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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.

Marianne's multi-site PCA paper out in The Lancet Neurology!

Marianne Chapleau led a multi-site manuscript aiming to characterize Posterior Cortical Atrohpy (PCA). PCA is a rare manifestation of AD, so far studied in small sample local cohorts. Marianne gathered data from 36 research centres in 16 countries to have a more representative sample of PCA.

Renaud awarded HAI's Clark Award!

Renaud recieved the distinguished Clark Award at HAI!

RabLab at HAI2024!

HAI2023 returned to in-person format in Miami - and we were there! Program Committee Gil Rabinovici & Renaud La Joie  

Mantyh et. al out in Alzheimer's & Dementia

William Mantyh (a former clinical fellow) studied polygenic risk scores of Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD), and it's relationship to Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease (EOAD).

Gil's work on IDEAS out in JAMA Neurology

Gil Rabinovici investigated the relationship between use of Amyloid PET in clinics and subsequent use of health care. This paper is the secondary outcome of the IDEAS study (the biggest real-world amyloid PET study on people with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia). The primary outcome showed...