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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

November 12, 2026 - 4:00pm
Roberta Marongiu, PhD PhD in Medical Genetics and Neuroscience Assistant Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience in Neurological Surgery Talk Title: "Beyond Proteinopathy: Sex, Aging, and Neural...

Work in Progress Seminar

November 20, 2026 - 12:00pm
"Modeling Alzheimer’s disease in human brain chimeras: Toward uniting the BAPtists and TAUists" Wenhui Qu, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience, (Gan Lab) Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research...

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar

December 3, 2026 - 4:00pm
Kamran Khodakhah, Ph.D Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology & Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine Talk Title: "Reciprocal Cerebello-Basal Ganglia Interactions"

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