Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D., has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D., has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Congratulations to Dr. Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor and Head of Developmental Biology, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy has announced the members elected in 2023. The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is both an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates the excellence […]

Brian Lananna has received a three-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Brian Lananna has received a three-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Brian Lananna, Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Shin Imai’s Lab! Brian Lananna,  Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar, has received a three-year $215,478 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the NIH/NIA beginning January 1, 2023 for his project entitled “Investigating a role for eNAMPT-containing extracellular vesicles in mitigating age-and Alzheimer Disease-related cognitive decline”.

Dr. Helen McNeill has received a five-year grant award

Dr. Helen McNeill has received a five-year grant award
Congratulations to Dr. Helen McNeill! Dr. Helen McNeill, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a five-year $2,840,254 grant award from the NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development beginning December 15, 2022 for her project entitled “Dissecting the function of Nemp1, a nuclear envelope protein critical for mammalian fertility”.

Dave Butler has received a one-year $50,000 Grant Award

Dave Butler has received a one-year $50,000 Grant Award
Congratulations to Dr. Dave Butler! Dave Butler, MD, in Dr. Andrew Yoo’s Lab, received a one-year $50,000 Grant Award through the McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, entitled “Aging-associated mitochondrial dysregulation in response to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in human neurons.”

Andrew Yoo, PhD, received a five-year $9,085,972 multi–PI R01

Andrew Yoo, PhD, received a five-year $9,085,972 multi–PI R01
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Andrew Yoo, PhD, received a five-year $9,085,972 multi–PI R01 (Cruchaga-contact, Frost, Karch, Wang, Yoo) from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging beginning August 15, 2022, for their project entitled, “Identification and Characterization of Cell-Specific Transposable Elements Implicated on Alzheimer Disease and Healthy Aging.”