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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

⏰It's time to get your LOI submitted for the Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award! Applications close Thursday, 10/8 at 3:00pm 😱 For more information and to apply, please visit: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

▶️ The fellowship grants $140,000 over two years to Basic Scientists / $160,000 over two years to Clinical Neurologists. ▶️Basic Scientists must be within 5 years of receiving their Ph.D. / Clinical Neurologists must be within 3 years of completing their residency as of August 1st, 2027.

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did you know that the Parkinson's Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship LOI applications close THIS THURSDAY?! 😱 This two-year fellowship is for young scientists fresh from their PhD training or neurology residencies. A few details below ⬇️

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Awardee, Jamal Al Ali at Amsterdam UMC, whose project focuses on a lab and home-based trial of rapidly adaptive DBS for the treatment of gait and freezing in patients with PD. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📣Introducing our 2026 Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Awardee! This 1-year award is jointly supported by the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders (IAPRD) and is designed to foster clinical research into any aspect of PD conducted by young investigators.

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Momentum Awardee, Raymond Norton at the Monash University, whose project focuses on developing a Kv1.3 inhibitor as a new treatment for #Parkinson’s disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Momentum Awardee, Jane Aldrich at the University of Florida, whose project focuses on the exploration of compounds that modulate protein phosphatase 2A to treat #Parkinson’s disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📣Introducing our 2026 Momentum Awardees! This award supports innovative projects from their inception, providing the necessary resources to maximize their impact on the #Parkinson's community. This year we funded 2 awardees for a total of $615K.

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Ryan Lab Oxford @bryanlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Really grateful to receive this funding from @pfresearchteam.bsky.social which will allow us to use novel methodologies to understand how environmental exposures affect neurons in Parkinson’s at scale. The project was made possible by work from amazing students Sarah Franks and Millie Smith

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Trailblazer Awardee, Brent Ryan at the University of Oxford, whose project focuses on multiparametric assessment of #Parkinson’s toxicants using MitoPAINT and LysoPAINT. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Trailblazer Awardee, Alfonso Martinez Nunez at the University of Florida, whose project focuses on the prediction of outcomes in #Parkinson's disease based on functional connectivity and microstructural integrity profiles. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Trailblazer Awardee, Zachary Freyberg at the University of Pittsburgh, whose project focuses on novel mechanisms of dopamine neuron resilience in #Parkinson's disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Trailblazer Awardee, Deborah Cory-Slechta at the University of Rochester Medical Center, whose project focuses on inhaled paraquat and #Parkinson’s disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Trailblazer Awardee, Ethan Brown at the University of California, San Francisco, whose project focuses on investigating early-life exposure and #Parkinson's disease using a multi-generational cohort and state-wide registry. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📣Introducing our 2026 Trailblazer Awardees! This award funds innovative projects that are in need of support to see their maximum impact on the #Parkinson's community. This year we funded 5 awardees for a total of $1.3M.

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Ross Wilson at the University of California, Berkeley, whose project focuses on permanent and precise downregulation of alpha-synuclein to treat #Parkinson's disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Danielle Schmitt at the University of California, Los Angeles, whose project focuses on functional imaging of PINK1 activity dynamics. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Per Petersson at Umeå University, whose project focuses on homeostatic gene-therapy in PD. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Prayag Murawala at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, whose project focuses on harnessing neurogenesis in the adult axolotl brain for regenerative therapies in #Parkinson’s disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Joseph Mazzulli at Northwestern University, whose project focuses on examining the role of long non-coding RNA NEAT1_2 and paraspeckles in Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Gabor Kovacs at the University of Toronto, whose project focuses on 3D mapping of noradrenergic pathology in #Parkinson’s disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, David Komander at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, whose project focuses on non-protein substrates of the deubiquitinase UCH-L1 / PARK5. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Hanseok Ko at Johns Hopkins University, whose project focuses on targeting NOD2-a-Synuclein aggregates interaction to mitigate neuroinflammation in #Parkinson’s disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Erika Holzbaur at the University of Pennsylvania, whose project focuses on autophagic secretion as a trigger for neuroinflammation in #Parkinson's disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Adriana Galvan at Emory University, whose project focuses on astrocyte-based modulation in the basal ganglia. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Helen Bronte-Stewart at Stanford University, whose project focuses on integrating complex subcortical neural dynamics and deep brain stimulation for freezing of gait in #Parkinson's disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Paul Blainey at the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, whose project focuses on new mechanisms and targets in #Parkinson’s disease with optical pooled screening. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Nora Bengoa-Vergniory at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, whose project focuses on exploring oligodendrocyte progenitor cell inhibition in #PD. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Impact Awardee, Zoltan Arany at the University of Pennsylvania, whose project focuses on selective mTOR inhibition to treat #Parkinson's disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📣Introducing our 2026 Impact Awardees! This award supports high-risk, high-reward research with the potential to transform our understanding of PD, establish new directions in PD research, or accelerate the development of novel interventions. This year we funded 14 awardees for a total of $2.8M.

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Launch Awardee, Donghe Yang, whose project focuses on decoding the development and vulnerability of midbrain dopaminergic neuron subtypes in #PD and aging. Donghe will be mentored by Lorenz Studer at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Launch Awardee, Xiaolin Huang, whose project focuses on dopamine dynamics and sleep deficits in #Parkinson's disease. Xiaolin will be mentored by Yang Dan at the University of California, Berkeley. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Launch Awardee, Silas Buck, whose project focuses on LRRK2-associated mechanisms of granulovacuolar degeneration body formation in #Parkinson's disease. Silas will be mentored by Laurie Sanders at Duke University. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Launch Awardee, Meghan Bucher, whose project focuses on synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2C (SV2C) as a modifier of #Parkinson’s disease. Meghan will be mentored by Gary Miller at Columbia University. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📣Introducing our 2026 Launch Awardees! This award provides research support to outstanding postdoctoral researchers that will enable them to complete mentored training and transition promptly to independent research careers in the PD field. This year we funded 4 awardees for a total of $640K.

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Giacomo Sitzia, whose project focuses on brainstem circuits linking subthalamic stimulation to motor recovery in #Parkinson’s disease. Giacomo will be mentored by Ole Kiehn at the University of Copenhagen. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Aastha Singh, whose project focuses on decoding neuronal vulnerability to alpha-synuclein pathology. Aastha will be mentored by Michael Henderson at the Van Andel Research Institute. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Casey Mahoney-Crane, whose project focuses on investigating the role of LRRK2 on lysosomal biology and function using human-derived induced microglia. Casey will be mentored by Mark Cookson at the NIH. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ian Cooney, whose project focuses on ultrastructural consequences of lysosomal acidity loss and restoration on lysosomes and mitochondria in neurons. Ian will be mentored by Wah Chiu at Stanford University. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Alessandro Comincini, whose project focuses on novel microtubule-mediated mechanism of alpha-synuclein function in dopaminergic neurons. Alessandro will be mentored by Francesca Bartolini at Columbia University. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Floriane Bretheau, whose project focuses on targeting the blood brain immune axis to prevent dissemination and progression of #Parkinson's disease. Floriane will be mentored by Aurelie de Rus Jacquet at Laval University. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nicholas Bodnar, whose project focuses on the investigation of oxidation-dependent retromer disassembly in synucleinopathy. Nicholas will be mentored by Gregory A. Petsko at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📣Introducing our 2026 Postdoctoral Fellows! The program seeks research proposals from promising postdoctoral scientists that will directly impact the understanding of Parkinson’s disease or its treatment. This year we funded 7 awardees for a total of $1M.

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Longfei Wang, whose project focuses on integrated mitochondrial DNA profiling for #Parkinson’s biomarker discovery. Longfei will be mentored by Julia Fitzgerald at Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Jaqulin Wallace, whose project focuses on how post-translational modifications of a-synuclein affect its function at synapses. Jaqulin will be mentored by Dragomir Milovanovic at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Pauline van Barschot, whose project focuses on a preventive workplace intervention to enhance work participation in #Parkinson’s disease. Pauline will be mentored by Arif Jetha at the Institute for Work & Health. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Ayaka Fujimaki, whose project focuses on mechanisms linking sleep and DNA repair in the maintenance of neural homeostasis. Ayaka will be mentored by Masashi Tabuchi at Case Western Reserve University. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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Parkinson's Foundation Research @pfresearchteam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢 Congratulations to 2026 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Emma Fikse, whose project focuses on training in the a-synuclein PFF model to assess the role of cholesterol in #Parkinson’s disease. Emma will be mentored by Jae-Kyung Lee at the University of Georgia. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social

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