February 2025 News

February 27, 2025

Awards, New Papers, and Announcements

• Dr. Joe Patterson was awarded a $50,000 ($10,000 cost share) Regional Pilot and Feasibility Grant for a project entitled “Assessment of the effects of insulin resistance and hyperglycemia on synucleinopathy progression” by Michigan Diabetes Research Center (NIH: NIDDK Grant P30-DK020572). The project combines type 1 and type 2 diabetic rat models with our PFF synucleinopathy model. Importantly, the project is designed to address preliminary data concerns from reviewers on his R01 submission last year. Start date 1/1/25. End date 12/31/25.
• Ahmed Atwa (Grad Student – Kanaan Lab) was awarded the Barnett Rosenberg Fellowship in Biological Sciences Research Assistantship for the spring 2025.
• Kelly DuBois (Post Doc – Kanaan Lab) received the AIM-AHEAD: NCATS Training Program - Cohort 2 Program Stipend Award.
• Balducci C, Orsini F, Cerovic M, Beeg M, Rocutto B, Dacomo L, Masone A, Busani E, Raimondi I, Lavigna G, Chen PT, Leva S, Colombo L, Zucchelli C, Musco G, Kanaan NM, Gobbi M, Chiesa R, Fioriti L, Forloni G. Tau oligomers impair memory and synaptic plasticity through the cellular prion protein. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2025 Jan 27;13(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s40478-025-01930-3. PMID: 39871396; PMCID: PMC11773831.
• Fischer DL, Menard M, Abdelaziz OZ, Kanaan NM, Cobbs VG, Kennedy RE, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Volpicelli-Daley LA. Distinct subcellular localization of tau and alpha-synuclein in lewy body disease. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2025 Jan 21;13(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s40478-024-01913-w. PMID: 39838428; PMCID: PMC11752823.