December News

December 31, 2021

Papers and Awards

• Clioquinol Decreases Levels of Phosphorylated, Truncated, and Oligomerized Tau Protein. Lin G, Zhu F, Kanaan NM, Asano R, Shirafuji N, Sasaki H, Yamaguchi T, Enomoto S, Endo Y, Ueno A, Ikawa M, Hayashi K, Yamamura O, Yen SH, Nakamoto Y, Hamano T.Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 8;22(21):12063. doi: 10.3390/ijms222112063.PMID: 34769495
• Caryl Sortwell, Jeff MacKeigan (CoPIs) with collaborators Alison Bernstein, Joe Patterson, Joe Kochmanski, and Matt Benskey were awarded $443,016.07 from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. They will be doing further investigation of the Neuroprotective Potential and Mechanism of the Rho Kinase Inhibitor KL-00974. 02/01/2022 – 08/01/2023
• Irving Vega, Jack Lipton (co-Is) are part of a $6,000,000 award from the Centers for Disease Control. “National Network to Innovate for COVID-19 and Adult Vaccine Equity” The program seeks to promote adult vaccine uptake in the medically underserved. NU21IP000595-01-00, 11/06/2021- 07/30/2024
• The article "Aging as a Primary Risk Factor for Parkinson’s Disease: Studies in nonhuman primates." by authors Collier, T.J., Kanaan, N. and Kordower, J.H. in Nature Neuroscience Reviews, 12(6):359-66, 2011 has reached "Citation Classic" status being cited over 400 times!
•  has received the Brophy Endowment, The Edwin A. Brophy Chair in Central Nervous System Disorders. With this endowment, Caryl receives approx. $120,000 per year to support her research and the research of others in the TransNeuro Department.