Three Ryan Institute faculty are co-authors on breakthrough studies at Northwestern University and Harvard Medical School.
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The URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement (URIFAE) is pleased to announce that George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience Co-Executive Director John K. Robinson has been named Thomas M. Ryan Professor of Neuroscience.
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The five-year, $10.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support Dr. Alber’s research on using retinal imaging to screen for early changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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With a shared vision for the institute’s future, William Van Nostrand and John Robinson bring a complementary approach to leadership that reflects the successful partnership they have honed during decades of research collaboration.
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MindImmune co-founders Frank Menniti and Robert Nelson are affiliated faculty at the Ryan Institute. This funding advances their work on an antibody treatment that targets peripheral immune cells found to play a role in driving Alzheimer’s disease.
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A new study published in Nature Aging and conducted by William Van Nostrand in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine and Stony Brook University shows that trouble with the brain’s clearance systems may contribute to cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).
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The Ross Lab is the recipient of a $179,500 grant from the Champlin Foundation to acquire Laser Capture Microdissection technology.
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The program will offer students access to faculty expertise from the Ryan Institute for Neuroscience and five URI colleges.
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The Ryan Institute is included in a spotlight on shifting trends in Alzheimer’s research in the latest issue of Science.
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A new study on the impact of exercise on cerebral amyloid angiopathy shows long-term physical activity may help reduce neuroinflammation.
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