The West lab identifies pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurological diseases like Parkinson’s to develop new therapeutics that block disease progression
Joined March 2021
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Work led by Arpine Sokratian in Andy West's lab unveils the structural underpinnings of alpha-synuclein pathogenicity: Mouse alpha-synuclein fibrils display unique features compared to humans, impacting disease models. More here: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq35…
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2 Nov 2024
Interesting: @DukeWestLab @LashuelLab & collaborators report the first atomic structure of mouse α-synuclein fibrils, but find altered packing arrangements,⬇️hydrophobicity, &⬆️fragmentation sensitivity & weak immunological responses (vs human a-syn)
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12 Jun 2024
New paper from @DukeWestLab et al present an ultra-sensitive version of a SiMOA (single-molecule array assay) for measures of LRRK2 kinase activity in serum linking #Parkinsons severity to peripheral inflam.; Accurate measures of pT73-Rab10 to total Rab10
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8 Dec 2023
#Cover: Gut mucosal cells transfer α-synuclein to the vagus nerve: buff.ly/3RyFyaH
The image shows α-synuclein (red) emerging from an enteroendocrine cell (green) onto a vagal neuron (turquoise).
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18 Nov 2023
New research from @DukeWestLab & collaborators reports that anionic nanoplastic contaminants potently precipitate the formation & propagation of #Parkinsons-associated α-synuclein protein fibrils, through a high-affinity interaction NAC domains in α-syn
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17 Nov 2023
Nanoplastics Create an Environment for Parkinson’s To Develop, Study Suggests | Technology Networks technologynetworks.com/appli…
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8 May 2023
Congrats to Amber!!, Our amazing undergrad researcher off to begin her career in medicine
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8 May 2023
Congrats to Jon Lin!!, Honors undergraduate researcher who will be starting his program in data science in a few weeks @NCState
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8 May 2023
Recent Duke Neuroscience honors Graduate, Deney Li, researcher extraordinar, will be heading our @MichaelJFoxOrg biomarker research project as a post-bacc! So happy she can stay on!
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8 May 2023
Congrats to Nicole!!, our post-doc headed to @VividionRx shake up the Early Discovery program!
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8 May 2023
Congratulations to Zhiyong!!, Our famous K99/R00 awardee and incoming tenure track Assistant Professor in Cell Biology, #UABSOM #GoBLAZERS
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Shoutout to our grad student Samuel Strader publishing an excellent review!
The interplay between monocytes, α-synuclein and LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease portlandpress.com/biochemsoc…
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8 May 2023
Congrats to the West Lab 2023 Graduates!! Moving on is bittersweet for us, but what a great job in the lab, you will be missed 🥲
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21 Mar 2023
Interesting new commentary from West and Schwarzschild on LRRK2 inhibitors for PD and their journey through the pharma "Valley of Death." #LRRK2 #Parkinsons @DukeWestLab
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19 Feb 2023
Genome-wide screen reveals Rab12 GTPase as a critical activator of pathogenic LRRK2 kinase biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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14 Jan 2023
@ASAP_Research @AsapLiddle retreat wrapped up today…what great science was discussed 🤓😍!!!
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1 Nov 2022
College life in a research lab: two students @DukeNeuro weigh in on how they got here, what they're learning and where they hope to go bit.ly/3fqfZZ4 @DukeWestLab
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