The Aging Brain Initiative @ MIT is a research effort to create new therapies & technologies for neurodegenerative diseases.
Cambridge, MA
Joined February 2016
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Register for "Innovation for the Aging Brain", our 2026 ABI Fall Symposium at MIT. September 25th Talks: 1-5 PM, Poster Session: 5-6 PM with reception. Attendance is free and open to the public with registration. 🧠🧪
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ALT Poster for the ABI Fall Symposium on September 25th 2026. Speakers are: Alan Jasanoff, Oleta Johnson, Laura Kiessling, Earl Miller, Ritu Raman, Giovanni Traverso.
Join us 7/24, Friday, 4pm for ABI Seminar Series featuring @Yu_Shan_Lin of Tufts University, who uses computational chemistry to understand the structure and function of biomolecules 🧪💻 to advance drug development. Bldg 46, 3310 Seminar Room. #machinelearning #moleculardynamics
ALT Poster featuring the Aging Brain Initiative Seminary Series with Dr. Yu-Shan Lin who will speak about "Accelerating Structure-Based Design of Cyclic Peptide Binders and Inhibitors with Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Machine Learning" to be held on July 24th at 4 PM in the Picower Seminar Room of Bldg 46.
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Tomorrow - Join us for an Aging Brain Seminar with Bruce Yankner:
"Lithium and the Biology of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease".
MIT Building 46, Third Floor, Room 46-3310
April 28th, 4 PM
#alzheimers
picower.mit.edu/events/aging…
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#MIT24 Today is MIT's 24-Hour Challenge! This is your opportunity to support the Aging Brain Initiative with *any* amount . Help us make our 300 donor goal to direclty fund ABI research. Thank you!
mit24hourchallenge.mightycau…
ALT image of a miBrain - a research tool used to study the aging brain
Get ready for the #MIT24 challenge!
On March 12th - you can help us fight neurodegenerative disease by donating any amount.
🗓️On March 12, by giving ANY amount to our two #MIT24 challenges, you can help us make discoveries to fight neurodegenerative diseases (bit.ly/24hour-aging-brain) and build a new initiative to turn lab discoveries into treatments (bit.ly/brain-therapies).
ALT A blue-hued collage blends images of pills, a microscope, a stethoscope and brain MRI images.
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Just published: Small open label extension study suggests that 40Hz sensory stimulation may benefit some #Alzheimers patients for years.
Read more here: picower.mit.edu/news/small-s…
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Research article: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
Congrats to our Speakers and Keynote for making the ABI Symposium a sweeping success! None of which would be possible w/o the generous support of our donors.
Read more about the day's insights on the Neuro-Immune Axis of the Aging Brain #Alzheimers :
picower.mit.edu/news/immune-…
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A major MIT investigation provides a single cell transcriptome + epigenome atlas across brain regions & finds that resilience against Alzheimer’s progression depends on preserving epigenomic stability. #Alzheimer #epigenetics
Read more here!:
picower.mit.edu/news/alzheim…
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Join us August 5th at 4 PM in the Picower Seminar Room (46-3310) for Ramon Sun's (@RCSunlab) ABI Seminar series talk on metabolic drivers of Alzheimer's Disease.
ALT Poster announcing Ramon Sun's talk on "Hyper-glycosylation as a Central Metabolic Driver of Alzheimer's Disease" on August 5th at 4 PM, Building 46, Room 3310.
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The Aging Brain Initiative is excited to support 5 new research projects at MIT through seed grant funding! Read more here:
picower.mit.edu/news/aging-b…
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Tonight, the MIT Club of Northern California is hosting Prof Li-Huei Tsai. Please join for,
"Dementia: What we know, and the latest research using non-invasive methods"
April 16th, 9 PM (ET), 6 PM (PT)
Register here:
alumcommunity.mit.edu/topics…
(proceeds go to the MIT Club)
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Meet the neighbors🧠:
picower.mit.edu/news/neurons…
The multifaceted roles for glia in learning, memory and diseases like #Alzheimers
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With 179 donors, we are getting closer to our goal of 300 donations for MIT's 24 HR challenge.
Please join us to reach our goal today:
mit24hourchallenge.mightycau…
If we meet the challenge, three generous families will donate an additional $30,000 to the ABI.
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It's MIT's 24 Challenge time!! Give ANY amount here:
mit24hourchallenge.mightycau…
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The need to fund #Alzheimers and #neurodegeneration research is greater than ever. Give ANY amount today to the @AgingBrainMIT during MIT’s 24-Hour Challenge to help us unlock matching gifts. mit24hourchallenge.mightycau…
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TOMORROW, March 13!
Help us in the fight against #Alzheimers and #neurodegeneration with a donation to @AgingBrainMIT
Donate ANY amount tomorrow. Read more about the challenge here:
picower.mit.edu/events/suppo…
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Get ready for MIT's 24-Hour Challenge on March 13th! Join in next Thursday to support the Aging Brain Initiative 🧠❣️
mit24hourchallenge.mightycau…
You can support scientific research to fight #AlzheimersDisease and neurodegeneration by giving ANY amount to @AgingBrainMIT during MIT’s 24-Hour Challenge March 13. Save the date and the link! mit24hourchallenge.mightycau… @MIT_alumni
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Join us, Monday February 24th at 4 pm, for the Aging Brain Seminar with Ron DePinho:
"Telomerase in Cancer, Aging, and Alzheimer’s"
Date: Monday, February 24
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 46-3310, Picower Seminar Room
(in-person only)
picower.mit.edu/events/aging…
ALT Announcement for the ABI Seminar on February 24th with Ronald DePinho.
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Register and save the date for this excellent Fusion Conference:
Neuroepigenetics & Neuroepitranscriptomics
October 1-4, 2025 in Malta
Co-chaired by Li-Huei Tsai & Hongjun Song.
🌟 Save the date for #Neuroepi25! 🌟
📅 Don’t forget to diarise 01 – 04 October 2025 for a fantastic meeting in sunny Malta, chaired by Hongjun Song and Li-Huei Tsai.
🕒 Early bird registration ends 24th April 2025 – secure your spot before it’s too late!
For more details, visit: bit.ly/4fZrFey
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Congratulations to Emery N. Brown - a founding faculty member of the ABI - for receiving the nation's highest honor for scientists and engineers!
🎖️A huge congratulations to Emery N. Brown on receiving the National Medal of Science today! It’s the nation’s highest honor for scientists and engineers. Very well deserved! picower.mit.edu/news/emery-n… #neuroscience #statistics #anesthesiology @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog @MIT_IMES
Take a quick look back on the work of the scientists of the Aging Brain Initiative in 2024 - and get excited for advances to come in 2025:
picower.mit.edu/sites/defaul…
ALT This cover image of the Aging Brain Initiative Newsletter shows a brightly colored scientific image of the mouse brain used for Alzheimer's research.
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