Jan 01
The University of Wisconsin’s Jessica Young, PhD, will deliver the first Duke Center for Neurodegeneration and Neurotherapeutics seminar at noon from 1-2 p.m. on Monday, January 13, in room 103 of the Bryan Research Building. The title of her discussion will be “Sorting it out: Stem cell modeling to understand genetic risk and endocytic network …
Dec 05
Three Duke researchers have received a grant of more than $1 million to study the role of astrocytes–common, star-shaped support cells within the brain–in the development of Parkinson’s disease. The award is part of more than $52 million in funding being given by the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative (CZI), which brings together experimental scientists from a …
Sep 13
Pawel Switonski, PhD, became hooked on science as a high-school student, when he read how a 19th-century botanist used a prism, algae, and bacteria to discover the spectra of light used in photosynthesis. Now as part of the lab of Al La Spada, MD, PhD, Switonski is investigating the development and origins of neurodegenerative diseases. In …
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