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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

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

January 15, 2026 - 4:00pm
Claire Le Pichon, PhD., Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Health, NICHD Talk Titled: "Mechanisms of Neuronal Degeneration, Resilience and Repair."

Work in Progress Seminar

January 16, 2026 - 12:00pm
"Circuit mechanisms underlying the behavioral symptoms in Cacna1c-related disorders" Gülcan Akgül, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience, BMRI, WCM

Bedside to Bench Seminar

January 23, 2026 - 12:00am
Patient Presentation "Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's Disease" Hwai Yin Ooi, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology, WCM

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