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AAIC2024 Line-up

Some RabLab members (Agathe Vrillon, Charles Windon, Daniel Schonhaut, David Soleimani-Meigooni, Ganna Blazhenets, Gil Rabinovici, Julien Lagarde, Maison Abu Raya, Renaud La Joie) and collaborators (Leslie Gaynor, Joseph Giorgio) will be at AAIC. Make sure to book yourself to hear about our...

David's paper on amyloid and tau visual reads is out!

David Soleimani-Meigooni led an international collaboration to evaluate the utility of amyloid and tau visual reads for diagnosing dementia.

Xiuxiu and Jhony presented at Bay Area Alz Ass meeting

Xiuxiu and Jhony presented posters about their ongoing work at the Bay Area Alzheimer's Disease Researcher Symposium 2024 at UC Davis.

Leo & Llibre-Guerra's comparison of sporadic vs genetic AD is out!

Leonardo Iaccarino and Jorge J. Llibre-Guerra led a manuscript comparing amyloid (PiB) and glucose (FDG) PET uptake in sporadic Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease (sEOAD) against Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease (DIAD).

Asken et. al out in Neurology

Breton Asken (a former neuropsychology fellow) characterized the presence and length of Cavum Septum Pellucidum in older subjects with and without dementia. Subjects had exposure to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Repetitive Head Injury (RHI), both or none.

Ganna awarded the Alavi-Mandell Award

Ganna Blazhenets received the Alavi-Mandell Award for her publication titled “[18F]PI-2620 Binding Patterns in Patients with Suspected Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration”. The award is given to individuals who were the first author of a paper published in the JNM, were trainees...

Renaud and Marianne featured in local news

Marianne's PCA paper keeps receiving media coverage! Both Renaud and Marianne were featured in local news - CBS News Bay Area (link to the video here). This time, they share scientific discoveries in an understandable way for general public understanding. Great to see the lab's outreach beyond...

New members joining the lab

The lab keeps growing! In the last months we have hired in multiple levels. In the PET processing/analysis side of the lab, we have JiaXiuxiu Zhang as a Data Analyst, Agathe Vrillon as an Atlatinc Fellow with GBHI, Kostantinos Chiotis as a Postdoctoral Fellow, and Ganna Blazhenets as an Assistant...

Ganna Blazhenets is back on the team!

One always returns to where one was happy, and we are more than happy to welcome back Ganna Blazhenets! We loved her 1-year visit as a postdoc, and after solving logistical hurdles we were able to bring her back. Excited to have you back on the team Ganna!

Marianne's PCA paper featured in multiple news sites

Marianne's paper gathered lots of media coverage.