December News

December 1, 2020

Papers and Awards

  • “Michigan State University – Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Pilot Brain Banking Program – Extension” Counts (PI). $20,500 awarded by Saint Mary’s Foundation, 11/24/20 – open ended.
  • Fischer DL, Auinger P, Goudreau JL, Cole-Strauss A, Kieburtz K, Elm JJ, Hacker ML, Charles PD, Lipton JW, Pickut BA, Sortwell CE(2020) BDNF rs6265 Variant Alters Outcomes with Levodopa in Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease, Neurotherapeutics., DOI: 10.1007/s13311-020-00965-9, PMID: 33215284
  • "The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265) enhances dopamine neuron graft efficacy and side-effect liability in rs6265 knock-in rats" Mercado NM, Stancati JA, Sortwell CE, Mueller RL, Boezwinkle SA, Duffy MF, Fischer DL, Sandoval IM, Manfredsson FP, Collier TJ, Steece-Collier K. Neurobiol Dis. 2020 Nov 11;148:105175. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105175. PMID: 33188920

Department News

  • David Morgan was awarded the Alzheimer’s Association Excellence in Neuroscience Mentoring Award presented as part of the AAIC Neuroscience Net Conference. Included a Plenary Presentation, “A Half Century of Training and Mentoring”.
  • Jack Lipton appeared on The Zerlina Maxwell Show on Peacock with Dr. Lipi Roy to discuss how mRNA vaccines work on Nov 16, 2020 and with Dr. Nahid Bhadelia to discuss distribution plans for covid vaccines.
  • Joe Patterson is promoted to Assistant Professor