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 project is titled “Effects of TDP-43 pathology on innate antiviral mechanisms in neurodegenerative disease.” Lauren Komer will continue studying “The role of beta-synuclein in synaptic vesicle release.” Gillian Carling’s research is titled “Trem2-APOE Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease: Exploring the differential effects of R47H on the APOE3 and APOE4 backgrounds in a tauopathy model.” Congratulations to all!