UCSB Kosik Lab

Ken's take on tau over at The Dana Foundation's "Cerebrum" http://dana.org/Cerebrum/2015/Tau-er_of_Power/

Tau-er of Power Editor’s Note: Tau protein helps nerve cells in the brain maintain their function and structure. When tau turns toxic, replicates, and spreads, neurons misfire and die. If neuroscientists can pinpoint the reasons for toxicity, identify what our author calls “a staggering number of possible modified…

http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/014239/cure-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-requires-parallel-effort

A Cure for Alzheimer’s Requires a Parallel Team Effort For people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the rate of progress in developing effective therapeutics has been unacceptably slow

Our most recent paper in Neuron https://labs.mcdb.ucsb.edu/kosik/kenneth/news/new-study-evolution-increased-primate-cortex-computational-abilities

New Study on the Evolution of Increased Primate Cortex Computational Abilities | Ken Kosik Lab |... Primate-specific miRNAs uniquely distinguish VZ and OSVZ compartments miRNAs distinguish internal and external subcompartments of the OSVZ in area 17 DE miRNAs target cell cycle, neurogenesis, and developmental disorder genes Emergent miRNAs coevolve with preexisting targets to integrate into gene c...