Dustin Zuelke passes second level exam

Lauren Malave passes second level exam

Andreas receives a grant award from the American Parkinson’s Disease Association (APDA) for the project titled:  “Smo activation reduces L-Dopa induced dyskinesia”.

Major goal: This study seeks to corroborate results obtained in murine models of Parkinson’s Disease non human primates.

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Jessalyn Shen wins the Rudin Fellowship from the CUNY School of Medicine.

Nora Hassan joins the lab as honor thesis student in Chemistry.

• Undergraduate Emanuel Omotoy (CUNY Medical School), and high school students Lila Olson Duffy and Louis Lebow join the lab.
• Mahmud Askin joins the lab as honor thesis student in Chemistry.
• Abin Sajan, honor thesis student in Psychology, is admitted to Medical School, SUNY Downstate.

The National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke funds the project titled: 'Activation of the GPCR Smoothened as a treatment of L-Dopa Induced dyskinesia' (NINDS 1 R21 NS095253-01A1).

Major goal: Identifying Shh regulated genes expressed by cholinergic neurons of the striatum by deep sequencing and validating them as potential targets for ameliorating L-Dopa refractory impairments in Parkinson’s Disease.

Andreas receives a grant award from PSC, CUNY for the project titled:  'Shh dependent SVZ Neurogenesis in Parkinson’s Disease'.