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Research initiative aiming to improve the understanding, diagnosis & management of Alzheimer's disease. Our project was funded by @ihieurope.bsky.social amypad.eu

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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🌟 Today, Frederik Barkhof is participating in the Symposium on the Global Consortium Approach to Alzheimer's Research, organised by the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative at #AAIC26, where he will share some AMYPAD insights!
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🧠 Great to see the AMYPAD dataset continuing to advance #Alzheimers research! New in JAMA: a global meta-analysis pooling data from 53 studies "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗱-𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗘𝗧 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻?" 👇 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🧠 Day 2 at #AAIC26 is officially underway! We are delighted to be part of this year's conference and to present our latest research through a series of posters from the AMYPAD project. 🌟 We are looking forward to an inspiring week of science, collaboration and meaningful discussions!
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📩 The latest AMYPAD newsletter is here! Our newest edition is packed with updates from across the AMYPAD & Euro-PAD communities, highlighting exciting developments as we continue advancing Alzheimer's disease research. 📖 Read the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/557e200f0bce... @ihieurope.bsky.social
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📢 New AMYPAD datasets now available for the global research community! We are pleased to announce the release of the updated raw and harmonised datasets from the AMYPAD Prognostic and Natural History Study (PNHS)! 👉 amypad.eu/news/recent-...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🌟 Glad to see more publications coming out using AMYPAD data. Read this paper investigating the associations of AD CSF biomarkers with early longitudinal amyloid deposition on positron emission. Congrats to Marianna Rizzo and all authors! @ihieurope.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📢 New AMYPAD paper published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, analysing cross-sectional MRI and amyloid-β (Aβ) positron emission tomography (PET) data from 1323 AMYPAD participants. 👏 Congratulations to @lpieperhoff.bsky.social and all authors! @ihieurope.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/alz....
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Cortical gray–white matter contrast alterations precede amyloid‐β positivity and macrostructural changes in older adults without dementia
INTRODUCTION Early Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves subtle cortical changes that may precede atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) microstructural markers may detect earlier pathology than clas...
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Toomas Erik Anijärv @teanijarv.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Grateful to have had the chance to present my work at the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease symposium in Genova, Italy. #EUROPAD Many thanks to the organisers for the invitation @imi-amypad.bsky.social @biofinder.bsky.social #neuroimaging #brain #microstructure #alzheimersdisease #neuro
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Leo Pieperhoff @lpieperhoff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please find our latest publication in Alzheimer's & Dementia: doi.org/10.1002/alz.... We find cortical gray-white matter tissue contrast to be a particularly early emerging MRI marker of Alzheimer's pathology, using the preclinical @imi-amypad.bsky.social Prognostic & Natural History Study!
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Cortical gray–white matter contrast alterations precede amyloid‐β positivity and macrostructural changes in older adults without dementia
INTRODUCTION Early Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves subtle cortical changes that may precede atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) microstructural markers may detect earlier pathology than clas...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
📢 New paper "Self-reported sleep quality and longitudinal amyloid burden in clinically unimpaired adults from the AMYPAD PNHS study" has recently been accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. 👉 Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ihieurope.bsky.social
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Self-reported sleep quality and longitudinal amyloid burden in clinically unimpaired adults from the AMYPAD PNHS study - Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy - Poor self-reported sleep quality is associated with cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients present sleep disruptions decades before...
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🗞️ Read the February IHI newsletter: link.europa.eu/HfTKq7 🤝 Our director on what makes a good public-private partnership 🚀 An interview with a young researcher on how working in our @imi-amypad.bsky.social project shaped her career 👋 New projects Cities@Heart & PROBE #HorizonEU #health #research
The word NEWS written in gold on black metal blocks against a sparkly background. Image by enterlinedesign via Shutterstock.
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
♀️ Today is the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! 🧠 Meet Ariane Bollack, a former PhD student from the AMYPAD project who's now working in industry. We asked her how the PPP shaped her career & what advice she has for young researchers 👉 link.europa.eu/K6GPPp #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and we're shining the spotlight on Ariane Bollack, who took part in the AMYPAD project as a PhD student. We asked her how taking part in the PPP shaped her career.
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🎓 Meet Alba Martos Sánchez. She is a full-time PhD student at @barcelonabeta.bsky.social, doing some research in the early-stages of #Alzheimer’s disease. 👉 Read more: amypad.eu/news/recent-...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🎉 Congratulations Dr. Sophie Mastenbroek on successfully defending her PhD cum laude yesterday in Amsterdam 🎓 🌟Wishing Sophie continued success in the exciting journey ahead! www.amsterdamumc.org/en/research/...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🎓 Meet Prithvi Arunachalam. He is a PhD candidate at Amsterdam UMC, where he contributes to research initiatives including AMYPAD and Euro-PAD. 👉 Read more: amypad.eu/news/recent-...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
👉 NEW AMYPAD paper presenting the AMYPAD approach to address data acquisition, processing, interpretation and data sharing challenges! Congratulations to all authors👏 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Implementing robust amyloid PET quantification in multi‐center studies: AMYPAD approach to address data acquisition, processing, interpretation and data sharing challenges
INTRODUCTION Amyloid-positron emission tomography (PET) is pivotal to Alzheimer's management, with the Centiloid standardizing measurements across tracers. AMYPAD trials (Diagnostic and Patient Mana...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Today, @ihieurope.bsky.social hosted a webinar on regulatory impact. On behalf of AMYPAD, Gill Farrar presented how we succeeded in the Biomarker Qualification Opinion application for our Centiloid work! #RegulatoryScience #HorizonEurope #ResearchImpact
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨 Happening today! Join us at 14:00 for Regulatory impact: what it is & how to achieve it with your IHI project. Hear from EMA regulators & past projects about their experiences, advice & top tips for achieving maximum impact. Don't miss it! 👉 link.europa.eu/vGdQrY #RegulatoryScience #HorizonEurope
Meet the speakers: Ralf Herold, Thorsten Vetter, Silvy Da Rocha Dias, Christina Giannakou,  Pierpaolo Moscariello and Oriane Blanquie from the EMA, Gill Farrar from GE Healthcare, Pieter Annaert from KU Leuven and BioNotus, and Marco Viceconti and Giorgio Davico from the University of Bologna
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📣New paper out on the role of cerebral amyloid-β in cortical, allocortical and subcortical atrophy in (mostly) cognitively unimpaired individuals from the AMYPAD Prognostic and Natural History Study! Congratulations to all authors👏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Amyloid PET predicts atrophy in older adults without dementia: Results from the AMYPAD Prognostic & Natural History study
The impact of amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation on regional brain atrophy in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and its interaction with risk factors lik…
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Interested to learn how to maximise your project’s regulatory impact? Register for this online event hosted by @ihieurope.bsky.social ⤵️ www.ihi.europa.eu/news-events/... Gill Farrar will highlight the regulatory value that our AMYPAD Biomarker Qualification Opinion brought to the amyloid PET field
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
📢 Check out this perspective review, highlighting the advancements brought by blood biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease🧠🩸 doi.org/10.1002/alz....
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Complementary utility of plasma biomarkers and Aβ‐PET for diagnosis, risk‐stratification, and treatment monitoring in Alzheimer's disease
With the rapid development of blood biomarkers (BBMs) related to amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD), the question arises whether these can replace the accepted reference standard, ...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We were pleased to join an exciting symposium during #EANM25 last week in Barcelona focused on advancing early diagnosis with PET imaging and biomarkers. Lyduine Collij shared AMYPAD insights and spoke alongside Prof. Dr. Alexander Drzezga and Prof. dr. Silvia Morbelli. amypad.eu/news/recent-...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
📢 NEW paper out in Alzheimer's & Dementia, using data from the AMYPAD Prognostic and Natural History Study! Congratulations to all authors 👏 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Cortical thickness subtypes in cognitively unimpaired individuals: Differential network and transcriptomic vulnerability to cortical thinning
INTRODUCTION The emergence, stability, and contributing factors of Alzheimer's disease (AD) gray matter subtypes remain unclear. METHODS We analyzed data from 1323 individuals without a diagnosis ...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🚀 We’re pleased to announce the release of the latest edition of our newsletter, featuring the release of the AMYPAD raw dataset, highlights from the Euro-PAD symposium and new papers! 👉 Read the full newsletter here: mailchi.mp/e602ab237ff7...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
📣NEW AMYPAD out! The genetic data harmonisation manuscript for the AMYPAD consortium is online in Alzheimer's & Dementia! Authors provide a detailed pipeline for genotype array data QC, imputation, harmonisation, and PRS computation⤵️ doi.org/10.1002/alz....
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Harmonizing genotype array data to understand genetic risk for brain amyloid burden in the AMYPAD PNHS Consortium
INTRODUCTION We sought to harmonize genotype data from the predementia AMYPAD (Amyloid Imaging to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease) Consortium, compute polygenic risk scores (PRS), and determine their as.....
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
📣 #AAIC25 is around the corner! Whether you’ll be on-site in Toronto or joining online, don’t miss the AMYPAD presentations 👇 For more information about the conference, please visit: aaic.alz.org
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
📢 NEW AMYPAD paper out in European Journal of Neurology assessing the cost-utility of early versus no amyloid-PET in the diagnostic work-up of memory clinic patients after 6 months. @ihieurope.bsky.social Congratulations to all authors 👏 doi.org/10.1111/ene....
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Utility, Costs and Cost‐Utility of Amyloid‐PET in the Diagnostic Process of Memory Clinic Patients: A Trial‐Based Economic Evaluation From AMYPAD‐DPMS
Background Amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) is instrumental in achieving an accurate diagnosis and may help to limit health-seeking behavior. Currently, amyloid-PET is not routinely used i...
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Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center @barcelonabeta.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This past two days, we hosted the Euro-PAD symposium to discuss the latest advancements in neuroimaging and biomarkers for #Alzheimer’s disease, as well as to share updates from the Euro-PAD initiative over the past year. ⤵️ www.barcelonabeta.org/en/news/news...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
📣Yesterday and today, the Euro-PAD community convened in Barcelona for a scientific symposium hosted by @barcelonabeta.bsky.social. 👉Almost 100 participants gathered to discuss the latest advancements in neuroimaging and biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease! amypad.eu/news/recent-...
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Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center @barcelonabeta.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This morning, before the symposium, we held two parallel workshops, one led by #BBRC researchers focused on fluid biomarkers and the other led by @acealzheimercenter.com focused on clinical trials
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Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center @barcelonabeta.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Today and tomorrow we are hosting the EuroPAD 2025 symposium! #EuroPAD seeks to enhance and extend late-stage biomarker cohorts focused on Alzheimer’s, with the specific aim of establishing the most extensive and deeply phenotyped longitudinal cohort of at-risk individuals.
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📢 JUST PUBLISHED: Paper in @natrevdrugdiscov.nature.com on how to maximise #RegulatoryImpact from public-private partnerships, co-authored by IHI’s Nathalie Seigneuret. Check out 3 examples to follow from C-Path & @imi-amypad.bsky.social 👇 Read it below 👇 #IHITransformingHealth #RegulatoryScience
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📣New paper out highlighting lessons learned that could help maximise the regulatory impact of consortium-based projects. C-Path and AMYPAD are featured as examples of projects that have achieved regulatory successes 👉https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-025-00098-8
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Delivering regulatory impact from consortium-based projects
Multiple consortia have been established in the past two decades with the aim of tackling roadblocks in the development of medical products, often by developing new tools to support decision making by...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
NEW paper out entitled "Quantification of baseline amyloid PET in individuals with subjective cognitive decline can identify risk of amyloid accumulation and cognitive worsening: the FACEHBI study" Congratulations to all authors 👏 Check it out now⤵️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Quantification of baseline amyloid PET in individuals with subjective cognitive decline can identify risk of amyloid accumulation and cognitive worsening: the FACEHBI study - European Journal of Nucle...
Purpose Amyloid PET imaging is capable of measuring brain amyloid load in vivo. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship of the baseline amyloid with its accumulation over time and with cog...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
📢Exciting news! We're pleased to announce that the AMYPAD raw dataset is now available for data access requests on the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative's Workbench! ➡️ Visit the AMYPAD website for more information: amypad.eu/data/
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
👉Leo Pieperhoff presented findings from the AMYPAD PHNS study at #ADPD2025 today! The harmonised data are available on the #ADWorkbench of the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative. Interested to learn more? Visit Booth 16 of the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative at #ADPD2025!
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🧠 #ADPD2025 DAY 2! Join us in Room Hall F2 today at 13:50 for the symposium “WHITE MATTER ALTERATIONS”. Leonard Pieperhoff will be presenting AMYPAD results “Grey/White Matter Contrast Alterations Precede Amyloid Positivity and Atrophy Markers.” Don’t miss his insightful presentation 🙌
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🚨#ADPD2025 is officially underway! This morning Mario Tranfa, Luigi Lorenzini and Emma Luckett presented data from the AMYPAD, EPAD and Euro-PAD consortiums! Natàlia Vilor Tejedor also presented the #ADWorkbench at the session hosted by the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative!
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
✨ Today marks the start of #ADPD2025 in Vienna! If you're attending the conference, don’t miss the AMYPAD, EPAD and EUROPAD-related talks. We hope to see you there to catch up on our latest advancements 🙌
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
👉 Earlier today, we were pleased to present insights from the AMYPAD project at #ECCN2025 during a satellite symposium, sponsored by Life Molecular Imaging! Thanks to everyone who joined us and contributed to the discussion ☺️
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
📣 Check out this new article providing a comprehensive review of the pathologic processes reflected by Aβ-PET and CSF biomarkers, their performance, and their current and future applications and contexts of use. Congratulations to all authors 👏 doi.org/10.1002/alz....
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Considerations in the clinical use of amyloid PET and CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid-β (Aβ) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers are now established tools in the diagnostic workup of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and t...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🌟Good morning #ECCN25! Join us tomorrow for the AMYPAD satellite symposium "What does AMYPAD study reveal about centiloid relevance for the future clinical setting?" We're looking forward to seeing you!
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
If you are attending next week #ECCN25 in Madrid, don’t miss the AMYPAD satellite symposium on Tuesday, 25th March at 12:30. This session will explore the AMYPAD study's impact on centiloid relevance and its implications for future clinical practices.
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
✨The #ADPD2025 conference is just one month away in Vienna! AMYPAD, EPAD and EUROPAD will be presenting their latest insights in Alzheimer's disease research! We can't wait to see you there! 🙌
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The 13th European Conference on Clinical Neuroimaging #ECCN25 will be held in Madrid next month! We're pleased to held a symposium exploring the AMYPAD study's impact on centiloid relevance & its implications for future clinical practices. We can’t wait to see you in Madrid!
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
📢 The latest edition of the AMYPAD newsletter was released last month! If you missed it, don't worry, catch up with the latest updates and ongoing efforts. The newsletter also includes new papers and an exclusive interview with Emma Luckett! Read the newsletter here ⤵️ buff.ly/40YvZGB
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
📢 Check out this recent opinion piece on the use of Centiloid threshold for anti-amyloid therapy published in The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease. Many AMYPAD collaborators are acknowledged for sharing their input on the topic! doi.org/10.1016/j.tj...
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AMYPAD @imi-amypad.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
👋 Hello Bluesky! We're a collaborative initiative aiming to improve the understanding, diagnosis & management of #Alzheimer’s disease through the utilisation of ß-amyloid PET imaging. We continue to make significant strides despite being in the @ihieurope.bsky.social post-funding period⤵️ amypad.eu
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