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Research Snapshots: Drs. Malú Tansey and Madelyn Houser

By Todd Taylor New research provides insight into how inflammation, bacterial populations and levels of short-chain fatty acids, or SCFAs, might be linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease. The study, published in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration, was co-authored by Malú Tansey, co-director of UF’s Center for Translational Research in…

CTRND Researchers Publish Paper

Researchers in the Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) have published a review paper entitled “Remodeling Alzheimer-amyloidosis models by seeding” in the journal of Molecular Neurodegeneration. The paper was published by Neuroscience graduate student Brittany Ulm along with CTRND and McKnight Brain…

CTRND Co-Director Featured in Knowable Magazine

University of Florida neuroscientist Dr. Malú Tansey, a leader in the field of neuroimmunology and co-director of the College of Medicine’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, is highlighted in a Knowable Magazine feature on the increasing evidence suggesting a link between chronic inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease. Read…

Research Snapshot: Drs. Cara Croft and Todd Golde

New preclinical research led by UF neuroscientists shows that tau proteins, considered a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease pathology, build up in brain cells of mice and continue to be cleared. The novel finding published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica indicates that reversing pathological tau formations could be possible. Understanding the…

CTRND Researcher Published in The Journal of Neuroscience

CTRND faculty member Dr. Yona Levites has a paper published in the April 22, 2015 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience. Dr. Levites comments,  “A study looking at anti-amyloid properties of a naturally occurring human monoclonal antibody. This is a first time we were able to demonstrate that an antibody cloned from…

CTRND Researchers Publish in PNAS

Jenna Leclerc, an MD-PhD student, and her CTRND faculty member adviser Dr. Sylvain Doré have had an article published in the January 12th issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (“PNAS”).  The research focused on genetic predictors of hemorrhagic stroke complications.  You…