What Can Brain Bank Research Teach Us About Neurodegenerative Disease?

Brain donation is giving scientists a rare window into how neurodegenerative diseases develop, progress, and differ from person to person.

Dr. Melissa Murray joins us to discuss tauopathies — a group of neurodegenerative diseases linked to the abnormal buildup of tau protein — and how brain bank research is helping scientists better understand neurodegenerative diseases. At Mayo Clinic Florida, Murray helps direct one of the world’s largest brain banks focused on tauopathies, giving researchers an opportunity to study the biological differences that shape these diseases.

Murray is a professor of neuroscience at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where her research focuses on the biological changes that drive Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, including tauopathies. 

Join us Friday, May 22, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET for a Live Talk with Murray about what brain donation can teach researchers, how tauopathies are being studied, and why brain bank research matters for the future of diagnosis and treatment.

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