Zaid Al-Azzawi’s paper showing the importance of the alpha-Synuclein purification method on the consistency of the Seed Amplification Assay (SAA) is now online. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Ghislaine Deyab’s paper showing that midbrain organoids from patients with Parkinson’s disease exhibit hallmarks of network activity abnormalities seen in vivo is now out on biorxiv. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Just got around to closing my X account!

The Quebec government has awarded $1.6M to three McGill researchers to support projects advancing genomics, imaging, and manufacturing. These initiatives will foster collaborations and deliver significant benefits to Quebec and beyond. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/wr8

A number of colleges, including Harvard, USC and Cornell, are advising their international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20. nyti.ms/41qkzft

Mood in Montreal today.

Lab-grown brain cells help uncover new targets for Parkinson’s treatments. 🧠 Researchers at The Neuro have uncovered a new link between the immune system and the development of the disease. ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/wDZ

Le Gouvernement du Québec, par l’intermédiaire du CQDM, octroya une subvention de 1,5 million pour la plateforme YCharOS. Ce projet dirigé par les neuroscientifiques @peter-mcpherson.bsky.social et Carl Laflamme, valide des réactifs d’anticorps pour les protéines humaines. https://buff.ly/3OjmpXD

Our new paper on Cathepsin B in Parkinson’s just published rdcu.be/d1sJ2