Professor Tarja Malm secures a 2 million euro ERC Grant for Alzheimer’s research
Professor Tarja Malm from A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland has been granted the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for research focusing on the role of brain microglia cells in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The funding amounts to two million euros for a period of five years. The […]
FinnGen study participants invited for clinical examinations in a sub-project on Alzheimer’s disease
The first sub-project of the FinnGen study to invite participants for further clinical examinations will begin in eastern Finland. The project will explore methods that are suitable for investigating the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other, less severe memory disorders. The aim is to improve early diagnostics of Alzheimer’s disease and to increase understanding of […]
AlzTrans challenges research groups with new kinds of cooperation | Alzheimer’s disease
The underlying objective of the AlzTrans project is to identify changes at cell level that are relevant to the inception and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In autumn of 2018, at the invitation of Neurocenter Finland, the University of Eastern Finland, Turku PET Centre, and the University of Helsinki launched the AlzTrans project, which is funded […]