The Neuroscience Research Priority Area (NRPA) supports a "collaborative matrix," bringing together diverse groups of investigators, trainees, and research groups from across the University. The impressive depth of neuroscience expertise at UK combined with an engaged community has led to a dynamic and exciting research environment. In support of its mission to develop initiatives that reinforce and promote that success, the NRPA’s guiding strategy is to provide broad-based support to neuroscience researchers across the university.
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The Latest in Neuroscience at UK
Sanders-Brown study: Long-read RNA sequencing reveals key gene expressions in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are working to develop a pre-symptomatic disease diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease. Mark T. W. Ebbert, Ph.D., Sanders-Brown faculty and an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine with a joint appointment in the Department of Neuroscience, is leading the research team behind the study titled “Mapping medically relevant RNA isoform diversity in the aged human frontal cortex with deep long-read RNA-seq” that was recently published in Nature Biotechnology.
Addressing disparities in Alzheimer's disease through culturally tailored health information
Yolanda Jackson’s TL1 project focuses on developing culturally tailored health messaging about Alzheimer’s disease for rural Black adults, highlighting modifiable risk factors like obesity, diabetes, hypertension, physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, and depression — many of which are impacted by poor diet. The TL1 Training Program in Clinical and Translational Science equips exceptional pre- and postdoctoral trainees with the necessary skills for a career in multidisciplinary health research.
$3.1 million NIA grant to advance Sanders-Brown researcher’s groundbreaking dementia study
Maj-Linda Selenica, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and associate director of outreach and partnerships at UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been working on research surrounding misfolding of the protein TDP-43 for several years now. Thanks to a recent $3.1 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the groundbreaking work will continue.
