Kavli Affiliate: Stephen Strittmatter | Authors: Austin Stoner, Li Fu, LaShae Nicholson, Chao Zheng, Takuya Toyonaga, Joshua Spurrier, Will Laird, Zhengxin Cai and Stephen M. Strittmatter | Summary: Background Cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a high-affinity cell-surface receptor for Amyloid-β oligomers (Aßo). In certain overexpression models of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), pharmacology and genetics demonstrate its […]

Kavli Affiliate: Hal Blumenfeld | Authors: Kate L. Christison-Lagay, Noah C. Freedman, Christopher Micek, Aya Khalaf, Sharif I. Kronemer, Mariana M. Gusso, Lauren Kim, Sarit Forman, Julia Ding, Mark Aksen, Ahmad Abdel-Aty, Hunki Kwon, Noah Markowitz, Erin Yeagle, Elizabeth Espinal, Jose Herrero, Stephan Bickel, James Young, Ashesh Mehta, Kun Wu, Jason Gerrard, Eyiyemisi Damisah, Dennis […]

Kavli Affiliate: Pietro DeCamilli, Kenneth Miller | Authors: Junhyun Park, Kenneth G. Miller, Pietro De Camilli and Shaul Yogev | Summary: Axonal transport is key to neuronal function. Efficient transport requires specific motor-cargo association in the soma, yet the mechanisms regulating this early step remain poorly understood. We found that EBP-1, the C. elegans ortholog […]

Kavli Affiliate: Damon Clark | Authors:Ryosuke Tanaka, Baohua Zhou, Margarida Agrochao, Bara A. Badwan, Braedyn Au, Natalia C. B. Matos and Damon A. Clark | Summary: In selecting a behavior, animals should weigh sensory evidence both for and against their beliefs about the world. For instance, animals use optic flow to estimate and control their […]

Kavli Affiliate: Stephen Strittmatter | Authors: Hideyuki Takahashi, Sanaea Bhagwagar, Sarah H. Nies, Marius T. Chiasseu, Guilin Wang, Ian R. Mackenzie and Stephen M. Strittmatter | Summary: Comorbid proteinopathies are observed in many neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), increase with age, and influence clinical outcomes, yet the mechanisms remain ill-defined. Here, we show that […]

Kavli Affiliate: Shawn Ferguson | Authors: Narayana Yadavalli and Shawn M. Ferguson | Summary: Variants in leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) that increase kinase activity confer risk for sporadic and familial forms of Parkinson’s disease. However, LRRK2-dependent cellular processes responsible for disease risk remain uncertain. Here we show that LRRK2 negatively regulates lysosome degradative […]

Kavli Affiliate: Nenad Sestan | Authors: Suel-Kee Kim, Seungmae Seo, Genevieve Stein-O’Brien, Amritha Jaishankar, Kazuya Ogawa, Nicola Micali, Victor Luria, Amir Karger, Yanhong Wang, Thomas M. Hyde, Joel E. Kleinman, Ty Voss, Elana J. Fertig, Joo-Heon Shin, Roland Bürli, Alan J. Cross, Nicholas J. Brandon, Daniel R. Weinberger, Joshua G. Chenoweth, Daniel J. Hoeppner, Nenad […]

Kavli Affiliate: Michael Crair | Authors: Hadi Vafaii, Francesca Mandino, Gabriel Desrosiers-Gregoire, David O’Connor, Xilin Shen, Xinxin Ge, Peter Herman, Fahmeed Hyder, Xenophon Papademetris, Mallar Chakravarty, Michael Crair, Robert T Constable, Evelyn MR Lake and Luiz Pessoa | Summary: SUMMARY Understanding the organization of large-scale brain networks remains a central problem in neuroscience. Work in […]

Kavli Affiliate: Joerg Bewersdorf | Authors: Ons M’Saad, Michael Shribak and Joerg Bewersdorf | Summary: Abstract The spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity of the human eye is limited, restricting our ability to directly see subcellular structures. We report a new principle for unaided eye cellular visualization in a method we call Unclearing Microscopy. By expanding […]

Kavli Affiliate: Elena Gracheva | Authors: Luke H. Ziolkowski, Elena O. Gracheva and Sviatoslav N. Bagriantsev | Summary: Abstract Afferents of peripheral mechanoreceptors innervate the skin of vertebrates, where they detect physical touch via mechanically gated ion channels (mechanotransducers). While the afferent terminal is generally understood to be the primary site of mechanotransduction, the functional […]