Training Grant
Congratulations to Meral Tubi, who won an NIH individual predoctoral NRSA (Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award) to study the relationship between VEGF and the aging brain.
Graduate student Meral Tubi presenting her work at the Finch AD Symposium at USC.
Post doc Fabian Corlier presenting his recent work, published in NeuroImage in 2018.
Media Coverage
Our report that a mutation in the growth hormone receptor gene - which results in a disruption of peripheral production of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) - was associated with better memory and brain characteristics suggestive of young healthy adults (Nashiro, Guevara-Aguirre, Braskie et al., 2017, The Journal of Neuroscience) was covered by medicalxpress.com and scienceblog.com.
Training Grant
Meral Tubi won a 2017 USC Neuroscience Graduate Program T32 Predoctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Fellowship. Congratulations, Meral!
Alzheimer’s Association Young Investigator Award
Congratulations to Fabian Corlier, who was the recipient of the 2016 Alzheimer’s Association Los Angeles Young Investigator Award.
Media Coverage
Our report that an Alzheimer’s risk gene, CLU, was associated with brain white matter integrity in young adults (Braskie, Jahanshad, Stein et al, May 8 2011, The Journal of Neuroscience) was covered by newspapers in least 15 countries worldwide and widely on the internet. It was also covered by KCBS radio news 740AM/106.9 FM, San Francisco