The Best Scientists Working Together
It is highly unlikely that a cure for ALS disease will come until we understand more about brain development, motor behavior and circuitry. Project ALS
July 23, 2018
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PROJECT ALS
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Project ALS was the first organization to use stem cells to model human ALS; this practice is now used worldwide. Project ALS scientists also use patient stem cells to screen for drugs.
July 21, 2018
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Uplifting Athletes Grants Project ALS Researcher Young Investigator Award
Uplifting Athletes will honor Project ALS-funded Columbia University researcher Emily Lowry, PhD, with one of its first five Young Investigator Awards. Uplifting Athletes, a nonprofit
June 5, 2018
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Project ALS-Funded Researcher Elevates Standard of Drug Testing for Neurodegenerative Diseases; Graduates with Distinction from Columbia University Master’s Program
Alejandro Garcia, who began working with Project ALS in 2009 as a research technician, and eventually lab manager of the Jenifer Estess Stem Cell Lab
May 23, 2018
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Project ALS Sponsors Massachusetts General Hospital Internship To Further The Field
Meet Elizabeth Adelson, a neuroscience student at Yale University whom Project ALS will sponsor this summer, along with 4 other students, for a research internship
May 21, 2018
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Columbia Scientist Emily Lowry Awarded Tom Kirchhoff Family Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Named in honor of former Project ALS board member and inspiration Tom Kirchhoff, the Tom Kirchhoff Family Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Project ALS is given to
May 21, 2018
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How is the TDP-43 Gene Involved in ALS?
An exciting Project-ALS funded study on the involvement of the gene TDP-43 in ALS-frontotemporal dementia. Understanding how TDP-43 contributes to neurodegeneration will help direct therapeutic
April 18, 2018
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Want Better Drugs? Put Them to the Test: Pre-Clinical Core Designed to Rigorously Test Drugs of Promise
The Project ALS Pre-Clinical Core at the Motor Neuron Center at Columbia University is the most recent effort to put drugs through rigorous testing—so that
April 4, 2018
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New ALS Gene Identified
New ALS gene is identified: Project ALS researchers play critical role in the identification of KIF5A, which gives scientists a better understanding of ALS and
March 23, 2018
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A Night of Comedy Furthers Neuroscience for Women
Project ALS hosted Women & the Brain: A Night of Comedy on March 8th at City Winery in New York. Women & the Brain, an
March 23, 2018
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2nd Annual Stu Hendel Fundraiser Raises $1.2 Million for ALS Drug Testing
Stu Hendel, his family, friends, and colleagues, raised $1.2 million for promising ALS drug testing on January 22nd at the Hunt & Fish Club in
March 23, 2018
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Meet Ghazeleh Sadri-Vakili, PhD
Meet Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, PhD, one of Project ALS’s newest researchers. Dr. Sadri-Vakili is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and the Director
January 21, 2018
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