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Neuroscience 2024
October 8th, 2024
Our work entitled "Microglial cellular stress response and type-I interferon axis aggravate neurotoxic amyloid-beta pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease" was selected for an oral presentation at Neuroscience 2024, Chicago, US.
2024 Alzheimer's Association Research Grant
June 2024
We are awarded to receive the 2024 Alzheimer's Association Research Grant. The project will investigate microglial cellular stress in response to systemic interferon signaling and its impact on the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
Brain & Brain PET 2022
AAI 2021
March 25th, 2021
Dr. Kuo is selected to receive 2021 AAI Early Career Faculty Grant. Congratulations !!!!
AAI 2021
March 24th, 2021Dr. Yen is selected to receive 2021 AAI Laboratory Grant. Congratulations !!!!
AAI 2021
March 12th, 2021Our work entitled " 4-Ethylguaiacol modulates neuroinflammation and Th1/Th1 differentiation to ameliorate disease severity in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis " is selected for an oral presentation at AAI 2021.
AAI 2020
Dr. Kuo is selected to receive 2020 AAI Trainee Poster Award. Congratulations !!!!
Neuroscience 2019
October 23rd, 2019
Our work entitled " Loss of Nrf2 in microglia results in impaired homeostasis and recapitulates a pro-inflammatory subset of disease-associated microglia" was selected for an oral presentation at the session of "Microglial activation in disease states" in the conference of Neuroscience 2019.
AAI 2019
Our work entitled "Functional Nrf2 restrains inflammatory and transcriptional phenotypes in microglia and its deficiency recapitulates the aging phenotype" was selected for an oral presentation at the section of "Innate cells in anti-pathogen and cytokine responses" in the conference of AAI 2019.
2019 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant
Dr. Yen received AAI early career faculty travel grant to attend IMMUNOLOGY 2019.
The Journal Gazette
Researcher gets grant of $1.1 million. IU prof to use NIH money to ease stroke inflammation.
Stroke Research
Big congratulations !!! We are very proud to announce we have been awarded for an NIH R01 grant to study the therapeutic effect of interferon beta in ischemic stroke.
MS Research
March 11th, 2018
Our study entitled "Dithiolethione ACDT Suppresses Neuroinflammation and Ameliorates Disease Severity in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis" is published at the journal of "Brain, Behavior, and Immunity".
Neuroinflammation
March 9th, 2018
Our collaborative study entitled "Dimethyl fumarate attenuates reactive microglia and long-term memory deficits following systemic immune challenge" is published at the "Journal of Neuroinflammation".
Stroke Research
Our collaborative study entitled "A Combination of Three Repurposed Drugs Administered at Reperfusion as a Promising Therapy for Postischemic Brain Injury" is published at the journal of "Translational Stroke Research".
Stroke Research
January 25th 2017
Our study entitled "3H-1,2-Dithiole-3-thione as a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of ischemic stroke through Nrf2 defense pathway" is published at the journal of "Brain, Behavior, and Immunity".
Academia Sinica Seminar
December 5th, 2016
Dr. Yen is invited to deliver a talk at Institue of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan on th topic of "Interferon beta modulates neuro-inflammation in ischemic stroke".
Our recent MS study is reported by Multiple Sclerosis News Today
2016 CMSC Oral Presentation
Dr. Yen is selected for an oral presentation at the annual meeting of consortium multiple sclerosis centers (CMSC).
2016 AAI Oral Presentation
Dr. Kuo is selected for an oral presentation at the annual meeting of American Association of Immunologists (AAI). Congratulations !!
MS Research
Our study entitled "3H-1,2-dithiole-3-thione as a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis" is published at the journal of "Brain, Behavior, and Immunity".
2016 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant
Dr. Yen received AAI early career faculty travel grant to participate 2016 AAI. Congratulations !!
2016 AAI Travel Award
Dr. Kuo received AAI travel award to participate 2016 AAI meeting. Congratulations !!
Stroke Research
Our study entitled "Interferon‐β Modulates Inflammatory Response in Cerebral Ischemia" is published at the "Journal of the American Heart Association".