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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages nerve cells controlling movement, and many patients also experience major changes in how their bodies use energy.

Investigating the role of EPG5 in Parkinson’s Disease pathogenesis

Lu Wang, a Doctoral Student at McGill University, aims to compare the predictive accuracy of family history and polygenetic risk score for multiple sclerosis.

Timothy Friedman, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, is investigating the mechanisms through which DNA enables repair after injury in peripheral nerves but not the brain or spinal cord.

Impairments in social cognition (SC), such as difficulties in understanding emotions, social cues, and maintaining meaningful interactions, are key contributors to the loss of social inclusion and quality of life in individuals with neurodegenerative diseases (ND).

The Role of the Hypocretin-Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Circuit in Chronic Social Isolation and Acute Social Stress

Using the mirror image of body’s main sugar glucose (so-called L-glucose), we plan to hijack the sugar addiction of glioblastoma (GBM) as a therapeutic target.

Amirhossein Jahani, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Montreal, uses intracranial EEG to investigate how network interactions during the preictal phase (i.e., period preceding a seizure) may contribute to seizure initiation and propagation.