Dr. Ralph Nixon Recognized as Top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers in 2023
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Balapal Awarded 5-Year Grant from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Dr. Basavaraj Balapal is the recipient of a five-year R01 for the grant titled, “CB1-mediated signaling in developmental ethanol effects.” …
Ginsberg Collaboration Receives NIA Award
Dr. Stephen Ginsberg, in collaboration with Dr. Gabriela Chiosis at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, has received a five-year R01 …
Nixon Lab Member Eunju Im Publishes in Science Advances
Dr. Eunju Im, along with Nixon Lab members and colleagues, recently published research in the July 28, 2023, edition of …
Scharfman Coauthors Perspective Piece in Nature Reviews Neuroscience
In a recent perspective piece coauthored by Helen Scharfman, leading theories regarding the function of dentate gyrus (DG) – a …
Scharfman R01 Grant Renewed for Five More Years
Dr. Helen Scharfman receives a five-year renewal of her R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. …
Nixon Co-organizes and Presents at 2023 Keystone Symposium on Autophagy and Neurodegeneration
Dr. Ralph Nixon, Director of the Center for Dementia Research, was one of the scientific organizers of the recent 2023 …
Scharfman Lab Members Publish in Neuron
Helen Scharfman and Swati Jain are co-authors of an open access paper titled, “Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal …
NIA Awards New Grant to Dr. Stephen Ginsberg
Dr. Stephen Ginsberg, head of the Ginsberg Lab at the CDR, in collaboration with co-PI Grace E. Stutzmann of Rosalind …
Balapal and Subbanna Contribute to Special January 2023 Issue of Cells
Balapal Basavarajappa and Shivakumar Subbanna publish a new article as part of a special issue of Cells on New Advances …
Ginsberg Article Appears on the Cover of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
Dr. Stephen Ginsberg, Research Scientist at the CDR and Associate Professor in the NYU Grossman School of Medicine Department of …
Ralph Nixon Featured in Newsweek
The work of Dr. Ralph Nixon, Director of NKI’s Center for Dementia Research, was highlighted in the December 2022 issue …
Dr. Ralph Nixon and His Work Featured in Quanta Magazine
An article just published in Quanta Magazine features an extensive profile of Center for Dementia Research Director Ralph Nixon and …
Dr. Helen Scharfman Receives the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
Dr. Helen Scharfman is the recipient of a 2022 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders …
Scharfman Lab Members Publish in Epilepsia
Christos Lisgaras and Helen Scharfman publish new research in Epilepsia demonstrating high frequency oscillations in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s. …
Neuroscience Seminar Series Returns to the CDR
The Center for Dementia Research recently hosted renowned Alzheimer’s researcher George Perry, PhD, Professor, Semmes Foundation Distinguished University Chair in …
Roussos, Im and Colleagues Publish in Nature Neuroscience
An article titled, “The three-dimensional landscape of cortical chromatin accessibility in Alzheimer’s disease,” by Dr. Panagiotis Roussos and Dr. Eunju …
CDR Members Publish Open Access Paper in Nature Communications
Recent research by Ying Jiang, Ralph Nixon, and several colleagues in the Center for Dementia Research is published the September …
Mala Rao and CDR Colleagues Publish New Research Paper in Autophagy
A study by Dr. Mala Rao and members of the CDR staff is the first demonstration that the subunits of …
JAMA Psychiatry Features New Study from Panos Roussos
Panos Roussos, Nixon Lab member at the CDR, is a senior author of the recent publication in JAMA Psychiatry titled, …
Levy Lab Investigates the Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Aging and Neurodegeneration
For over ten years, Dr. Efrat Levy and members of her laboratory have been studying vesicular transport as it relates …