Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s | ASAP’s Post

Check your calendars! Today is the day for the latest installment of the LRRK2 Central webinar series. Today at 1 PM ET, we will hear from Sean Pintchovski from Acurex Biosciences and Tim Greenamyre from the University of Pittsburgh. It is not too late to register using the link below. https://bit.ly/3xAxv5Q

Collaboration, resource generation, and data sharing are critical components for advancing discoveries. Thank you, Verily, for your partnership and for all of the hard work that was put into the CRN Cloud, a collaborative data-sharing platform that provides researchers worldwide with the opportunity to reveal new insights related to neurodegeneration.

Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s launched the ASAP CRN Cloud - a data-sharing tool developed with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Verily, DNAstack, and DataTecnica LLC - to provide researchers with access to a high-value collection of sequencing data from human postmortem-derived brain samples. The CRN Cloud features sequencing data from 156 donors, enabling unprecedented insights into #neurodegeneration. Additional data will be released on the platform by the end of this year. To learn how to access the CRN Cloud tool, check out our tutorial: https://lnkd.in/e22R8uUv

We are excited to launch the ASAP CRN Cloud, a data-sharing tool designed to advance #ParkinsonsDisease research by allowing researchers to share, access, and work directly with other experts to distill discoveries. We developed this tool in collaboration with our implementation partner, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and our technical partners at Verily, DNAstack, and DataTecnica LLC. Currently featuring a unique set of sequencing data from over 150 donors, the CRN Cloud dataset offers the potential for unprecedented insights into #neurodegeneration. The database will continue to expand, with 629 donors contributing to the final harmonized dataset. Read our blog to learn more about the CRN Cloud: https://bit.ly/3VUMlO0

DEADLINE EXTENSION! 🚨 Applications are now due this Wednesday, June 26th for GP2 #funding for Master’s programs in clinical #neurology at University College London or #datascience at University of Maryland Baltimore County. Starting in September 2024, these programs are looking for doctors and researchers in #ParkinsonsDisease from underrepresented groups looking to further their knowledge and skills. Apply today: https://bit.ly/3xE4t5d

This month, we are celebrating Daisuke Kase as our June #OpenScience Champion. Daisuke worked with CatalystNeuro to ensure that #neurophysiology datasets from Team Strick were open-source and accessible. As a result, Team Strick was the first CRN team to utilize our CatalystNeuro partnership to upload a public #data set to the DANDI Archive, as well as code to help other teams convert similar data. Thank you, Daisuke!

📣 Read our June Network Spotlight article highlighting the CRN trainees and investigators who volunteered their time to help make the 2024 COSA event a success.

Did you know that ASAP is on Bluesky? 📣 Follow our NEW custom feed titled ASAP Research Outputs to learn more about some of the #ParkinsonsDisease-related research outputs developed by members of ASAP-funded programs. Don't forget to pin it to your home page! https://bit.ly/4eC2K1d

ASAP is celebrating Team Vangheluwe this Team Tuesday. Explore the team's webpage and featured output, which describes the use of novel green fluorescent polyamines to analyze ATP13A2 and ATP13A3 activity in the mammalian polyamine transport system. #ParkinsonsDisease https://lnkd.in/gYfa3tDP

LAST CALL! Applications are due this Friday for GP2 #funding to pursue a master's degree in clinical #neurology at University College London or #datascience at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Starting in September 2024, these programs are looking for doctors and researchers who identify as belonging to an underrepresented group in #ParkinsonsDisease research. The applications are due Friday, June 21, 2024. Learn more & apply today: https://bit.ly/3RwWoGg