Aly - new Carney Institute ARC Scholar!

Congratulations to Dr. Aly Cavalier for her appointment to the Advancing Research Careers (ARC) program through the Brown University Carney Institute for Brain Science. ARC scholars receive career development training, structured mentoring support, and $25,000 in seed funding to support independent research projects. As an ARC scholar, Aly will be using iPSC-derived neurons and astrocytes and CRISPR gene editing to explore innate immune mechanisms of astrocyte reactivity

in the context of pathogenic tau.