UCSB Kosik Lab

10/29/2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=789aQ8NJ0Eg

10/22/2015

http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2015/015918/brain-trust

An innovative neuroscience research program at UCSB crosses disciplinary lines

10/01/2015

Studying the Outliers

https://www.nri.ucsb.edu/news/2015/studying-outliers

06/08/2015

Ken's take on tau over at The Dana Foundation's "Cerebrum" http://dana.org/Cerebrum/2015/Tau-er_of_Power/

Editor’s Note: Tau protein helps nerve cells in the brain maintain their function and structure. When tau turns toxic, replicates, and spreads, neurons misfire and die. If neuroscientists can pinpoint the reasons for toxicity, identify what our author calls “a staggering number of possible modified…

04/30/2015

What is & how does it differs from other forms of ? Listen to this podcast featuring Dr. Kosik: http://bit.nyas.org/1G7PsAF

Polls show that Americans fear Alzheimer's disease more than any other illness. And little wonder - it's debilitating, fatal, incurable, and currently afflicts hundreds of millions worldwide, a number that's going to continue increasing as the world’s population both grows and grows older. But what…

02/18/2015

A wonderfully detailed three-part account of how Drs. Lopera and Kosik identified the early-onset Alzheimer's mutation and the progress of the clinical trial for a preventative drug. http://www.azcentral.com/longform/news/local/best-reads/2015/02/15/alzheimers-research-colombia-curse-part-one/23373503/

A region in Colombia has long been cursed with Alzheimer's. Now doctors there and in Arizona are using the group to test an experimental treatment.

10/27/2014

Dr. Kosik shares his thoughts on this study. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/us/a-bite-to-remember-chocolate-is-shown-to-aid-memory.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

A small study shows that an antioxidant in chocolate appears to improve some memory skills that people lose as they age.

10/20/2014

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06/19/2014

http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/014239/cure-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-requires-parallel-effort

For people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the rate of progress in developing effective therapeutics has been unacceptably slow

05/27/2014

http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2014/03/27/scientists-track-primate-evolution-via-rnas-69710/

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither was the human brain. The intricate organ was crafted over millions of years before it developed into the functionally sophisticated masterpiece it is today. Just like the numerous workers who toiled in the hot Mediterranean sun to construct the roads, buildings an…

03/25/2014

Our most recent paper in Neuron https://labs.mcdb.ucsb.edu/kosik/kenneth/news/new-study-evolution-increased-primate-cortex-computational-abilities

Primate-specific miRNAs uniquely distinguish VZ and OSVZ compartments miRNAs distinguish internal and external subcompartments of the OSVZ in area 17 DE miRNAs target cell cycle, neurogenesis, and developmental disorder genes Emergent miRNAs coevolve with preexisting targets to integrate into gene c...

02/19/2014

Dr. Francisco Lopera was a resident in neurology when the first patient with dementia walked into the San Vicente de Paul hospital in Medellin, Colombia in 1984. "He was 47 years old and he had completely lost his memory over the past three or four years," Lopera recalled. "What was truly remarkable...