December 2025 News

December 31, 2025

Awards, New Papers, and Announcements

DuBois KN, Pal S, Reader JM, Jackman B, Perkins MD, Khobeir N, Bakulski KM, Heidebrink J, Hampstead BM, Morgan DG, Kanaan NM. Evaluation of a panel of plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in a diverse research cohort. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Nov 10:13872877251393405. PMID: 41212652; PMCID: PMC12643100.
Dr. Nick Kanaan (PI) from MSU and Dr. Zhang (PI) from HFH were awarded a grant from HFH+MSU Neuroscience Seed Funding Program in the amount of $50,000 total ($25K to MSU). Grant title: Directional Extracellular Vesicle Release and Vascular Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease
Dr. Joe Patterson, Dr. Yi Zhang, and Dr. Caryl Sortwell were awarded $50,000 from HFH+MSU Neuroscience Seed Funding Program. Grant title: Extracellular vesicles carrying mitochondrial DNA cargo translate Lewy body pathology into microglial activation. January 1, 2026 – March 30, 2027.
Khan H, Benskey MJ. "Parkinson’s disease: A Chronic systemic inflammatory disorder." Handbook of Parkinson’s Disease Mechanisms. 35 (2025) 117-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21992-4.00006-3 (This is a book chapter which has a DOI but are not PubMed indexed)
Jack and Nick are in Detroit December 9th & 10th with advancement seeking a major gift for Translational Neuroscience in support of neurodegenerative disease research.

Moulika Begam Shaik, PhD has joined the Counts Lab as a PostDoc (start date: 11/17/2025)