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Congratulations to Ritika Rohatgi and Dr. Li Fan on the Successful Completion of the 2026 Appel Summer Scholar Program

The Helen & Robert Appel Institute for Alzheimer's Disease Research is proud to congratulate Ritika Rohatgi and Dr. Li Fan on the successful completion of the 2026 Appel Summer Scholar Program....

Inflammation May Drive Dravet Syndrome, Offering a Potential New Treatment Target

Brain activity traces recorded from different brain regions show frequent seizure-like activity in Dravet mouse models (left), while Dravet moouse models with genetically reduced cGAS (right) show...

Research Shifts Toward Shared Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Pictured left to right: Dean Robert A. Harrington, Dr. Edward Lee, Dr. Sreeganga Chandra, Helen Appel, Dr. Li Gan and Dr. Anna Orr. Credit: Reece Taylor WilliamsAlzheimer’s disease may not be a...

Events

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar

September 17, 2026 - 4:00pm
Derek Narendra, MD, PhD Senior Investigator and Chief of the Mitochondrial Biology and Neurodegeneration Section, NGB, NINDS, NIH Acting Chief of the Neurogenetics Branch (NGB), NINDS, NIH Talk...

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar

September 24, 2026 - 4:00pm
Matthew Greenblatt, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine Talk Title: A calvarial skeletal stem cell governing calvarial marrow formation and...

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar

October 8, 2026 - 4:00pm
Madeline Andrews, PhD, Assistant Professor Arizona State University Talk Title: Using human stem cell models to study metabolic regulation of brain development and disease

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