COBRE Pilot Project Recipients - Year Three
David Braun, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience SBCoA
Astrocyte p38 as a nexus between central and peripheral metabolism and brain function
Weikang Cai, PhD
Associate Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Role of astrocytic thyroid hormone signaling in brain metabolism and motivational behavior
Daniel C. Lee PhD
Associate Professor, Neuroscience SBCoA
Leveraging GPRC6a Receptors to Modulate CNS Metabolism During Tauopathy
Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Role of nSMase2 in LD biogenesis and mitochondrial specialization in the AD brain
Clare Rittschof, PhD
Associate Professor, Entomology
The honeybee as a model for brain inflammatory and metabolic effects of systemic inflammation
Andrew Stewart, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and SCoBIRC
Understanding the cause and consequence of sustained dysregulation of mitochondria in chronic spinal cord injury
Yuan Wen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Microbial-Derived Exerkines in Alzheimer's Disease: Can Pipecolic Acid and Succinate Recapitulate Exercise Benefits?