November News

November 30, 2024

• Betul Kara (Counts lab) was awarded a College of Natural Science Dissertation Completion fellowship for the Spring 2025 semester in the amount of $10,000.
• Sandoval IM, Kelley CM, Bernal-Conde LD, Steece-Collier K, Marmion DJ, Davidsson M, Crosson SM, Boye SL, Boye SE, Manfredsson FP. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2024 Sep 12;35(4):102332. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102332. PMID: 39445231 Engineered AAV capsid transport mutants overcome transduction deficiencies in the aged CNS
• Nick Kanaan (PI) and Matt Benskey (Co-I) were awarded an R21 AF091142-01 from NIA for $431,750 (IDC+DC). “Tau Oligomeric Complex 1 Antibody as a Novel Immuno-Gene Therapy for Tauopathy” 09/30/2024 – 08/31/2026
• Nathan Kuhn has a new position, Data Resource Analyst
• Shreesh Sammi and Ben Combs received a DFI for $50,000 from the Office of Research and Innovation titled, “Modeling effects of cadmium exposure on Alzheimer’s Disease pathology and neurodegeneration”.
• Marcia Gordon received a DFI for $50,000 from the Office of Research and Innovation titled, “Gene Expression Changes Accompanying Replicative Senescence in Microglia”.