Discover ASAP
The Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) sponsored video series, Discover ASAP, showcases top findings and tools developed across the ASAP network, including datasets, code and software, protocols, and lab materials. Each video features interviews with authors, grantees, and key opinion leaders in Parkinson’s research.
Discover ASAP is designed to further the spread of knowledge and enhance equity across the scientific community by highlighting transparent research practices. We are excited to share these interviews and videos with the research community, with the hope that they will help to accelerate discoveries for Parkinson’s disease.
Latest Interview
An Isogenic Single-Cell Atlas of Familial Parkinson’s Disease Mutations
Team Rio
In this episode of Discover ASAP, we sit down with Khaja Mohieddin Syed, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow on Collaborative Research Network (CRN)’s Team Rio, to discuss an isogenic single-cell transcriptomic atlas of fourteen familial PD mutations.
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TEsingle: A Transposable Element Analysis Suite To Assess Expression at Single-Cell Resolution
In this episode of Discover ASAP, we sit down with Talitha Forcier, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow on Collaborative Research Network (CRN)’s Team Jakobsson, to discuss TEsingle, an analysis suite that simultaneously tracks gene expression as well as locus-specific resolution of expressed transposable elements.
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A Comprehensive Dataset Mapping Cis-Acting Genetic Variants That Modulate Cell Type-Specific Enhancer Accessibility
In this episode of Discover ASAP, we sit down with members of Collaborative Research Network (CRN)’s Team Voet. Olga Sigalova, PhD, postdoctoral fellow; Alexandra Pančíková, MSc, graduate student; Julie De Man, MSc, bioinformatician; and Koen Theunis, PhD, lab engineer; to discuss their work in long-read whole-genome sequencing and single-nucleus multiome atlases exploring enhancer variants.
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A Programmable Self-Assembling System to Model Intracellular Protein Aggregation
In this episode of Discover ASAP, Yujie Fan, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow on the Collaborative Research Network (CRN)’s Team Gradinaru, joins us to discuss a programmable self-assembling system to model intracellular protein aggregation and decode neurodegenerative diseases.
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AutoMorphoTrack: A Platform for Quantitative Organelle Analysis
In this episode of Discover ASAP, Armin Bayati, PhD, a research fellow on the Collaborative Research Network (CRN)’s Team Chen, joins us to discuss AutoMorphoTrack, a platform for quantitative analysis of organelle morphology, motility, and interactions at single-cell resolution.
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Automated Quantification of Intracellular Neuromelanin Granules in Human Brain Tissue
In this episode of Discover ASAP, Anastasia Filimontseva, a graduate student on the Collaborative Research Network (CRN)’s Team Vila, joins us to discuss a standardized, TruAI-based platform for automated quantification of intracellular neuromelanin granules in human brain tissue.
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Tools & Resources
Our initiative is built upon the idea that supporting collaboration, resource generation, and data sharing will accelerate scientific discovery. We are committed to openly sharing all ASAP contributions, including research outputs, with the research community.
Datasets
We are dedicated to ensuring that the datasets we support are accessible to the scientific community so that they can be utilized by others, which may lead to new insights.
ExploreLab Materials
We believe that enabling the research community to access and utilize lab materials will accelerate discovery. Check out some of the procedures and resources that we use to support the characterization and distribution of lab materials.
ExploreProtocols
We are committed to ensuring that the research community has full access to protocols that we fund so that ASAP-funded research is fully replicable.
ExploreCode & Software
We believe that code and software sharing within the research community is essential to accelerating discoveries. See how all of our ASAP-funded codes and software are shared in a publicly accessible repository.
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