News from April 2017

April 24, 2017

This Video Game is Building the Periodic Table of Human Neurons

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Citizen scientists are helping UW researchers to create 3D reconstructions of neuron types, speeding up scientific knowledge critical to brain disease cures.

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Categories: Research, ADRC News

April 17, 2017

Highlights of the 2017 Discovery Conference

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The day featured new perspectives on memory loss, research updates, dementia-friendly community building, and advances in treating aging veterans with PTSD.

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Categories: Research, Clinical Care, Dementia-Friendly Community, FTD Disorders, Food & Diet, ADRC News

April 12, 2017

Big Data Scientists, Let’s Get Hacking!

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UW's Dan Peterson explains Neurohackweek, an upcoming workshop in data science at the UW eScience Institute. It's an effort to create openly available data-sets for neuroimaging research and replicate more results.

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Categories: Research

April 05, 2017

Worming the Way Through the Maze of Alzheimer’s Biology

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Researchers used computers, worms, and brain tissue to identify a multi-gene network at the center of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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Categories: Research, Precision Medicine, ADRC News