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Shutterstock Olfactory dysfunction or partial loss of smell is one of the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). While accumulation of the toxic amyloid β protein in the brain is known to drive AD progression, its involvement with olfactory sensory neurons is poorly understood. Researchers have now dug deeper into the molecular mechanisms underlying olfactory dysfunction by assessing behavioral, physiological, and anatomical changes in a mouse model of AD. These findings could help r...

Using an innovative computational approach to analyze vast brain cell gene expression datasets, researchers at MIT and Sorbonne Université have found...

Caption: Researchers employed a software system called Geomic to integrate vast amounts of gene expression data from the brains of mice modeling Huntingtons disease. By comparing multidimensional mathematical surfaces plotted from the data, they were able to gain new insights into how gene expression differs in the disease based on many dimensions such as time, cell type and the extent of mutation in the huntingtin gene. Credits: Ima...

A new computational approach for analyzing complex datasets shows that as disease progresses, neurons and astrocytes lose the ability to maintain homeostasis. The Geomic approach can be applied to other diseases, authors say.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Each January, MIT hosts a four-week term known as Independent Activities Period (IAP). This year, though, was different: All IAP activities were held online due to Covid-19 restrictions. Like many other IAP instructors, the Department of Biology’s director of outreach, Mandana Sassafar, was facing a dilemma. How could she transfer a fast-paced, hands-on lab class to the virtual realm? Sassanfar has been teaching class 7.102 (Introduction to Molecular Biol...

Previous image Next image The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 16 that it has awarded Sloan Research Fellowships to eight MIT professors in the MIT Media Lab and in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mathematics. The fellowships, which honor pre-tenure faculty members, will support their research with two-year, $75,000 awards. “The Sloan Research Fellowship Program recognizes and rewards out...

Luca Verzichelli is Professor of Global Comparative Politics and Italian Politics at the University of Siena. He is the author of Political institutions in Italy (OUP, 2007) and The Europe of Elites (OUP, 2012). Vice-rectors for International Affairs. member of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group of European Universities. Current research interests include political Elites in Italy and Europe, Comparative Political Institutions. Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences Univer...

Tags » Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves today announced the appointment of biomedical scientist Ravi Bellamkonda as the university’s next provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2021. Bellamkonda returns to Emory after serving as dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University for five years. He previously held a joint appointment as a faculty member at Emory and Georgia Institute of Technology beginning in 2003, serving as chair of...

EpiVario Establishes Scientific Advisory Board Share Article EpiVario Bringing deep expertise in the areas of neuroscience, psychology, and epigenetics, these individuals will help EpiVario with its ongoing research efforts to utilize novel medical and scientific discoveries for the development of therapeutics for memory- and addiction-related diseases. - Dr. Berger PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB) February 16, 2021 EpiVario, Inc., a preclinic...

     The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Todays panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Cohoes City Director of Operations Theresa Bourgeois, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI and Director of the RPI-IBM Artificial Intelligence research collaboration Jim Hendler, and former Associate Editor of The Times Union Mike Spain. Tags: