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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...

Looking Beyond Beta-Amyloid: New Paths in Alzheimer's Research

Pictured from left to right: Dr. Manu Sharma, Dr. Valina Dawson, Helen Appel, Dr. Li Gan and Dr. Robert Harrington.At the 12th annual Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute...

Events

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

November 6, 2025 - 4:00pm
Mengtong Li, PhD Postdoctoral fellow Columbia University Talk titled: “The body-brain circuits for fat preference and immune regulation.”

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."

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