Newly Funded Research Grants 2025

Dr. Abhirami Iyer, Washington University School of Medicine

Defining the Role of Microglial Tau in 4R tauopathies
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Dr. Seiji Kaji, Kyoto University

Elucidation of Apoe-induced glial cell Tau pathology in PSP
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Dr. Yuhao (Harry) Min, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Investigating Ddr2 gene downregulation as a novel therapeutic target for PSP and related tauopathies
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Dr. Jennifer Rauch, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Development of Novel Models to Understand Tau Seeding in PSP and CBD
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Newly Funded Research Grants 2024

Dr. Jessica Rexach, UCLA

Defining the unique immunogenetic landscape of PSP compared to related dementias
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Dr. Yang You, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Characterization of plasma-derived extracellular vesicle proteomics for biomarker development of PSP and CBD
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Dr. Peng Zhong, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Mechanisms of Sleep Disturbances in a Mouse Model of Tauopathy
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Dr. Steven Boeynaems, Baylor College of Medicine

Dissecting the role of endosomal Toll-like receptors in PSP and CBD
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Dr. Kathryn Bowles, University of Edinburgh

Investigating mitochondrial dysfunction as an early pathogenic mechanism of primary tauopathies, using MAPT splicing mutation iPSC-organoids
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Dr. Maura Malpetti, University of Cambridge

Blood-based fingerprints of neuroinflammation in people with PSP and CBD
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Newly Funded Research Grants 2023

Dr. Blas Couto, Institute of Translational and Cognitive Neuroscience (INCyT), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Epidemiology and Tau Biology in a Longitudinal Cohort of Argentinian Patients with PSP and CBD
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Dr. Kurt Farrell, Icahan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Understanding the Roles of Risk Loci Implicated in Genome-Wide Association Studies of PSP
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Dr. Luana Fioriti, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy

Potential Therapeutic Biomarkers for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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Dr. Joseph B. Rayman, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

Development of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Tau Oligomerization
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Ongoing Funded Grants

Dr. Maria Catarina Lima da Silva, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Investigation of ULK1-Based Autophagy Activators as Therapeutics for Tauopathies
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Dr. Franziska Hopfner, Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

MicroRNA profile of isolated brain cell populations in PSP
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