Funding reminder - LOIs for the Scientific Track open in January 2025 🚨 This competitive funding initiative aims to accelerate breakthroughs in #ParkinsonsDisease research by supporting high-risk, large-scale projects. Funded teams will join the international and multidisciplinary Collaborative Research Network, a community of investigators working together to answer critical research questions and drive new discoveries. Learn more and apply today: https://bit.ly/3YL2hCA #CRNFundingOpportunity #grants
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s | ASAP
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ASAP is a global research initiative accelerating the pace of discovery for #ParkinsonsDisease.
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ASAP is a global research initiative accelerating the pace of discovery for #ParkinsonsDisease. We do this through collaboration, resource generation, and data sharing. #openscience. Follow us on Bluesky @asapresearch.bsky.social.
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- Research Services
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- 11-50 employees
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- Washington, D.C.
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- Partnership
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- 2020
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Washington, D.C., US
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Microbiome composition is altered in #PD, however, whether and how PD is impacted by metabolomic dysregulation remains unknown. The authors quantitatively profiled nearly 630 metabolites in the gut, plasma, and brain of α-synuclein-overexpressing (ASO) mice, compared to wild-type (WT) animals, and comparing germ-free (GF) to specific pathogen-free (SPF) animals. The microbial metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) strongly correlates from the gut to the plasma to the brain in mice. This is notable since TMAO is elevated in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of PD patients. These findings uncover broad metabolomic changes that are influenced by the intersection of host genetics and microbiome in a mouse model of PD. Check out the joint #publication from Teams Gradinaru and Sulzer 🔬: https://lnkd.in/eeMaip8n
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Alternative RNA splicing enables genetic diversity through the generation of a variety of RNA isoforms from a single gene. Unfortunately, tool limitations have impacted the simultaneous visualization of isoforms and their expression patterns. Team Hardy has developed RNApysoforms, a Python-based package allowing users to visualize RNA isoform structures and expression data concurrently. Check out their #preprint to learn more about how users can create interactive plots to explore RNA isoforms 🧪 https://bit.ly/3OI35DD
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Funding Opportunity Reminder 🔬 Applications for the Scientific Track open in January 2025! This competitive funding initiative accelerates breakthroughs in #ParkinsonsDisease research by supporting high-risk, large-scale projects. With a focus on PD heterogeneity and tool development, this is your chance to join the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) —a global, multidisciplinary community of investigators tackling critical research questions to drive new discoveries. 📅 Mark your calendar and prepare to apply: https://bit.ly/3OER9lY #CRNFundingOpportunity #grants
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Autophagy dysfunction is a classical feature of many #neurodegenerative diseases. In their latest work, Team Hurley provides evidence that neurons containing the #Parkinsons disease-associated mutation LRRK2 G2019S may enhance the secretion of autophagosomes and exosomes to compensate for the resulting dysfunction and maintain cellular homeostasis 🧠 Check out the team's recent #preprint: https://bit.ly/4eVE1DS
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Clusterin, a conserved secretory glycoprotein abundant in blood plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, functions as a molecular chaperone that inhibits the aggregation of amyloid-beta, tau, and alpha-synuclein aggregation 🧪 In this preprint, Team Harper determined the crystal structure of human clusterin, with a discontinuous three-domain architecture. They demonstrate that the hydrophobic peptide tails are critical for its chaperone function. This work provides insight into the mechanism of action of this chaperone protein, which may have implications for #PD. Read the full Team Harper #preprint: https://bit.ly/3Zz32QG
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The genome is shaped across the lifespan by somatic (acquired) mutations that affect a tiny number of cells, or even a single cell. In order to detect these mutations, amplification of single-cell genomes followed by sequencing is required. In this preprint from CRN Team Voet, the authors developed a lab and computational workflow that can resolve a wide range of mutations, from single letter "spelling mistakes" to DNA chunks inserted or deleted, all at the single cell level. Read Team Voet's recent #preprint 🧬: https://bit.ly/3B8AIvc
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Team Wood has developed POLCAM, a simplified method for single-molecule orientation localization microscopy that is based on polarized detection. POLCAM is designed to be an accessible tool that allows researchers to study molecular orientation. Check out CRN Team Wood's recent #publication 🔬: https://lnkd.in/ekdh_A8J
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This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for every spark of curiosity, every hypothesis tested, and every breakthrough that brings us closer to unlocking the mysteries of #ParkinsonsDisease 🍂 🦃 Your commitment to discovery drives change. Together, we forge new paths forward for science and community. Thank you for being part of our journey!
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Astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, ramify into thousands of fine distal processes that interact with the brain parenchyma to regulate fundamental processes of brain development such as synapse formation and blood-brain barrier establishment 🧠 In this paper, the authors found that astrocyte mitochondria decrease in size during morphogenesis, enabling them to occupy these developing fine processes. To learn more, read the complete #preprint from Team Calakos: https://lnkd.in/eK8eurp2