@bucklr01
Assoc Prof [Harvard Med School/MGH] - researching sex differences and women's brain health in Alzheimer's disease - twin mum - Aussie + advocate for women in STEM Chair of Sex and Gender AD PIA for #ISTAART
Congratulations to Rachel Buckley @bucklr01.bsky.social on being a finalist for a National Association of Science Writers @sciencewriters.org award. Read Rachel's essay,
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
#neuroskyence
Congrats to @bucklr01.bsky.social on being selected as a finalist in the NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards, for her piece "Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimerβs research"! www.nasw.org/article/anno...
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust on their Research Renaissance podcast! I talk about sex differences in Alzheimer's disease risk and optimizing women's brain health.
A link for those interested: open.spotify.com/episode/3ou4...
Final date to get your votes in!!
Don't forget to vote!!! June 25 is the due date. @drjessicacaldwell.bsky.social @shabanashaik.bsky.social @judy-pa.bsky.social
Our new paper is out!
We find that Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (but interestingly not estradiol or testosterone) shows sex specific associations with tau-PET burden in the Framingham Heart Study. In men, it seems to be protective (higher SHBG = lower tau)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Hey y'all - please vote for your new Sex & Gender Professional Interest Area for the Alzheimer's Association ISTAART!!!!
Voting closes JUNE 25!!!
alz.surveymonkey.com/r/T8GC8J6
Biomarkers enhance Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy detection!π©Έ
Research from Alzheimerβs & Dementia demonstrate lower AΞ²42/40 and elevated p-tau-181 effectively differentiate CAA from controls, opening doors for non-invasive diagnostics #AlzResearch
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
AI used for better dementia detection in India
A&D: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring reports cognitive test cutoffs for Indiaβs unique population to improve early diagnosis, a step toward more effective dementia care #DADM #AlzResearch
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Loved being at #CCAD2025 this year in Puerto Rico - been an amazing conference!
What are examples of modifiable risk factors in dementia?
A&D: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring special issue investigates glucose index, sleep variation, vitamin supplements and more as modifiable risk factors #DADM
Read here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
We now have a blood biomarker that is even more strongly associated with tau PET and cognitive symptoms than even p-tau217! Plasma eMTBR-tau243 will help us to understand whether cognitive impairment is likely to be related to Alzheimer's pathology. #ENDALZ
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A critical area of AD research that is really gaining traction - harmonization across multiple cohorts for big data analysis!
The Fredericks Lab! - with deliberately poor photoshopping of lab members who couldn't be there that day.
We are HIRING!! Postdoc for multimodal imaging lab at Yale. If you get excited about preclinical and prodromal states, atypical Alzheimerβs, graph theory, predictive modeling, and/or baked goods at lab meetings, come join us: postdocs.yale.edu/postdoctoral...
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WOW - congrats!!!!!!!
"Women have faster rates of tau accumulation than men in areas of the brain that tend to be most vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease." -- @bucklr01.bsky.social, of Massachusetts General Hospital, discussing women and #Alzheimer'sDisease.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/al...
It is an honor to be counted amongst these amazing scientists in this piece, and a privilege to be able to do this incredible work
Great write up on the latest research on sex differences in brain aging, with quote from Dr. Buckley @bucklr01.bsky.social "talk to your doctor" π Important work--particularly in the context of clamping down on science focused on the health of women and minorities www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/h...
Thanks to @denadubal.bsky.social and @bucklr01.bsky.social for talking to me for this story about the fascinating X chromosome!
@sheilashanmugan.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social @susanacarmona.bsky.social @bucklr01.bsky.social, @denadubal.bsky.social Laura Pritschet, Kaitlin Casaletto, Ina Stelzer, Julia Sacher, Rob Froemke and so many more leading minds.
More coverage of @denadubal.bsky.social Kaitlin Casaletto, @bucklr01.bsky.social et al: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/h...
Nominations are still open to become a part of our Sex & Gender PIA Executive Committee for ISTAART!!! Nominations close Mar 10. Please see nomination form: alz.surveymonkey.com/r/RF7JGFF
Information on the positions are here: drive.google.com/file/d/1NKvx...
For any questions, DM me #endAlz
UPDATE ON FUNDING
These are data through 2/21/25. The lag in Reporter really does appear to be about a week.
There was a second mini-pause as suspected from internal reports, but grants are being awarded.
About 21% new or competitive renewals (compared to 29% in 2017, and 22% in 2021
If interested to be considered for future reviewing opportunities, please reply here. I'm trying to ascertain the amount of interest to determine paths forward for finding new manuscript reviewers. Thank you!
Hey there, fellow scientists! Interested in reviewing for an Alzheimer's disease journal in future? Us editors are always looking for reviewers, especially those who are earlier career researchers who are looking to test out their reviewing chops.
Please consider nominating to join our Sex & Gender PIA Executive Committee for ISTAART!!! We'd love to have you join our amazing team #ADSexGenPIA
alz.surveymonkey.com/r/RF7JGFF
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them β βtheyβre studying the spit of lizards?!β β remind them thatβs exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
My first science post here on BlueSky is a long one. Setting the contrarian tone from the very beginning, I take strong issue with the recent op-ed by Charles Piller published in the January 24th NY Times on #Alzheimer's disease (nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...)
I can confirm this is a great crew...join us!!