Paramita Chakrabarty » McKnight Brain Institute

Research Snapshot: Dr. Paramita Chakrabarty and Tosha Williams

November 9, 2020

UF neuroscientists investigated whether accumulations of tau and alpha synuclein can interact to accelerate the appearance of “mixed pathologies” in mouse models.

Using transgenic mouse models of tauopathy and synucleinopathy, Williams et al., show that preformed fibrils of tau and α-synuclein protein can cross-seed each other efficiently in the brain.

Neuroscientist to serve on NIH aging study section

September 24, 2019

Dr. Paramita Chakrabarty appointed as member of the Neuroscience of Aging Review Committee.

Paramita Chakrabarty, Ph.D., has been appointed by the National Institutes of Health as a member of the Neuroscience of Aging Review Committee of the National Institute on Aging.

MBI researchers identify potential strategy to treat Alzheimer’s disease

August 29, 2018

A mouse-model study led by Drs. Paramita Chakrabarty and Todd Golde describes how their team bioengineered a naturally occurring protein to enable it to bind to amyloid beta protein in the brain.