain. Credit: The Gan lab.A rare gene mutation that delays Alzheimer’s disease does so by...

Events

Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar

November 7, 2025 - 12:00pm
"Visual circuits underlying threat avoidance" Marcos Aranda, PhD Research Associate, Northwestern University

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

November 13, 2025 - 4:00pm
Jeremy Dittman, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics and BMRI Talk titled: “Assembling a Fusion Machine: Insights into the Synaptic Hub Protein Munc13."

Work in Progress Seminar

November 21, 2025 - 12:00pm
"The Role of Mural Lymphatic Endothelial Cells and Meningeal Lymphatics in Brain Regeneration" Michael Harrison, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Cell and...

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