The Center for NeuroGenetics is very excited to welcome our newest member to the team, Hannah Golliher! Hannah worked in the CNG as a rotating student and has officially decided to join the Ranum Lab, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table! Originally from Apollo Beach, Florida,…
We are kicking off our Invited Speaker series this Spring Semester with visiting speaker Taghreed Al Turki, PhD. Dr. Al Turki is a renowned researcher in Dr. Jack Griffith’s lab at the University of North Carolina Medical School and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her talk, titled “When Telomeres Speak…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Eric Wang, a faculty member in the Center for NeuroGenetics, has been awarded one of two 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awards in the College of Medicine. This prestigious award recognizes Dr. Wang’s outstanding mentorship and guidance of graduate students in their research and…
The CNG is very excited to welcome our newest member to the team, Camille Preston! Camille is joining the Ranum Lab and will be helping out as a Lab Technician. She is from LaGrande, Georgia. Camille went to Auburn University for her undergraduate degree and graduated this past December with…
Thank you to our co-sponsors, invited speakers, and everyone who attended for making the Center for Neurogenetics Fifth International Brainstorm successful. The CNG’s Fifth International Brainstorm Symposium commenced a few weeks ago. The event allowed for collaboration across the globe with some of the top scientists in their field. We…
American Association for the Advancement of Science honors Dr. Maurice Swanson as a Lifetime Fellow The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has chosen Dr. Maurice Swanson in this year’s honored fellows. The…
Join us in welcoming Dr. Nguyen to the Center!
Congratulations Lisa Romano on receiving an Award at the 2022 ICAR!
A new study shows a commonly used Type 2 diabetes drug can improve symptoms in a specific genetic form of ALS and frontotemporal dementia in mice.
Drs. Laura Ranum and Lien Nguyen Online version with high-res image available here: https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(19)30970-5 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New preclinical research shows promise for a potential treatment pathway aimed at slowing the disease process and extending survival in patients with ALS, often called Lou Gehrig’s disease, an…
