Helen & Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute

We enhance care, provide support and strive to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research in our state-of-the-art laboratories.

Our Mission

News

Seventh Annual Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium to be held on October 04, 2019

The Seventh Annual Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium is scheduled on Friday, October 4th, 2019 from 8:30AM - 12:00 PM at the Belfer Research Building, Starr-Greenberg Conference...

New article in Neuron shows how dementia-linked mutant tau disrupts neuronal activity homeostasis

A novel mechanism that regulates activity in the brain, discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, may help explain the origins of one common type of dementia. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)...

Graduate Student Awarded the Markey Graduate School of Medical Science Fellowship

Noah Guy Lewis Guiberson a graduate student within Dr. Jacqueline Burre's lab has been awarded the "Markey Graduate School of Medical Science Fellowship” the fellowships recognize exemplary academic...