Platform launched for sharing brain samples in Parkinson’s research
Parkinson's News Today reports on the ASAP CRN Cloud, a data-sharing platform that will make data on human brain samples available to researchers around the world.
Art&Science: Parkinson’s Disease Edition
ASAP CRN researcher, Dr. Dorotea Fracchiolla, created a series of two paintings that represent topics that were discussed throughout the 2023 Collaborative Meetings in San Diego (USA) and London (UK).
ASAP launches data-sharing tool with unique dataset of human postmortem-derived brain samples
ASAP worked with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Verily, DNAstack, and DataTecnica to develop a data-sharing tool, called the ASAP CRN Cloud, which is now available to the entire research community - complete with a new, high-value dataset of human postmortem-derived brain samples to analyze.
Meeting of the (PD) Minds: Recap of the 2024 ASAP CRN Meeting
Core Leadership across the 35 CRN teams came together in person for the 2024 ASAP CRN Investigators Meeting in Rome for a week-long meeting to highlight their teams' most impactful contributions to the PD research field since the start of their award.
Acting out dreams may signal health conditions, including Parkinson’s
Read this article from The Washington Post on how REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) can be a sign of early-onset Parkinson’s disease and how the Michael J. Fox Foundation is inviting people who act out their dreams to participate in the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI).
Neuronal diversity impacts the brain’s information processing
This news story features Team Surmeier’s findings related to the impact of neuronal structural diversity on neural computation, the basis of brain function.
