.UCSF MAC + Mayo Clinic scientists will lead #ALLFTD, a new NIH-funded research consortium that aims to speed the development of treatments for frontotemporal lobar dementia, the most common form of dementia in people under age 60. #FTD #FTLD ucsf.edu/news/2019/10/4…

Congratulations to #ALLFTD investigators at 19 North American clinical sites on receiving $63M in NIH funding. ALLFTD is critical to understanding #FTD and developing drugs to treat it. ow.ly/u8ma50wO7WL

Thank you The Boston Globe for today's story about Jary Larsen, former AFTD Board Chair, highlighting $63 million in NIH funding for ALLFTD which includes UCSF, the Mayo Clinic, the Mass General FTD Unit and others - 2020 will move us forward. #ENDFTD bostonglobe.com/business/2020/…

Exciting talk by #Alector, reporting Phase 2 data for AL001. Watch it on-demand if you haven't seen it yet! OD-Drug Development: AL001 resorts CSF PGRN levels & normalizes disease-associated biomarkers in individuals with FTD due to heterozygous mutations in the GRN gene. #endFTD

"Time to shift away from whites as the gold standard."-Lisa L. Barnes, PhD (Barnes Young). Dr.Barnes, thank you for your insightful and informative plenary talk at #AAIC20 today.

Dr. Rosen's research found that different FTLD mutations are associated with different rates of brain atrophy, but the clinical course of f-FTLD is similar between the different mutations. You can watch his #AAIC20 presentation on-demand (OD-Biomarkers).#endFTD

3/ YKL-40, TNF-α, and IL-6 , on the other hand, had limited utility as biomarkers of disease progression in inherited #FTD, as reported by #Ljubenkov and team from ALLFTD, who measured plasma from 239 familial FTD mutation carriers.

Looking forward to the #AAIC2020 #FTDPIA today - Mica Clarke will be talking about our work on synaptic PET imaging in FTD #endftd

Dedicated researchers & study volunteers are leading the way to increase knowledge about FTD. The hope is that people with an FTD gene mutation may one day be able to delay or prevent the emergence of the disease. #EndFTD Learn about the genetics of FTD: bit.ly/3d8SHkX

Over 35 years, women MDs in academic medical centers were less likely than men to be promoted to assoc or full professor or to be appointed to dept chair - no apparent narrowing in gap over time Women Physicians and Promotion in Academic Medicine | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

ALLFTD is proud to have supported this paper...

In our latest in nature, Nicte I. Mejia Gonzalez MD MPH FAAN and I explicitly name different forms of racism as key drivers behind the disparate neurological outcomes we’ve seen during the pandemic. We speaking all facts in 2021, y’all. Check it out below! nature.com/articles/s4158… Nat Rev Neurology

Congratulations Nicole Rust of Dr. Nicole C Rust Penn, recipient of a 2021 National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award for significant advancements in experimental psychology and neuroscience! #NASaward #Psychology ow.ly/g4Qc50CZUv8

The 12th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias and 1st ISFTD Congress is now a few days away! Program here👉cutt.ly/TlmGA0x Register here👉cutt.ly/UlmGIcE

On May 13 & 14, The AFTD will convene its 2021 Annual #AFTDEducationConference online. The conference is free to attend & will feature interactive presentations by leading #FTD researchers & experts. Check out the full schedule and register today: bit.ly/3vXb6tO

Recently published by ALLFTD investigators: Plasma Neurofilament Light for Prediction of Disease Progression in Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: n.neurology.org/content/96/18/…. Open access!

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Congratulations to Dr. Marie Bernard, currently NIA's Deputy Director, for her new role! Looking forward to working with her as she takes the helm as NIH's Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity! nih.gov/news-events/ne…

Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 and phosphorylated tau 181 as biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

Excited about this paper from ALLFTD's Biomarker Core! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…?