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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

Work in Progress Seminar

October 9, 2026 - 12:00pm
"Cortical recruitment of descending pain control circuits" Nicole Mercer Lindsay, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in Neurological Surgery and Anesthesiology, Department of Neurological...

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar - POST-DOCS SPECIAL!

October 15, 2026 - 4:00pm
Wenhui Qu, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Li Gan Lab, WCM Talk Title: Humanized Tauopathy Chimeras Uncover Microglial and lncRNA Strategies for Neuroprotection 4-4:30pm Sarah Naguib, PhD,...

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