2020 MBI Award Winner Benjamin Kidd
Congratulations Benjamin Kidd on receiving an MBI Fellowship!
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New preclinical study shows common diabetes drug improves symptoms in genetic form of ALS
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.
New trial drug combination shows promise for slowing progression of ALS
UF was the No. 2 enroller of patients for multisite ALS trial.
New study shows antibody therapy could offer treatment path for genetic form of ALS and FTD
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…
Center for NeuroGenetics Seminar Series
Monday, November 25, 2019 5:15-6:15 pm, Room 133, Cancer Genetics Research Complex (CGRC) Building, 2033 Mowry Road Title: TBA Matthew Farrer, PhD Endowed Chair, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases Professor of Neurology Director Clinical Genomics Program University of Florida…
MDF DM Day at UF
MDF DM Day to be held at the University of Florida, June 29, 2019 from 9 am to 4:30 pm. MDF DM Days are special one-day events that bring together clinicians, researchers, and DM family members to share information & resources and provide close-to-home access to educational sessions.
Dr. Eric Wang wins $2.5 million dollar Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award
Eric Wang, PhD Congratulations to CNG Researcher Dr. Eric Wang on receiving the very prestigious Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This is an outstanding achievement and will provide Dr. Wang’s lab with $2.5 million to pursue…
CNG Researcher Eric Wang wins Chan Zuckerberg Initiative award
Congratulations to CNG Researcher Dr. Eric Wang on receiving the very prestigious Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This is an outstanding achievement and will provide Dr. Wang’s lab with $2.5 million to pursue his innovative research on RNA biology and cellular trafficking in neurodegenerative disease. We are thrilled to have Eric as a member of our Center for NeuroGenetics and are looking forward to seeing where his research goes next.
Dr. Maurice Swanson publish new potential rapid and inexpensive biomarker for intronic repeat expansion disease.
A new discovery in the laboratory of Dr. Maurice Swanson,associate director of the UF Center for NeuroGenetics, could potentially help doctors diagnose patients with muscular dystrophy, ALS and similar disorders sooner. “We now have a quick, affordable way of seeing intron retention that correlates with a patient having a certain type…