PDOR Spotlight

Meeting highlights from the MDS 14th International Congress
13 Jun 2010
Bienvenido a Buenos Aires! The Movement Disorder Society 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders has begun. Several staff members from The Michael J. Fox ... 
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
09 May 2010
The stockmarket may be collapsing and the economy is in bad shape, but people are hiring! ... 
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Members in the News: Charleen T. Chu Receives Outstanding Investigator Award
26 Aug 2010
The American Society for Investigative Pathology has given Charleen T. Chu, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, their Outstanding Investigator Award. In a recent paper published in ... 
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What's in a Name? Two Alzheimer's Nonprofits Take up the Debate in Court
27 Jul 2010
Confusion about the identities of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) and the Alzheimer's Association may have led to the wrong charity receiving donations intended for the other. The AFA ... 
New Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer's Disease
14 Jul 2010
This week, researchers announced new guidelines for Alzheimer's diagnosis. The MJFF Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) hopes to do something similar for PD.  ... 
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Neuroscience 2010 Advance Registration Opens Next Week
07 Jul 2010
Reminder--Advance member registration and housing for the Society for Neuroscience's 2010 meeting opens Wednesday, July 14. Check the conference Web site for details. ... 
The Scientist’s Best Places to Work in Academia
30 Jun 2010
Do you work at one of the best places for academic research? Some unusual places made the list this year. Check it out at The Scientist’s website.   ... 
PDOR Member Michael J. Frank Wins Janet Taylor Spence Award
30 Jun 2010
Michael J. Frank, PDOR member and assistant professor at Brown University, is one of five winners of the Janet Taylor Spence Awards. The Association for Psychological Science (APS) gives these ... 
New agreement allows no-cost license on valuable LRRK2 research models
11 Jun 2010
MJFF is pleased to announce an agreement with Weill Cornell Medical College allowing MJFF-funded investigators performing research on LRRK2 to obtain a no-cost license for use of Dr. Chenjian ... 
Reporters Needed at MDS 2010
08 Jun 2010
Are you attending the Movement Disorders Society Meeting in Buenos Aires next week? ... 
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