Left to right: Stephanie Jackvony (Anna Orr Lab), Lauren Komer (Jacqueline Burré Lab) and Gillian Carling (Li Gan Lab)
Graduate students within the Appel Institute, Stephanie Jackvony, Lauren Komer, and Gillian Carling have been awarded F31 predoctoral fellowships from the NIH. Stephanie Jackvony's research focuses on TDP-43 pathology effects on innate antiviral mechanisms in neurodegenerative disease. Lauren Komer is studying beta-synuclein's role in synaptic vesicle release. Gillian Carling's work examines the Trem2-APOE pathway in Alzheimer's Disease, specifically R47H effects on APOE3 and APOE4 in a tauopathy model. Congratulations to all!