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About Us

The PPRN was created in 2021 by the National Institute on Aging to standardize the isolation and characterization of tau aggregates and fibrils for the greater Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRC) research communities.

  • The Core Collaborators were recruited to lead this effort, with their complementary research expertise and technological prowess allow for the rigorous investigation of tau polymorphs.
  • The External Advisory Committee is made up of leading experts in protein biology who provide feedback and guidance on the resource networks goals.

Core Collaborators

Rakez Kayed, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Jeff Kuret, PhD
Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
David Eisenburg, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Dirk Keene, MD, PhD
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

External Advisory Committee

Karen Ashe, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
David Holtzman, MD
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Joseph Loo, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Linda Van Eldik, PhD
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
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