Ryan Institute Co-Executive Director William Van Nostrand answers questions about the potential risk of brain bleeds associated with newly-approved lecanemab and similar treatments. This summer, the FDA granted full approval to lecanemab, an antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The antibody—a protein that works by clearing amyloid-beta protein “plaques” in the brain, a signature of Alzheimer’s disease—has […]
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Van Nostrand lab is part of $8 million grant for U.S. and European consortium on brain clearance in CAA
William Van Nostrand, co-executive director of the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the Univeristy of Rhode Island, is part of a team awarded a five-year, $8 million grant from the prestigious Leducq Foundation.
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The Ryan Institute was pleased to welcome ten new faculty affiliates in Spring 2023 from the College of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, and College of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering. Specializing in research areas that complement the institute’s focus on pathogenic mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease, our URI network of affiliated faculty are valuable partners […]
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April 27, 2023 URI neuroscience graduate students Emily Potts and Michelle Gregoire received awards at the Neuron 2023 research conference at Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine on Sunday, April 23. The event was co-sponsored by the University of Connecticut. Students from the labs of Ryan Institute assistant professors Claudia Fallini and […]
Continue reading "Graduate Students Receive Top Awards at Neuron 2023"Looking to spinal motor neurons to investigate the mysteries of ALS
Using his unique in vivo approach, Assistant Professor Marin Manuel investigates electrical activity in the spinal motor neurons in a disease model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a mysterious and fatal disorder where nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord break down, rapidly progressing […]
Continue reading "Looking to spinal motor neurons to investigate the mysteries of ALS"First-in-kind models will help break new ground in studying Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
Gene-edited rat models will reflect vascular pathology associated with Alzheimer’s and related disorders.
Continue reading "First-in-kind models will help break new ground in studying Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders"Q&A: Giuseppe Coppotelli, Ph.D.
Giuseppe Coppotelli, Ph.D. investigates how protein homeostasis deregulation and mitochondrial dysfunction in the aging brain could contribute to chronic inflammation and dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease. What drew you to this area of research?Growing up, I was always curious about living organisms. How do plants grow? How do they know to turn their leaves to […]
Continue reading "Q&A: Giuseppe Coppotelli, Ph.D."Ryan Institute Co-Director John Robinson named Thomas M. Ryan Professor of Neuroscience
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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Joe Schrader, research assistant professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, uses mass spectroscopy proteomics to investigate biomarkers and disease mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. He shares his thoughts on research, how being a musician makes him a better scientist, and why he hasn’t missed a day of running in seven years. What drew […]
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