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Appel Poster Event 2025: A Celebration of Science and Collaboration

The 2025 Appel Poster Event was a success! Held on May 19th at 12 PM at the Griffis Faculty Club, this year’s event featured 34 posters representing 12 labs from the Appel Institute and BMRI. We were thrilled to see such enthusiastic participation from our research community.

Presenters were divided into two groups, with half...

Aryeh from Sharma and Burre Lab Awarded Prestigious Leon Levy Fellowship in Neuroscience

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Aryeh Zolin from the Sharma and Burre Lab has been awarded the prestigious Leon Levy Fellowship in Neuroscience (LLSN)! This highly competitive fellowship, supported by the New York Academy of Sciences, recognizes outstanding early-career neuroscientists and provides critical funding to advance groundbreaking research in brain science.

The...

Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium 2025

We are thrilled to announce the return of our flagship scientific event, the Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium, on Monday, May 19, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Griffis Faculty Club.

This year’s symposium will feature distinguished speakers who are leaders in the field of Alzheimer’s disease research:

Dr. Valina Dawson from Johns Hopkins...

Appel Poster Symposium 2025 is Back!

We are thrilled to announce the return of the Appel Poster Scientific Event, taking place on Monday, May 19, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Griffis Faculty Club.

Following the poster session, we invite you to join us for the Appel Symposium, which will be held at the same location from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research,...

Applications now open for 5th Appel Institute and BMRI Summer Scholars Program

Starting in 2021, Appel Institute and Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) have supported promising students residing in the New York City area to explore neuroscience research through the Summer Scholars Program at Weill Cornell Medicine. Selected scholars are placed in a neuroscience laboratory and work closely with their mentors to develop a research idea, learn laboratory methods, and acquire data to address their scientific hypotheses. During this paid internship,...