We are happy to announce that we moved to New York to the Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute in Columbia University Irving Medical Center. We are thrilled to continue and expand on our work in zebrafish on Alzheimer’s disease in the great New York City at this great university! Stay tuned!
Honored to receive the Schaefer Research Scholars Award from Columbia University
Truly honored for the Schaefer Award of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Thanks to the award committee for this recognition, to our collaborators, mentors and colleagues in Kizil Lab - excellent scientists, without whom the beautiful zebrafish science would not be possible. This goes most to them!
Missing Link Between Alzheimer’s and Vascular Disease Found?
Meeri Kim's article in the Columbia University Irving Medical Center Newsroom on our recent collaborative study with Dr. Annie Lee, Dr. Badri Vardarajan and Dr. Richard Mayeux. For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The conditions can …
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Admixture Mapping of Alzheimer’s disease in Caribbean Hispanics identifies a new locus on 22q13.1
After years in the making, a beautiful publication about admixture mapping for Alzheimer’s disease in Hispanics is out from Giuseppe Tosto lab at Columbia University. Delighted that zebrafish can contribute to further understanding the human diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease.
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