May Newsletter
May 09, 2018 — Read our May newsletter packed with updates on dementia research and new community programs
May 2018 edition of the NCRAD/NIAGADS combined newsletter
May 03, 2018 — Click below for the newsletter to find information on new resources, tools, conferences, and initiatives
Jobs: Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at Indiana University School of Medicine
May 03, 2018 — This faculty position at the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute and the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine will involve leading projects in animal models of neurodegeneration and traumatic brain injury as well as translational studies relating these models to human disease.
Funding Opportunity: the NIA is participating in the Funding Opportunity Announcement “Stimulating Access to Research in Residency
May 03, 2018 — FOA RFA-HL-18-023, (StARR) (R38). At link below.
ISCRM Fellows Program - Call for Applications - Deadline April 27, 2018
April 20, 2018 — The ISCRM Fellows, funded by the state of Washington, provides opportunities for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows interested in stem cell and regenerative medicine. Trainee projects involve interdisciplinary training that will simultaneously enrich the trainee research and education and strengthen the future and innovation of stem cell and regenerative medicine and technology development.
Info Seminar: NanoString Technology and Applications in Neuropathology and Neuroinflammation
April 17, 2018 — April 24th, 2pm, join NanoString technologies for an information seminar on deciphering the complexities of neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation with gene expression profiling, as well as Digital Spatial Profiling technology, which enables spatially resolved, highly multiplexed expression or RNA or protein target. Register here.
New tools for worm research from the UW Dept of Pathology, supported by the UW Nathan Shock Center
April 16, 2018 — Learn more about a new toolkit for DNA assembly, genome engineering and multicolor imaging for C. elegans.
UW CMG now accepting applications for annual Mendelian exome/genome analysis workshop
April 12, 2018 — The UW Center for Mendelian Genomics is holding the 6th annual Mendelian exome/genome analysis workshop in August, intended for data analysts/researchers who analyze next‐generation sequence data. It's a a weeklong course on the analysis of next generation sequence data that will focus on strategies and tools for solving Mendelian disorders.
New Study: Risk of dementia increases with traumatic brain injury
April 11, 2018 — Publishing in The Lancet Psychiatry, lead author Jesse Fann, a UW professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences reports that the overall risk of dementia in individuals with a history of TBI was 24 percent higher than those without a history of TBI, after accounting for other risk factors for the disease. A single TBI characterized as “severe” increased the risk by 35 percent; a single “mild” TBI or concussion increased the risk by 17 percent.
Opportunity: T32 postdoctoral positions available at the University of Kentucky
April 09, 2018 — Postdoctoral positions now available at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kentucky on the NIA-funded T32 training grant “Translational Research in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (TRIAD)." See flyer here.