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 …
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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 …
Recent Paper by Lee, Nixon and Colleagues Highlighted in Autophagy
Ju-Hyun Lee of the Nixon Lab, along with CDR Director Ralph Nixon and colleagues, publish a short piece in the …
Carla Nasca Delivers the Bruce McEwen Memorial Lecture at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology
Dr. Carla Nasca, Head of the Epigenetics & System Neuroscience Lab, was invited to deliver a lecture in memoriam of …
Nature Genetics Publishes Piece by Roussos and Colleagues
Dr. Panagiotis Roussos and colleagues recently published new research in Nature Genetics. The paper is titled “Genetics of the human …
Lisagaras Presents at European Epilepsy Congress
Christos Lisgaras, of the Scharfman Lab, contributes to the recent European Epilepsy Congress in Geneva. He gave a basic science …
Dr. Ralph Nixon Receives the Oskar Fischer Prize – Gold Award
Dr. Ralph Nixon, Director of NKI’s Center for Dementia Research, has spent the last three decades working to uncover the …
Nature Neuroscience Cover Article Features Significant Research
Nature Neuroscience Cover Article Features Significant Research by Ju-Hyun Lee and Nixon Lab Members A new paper titled, “Faulty autolysosome …