Prof. Melissa E. Murray 📸🔬

Deliriously excited to share our new Neuron Perspective on transformative neuropathology—a roadmap to accelerate brain health discoveries through broader support of brain banks with tech-enabled, team-science approaches to tissue. 🧠 Perspective article: cell.com/neuron/fulltex… 🎧NotebookLM podcast: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/c0172… #TransformativeNeuropathology This Perspective outlines a bold vision for the future of human brain research. One that embraces innovation in digital pathology, spatial biology, machine learning, and biomarkers while grounding discoveries in the power of human tissue. I learned so much from the collective expertise of over 40 co-authors, glad to have had the chance to wax poetic, sing karaoke, watch all you fit people play tennis, and wander the woods together! @AdrianoAguzzi @NeuroBioMed @ArlineFaustin @MaggieFlanagan @grinberg_t @HillmanLab @ZhiHuangPhD @DavidJonesBrain @Alifkapasi1 @karchlab @tammarynlashley @TNRLab @PritchettLab @JASchneiderMD @TSpiresJones @ionicwoman @IcahnMountSinai @_JakeVogel_ @EdinburghUni @AllenInstitute @cziscience @OxNeuro @rushalzheimers @UCSFmac @neuraustralia @nygenome @IcahnMountSinai @cshlmeetings #TransformativeNeuropathology #BrainHealth #Neuropathology #Neurodegeneration #MachineLearning #DigitalPathology #Neuron #TeamScience #Pathomics

@AlamarBio is now in the south of 🇧🇷! A lot of diversity on AD biomarkers coming soon! 🩸 @zimmerneurolab

🚨Vitamin D’s Surprising Link to Early Dementia Read more

Can we localise FBDS? (At last ……. After so many years of hypotheses…) . We can get close…. Great work led by @SoontaeLeeMD @SamanthaBanksMD and colleagues

Yes, you need to see a highland cow with a Bob Ross cut today.

“Early-stage research like ours is critical because it explores why disease processes occur, not just what they look like. Without dedicated funding for curiosity-driven, high-risk/high-reward projects, we could miss important biological mechanisms that are essential for real breakthroughs.” - Macular Degeneration Research grantee Dr. Neetu Kushwah Dr. Kushwah is uncovering how a breakdown in the retina's ability to process fatty molecules may be quietly driving macular degeneration. Her research could hold the key to new treatments. Read more: brightfocus.org/news/how-under… #Science #Research #MacularDegeneration

🎧 Listen to this episode of the Alzheimer’s Breakthrough podcast as 2026 Rainwater Prize winner Dr. Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic) explains how earlier detection and brain donation are advancing more targeted approaches to neurodegenerative disease. drjosh.com/episode62-alzh…

New tau biology insights are opening future therapeutic directions. In Drug Discovery Online, read more from 2026 Rainwater Prize winner Dr. Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic) and our Scientific Program Director Amy Rommel, Ph.D. 🔗: drugdiscoveryonline.com/doc/rethinking…

Congratulations newly minted PhD, Dr Katelynn Krick! Wonderful thesis defense today!

With my time at CZI coming to a close, I'm now excited to begin exploring new professional opportunities in scientific strategy, program management, funding stewardship, and community building. More details in the LinkedIn post here 👇 linkedin.com/posts/brett-be…

Forum Discussions Highlight ✨ Tuesday, March 18, 2026, | 14:30–15:30 for an engaging forum discussion at #ADPD2026, bringing key voices together to explore the path from discovery to impact. “Biomarkers to Benefit: Accelerating Translation of Multi-Modal Biomarkers into Disease-Modifying Therapies” @DrNeuroChic @TheBrainCareDoc Read more: #Biomakers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">lnkd.in/dGgWx3XT#Bioma… #Alzheimers #Parkinsons @amsterdamumc @MayoClinic @Eisai_SDGs

Drs. Dennis Dickson (@dennis_w_d) & Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic) share the 2026 Rainwater Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Research. Together, they direct one of the world’s largest tauopathy brain banks. Learn more about their work: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/honoring-a-col…

We've learned from experience that the truth will out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right. Nature's phenomena will agree or they'll disagree with your theory. And, although you may gain some temporary fame and excitement, you will not gain a good reputation as a scientist if you haven't tried to be very careful in this kind of work. And it's this type of integrity, this kind of care not to fool yourself, that is missing to a large extent in much of the research in cargo cult science.

Congratulations to Drs. Dennis Dickson (@dennis_w_d), Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic), and Marc Aurel Busche (@marcaurelbusche), recipients of the 2026 Rainwater Prize. The Prize celebrates scientists advancing neurodegenerative research. Explore their work: bit.ly/3NVWvwh

We are over the moon with excitement and humbled to be 2026 Rainwater Prize winners. To be awarded alongside my former mentor, long time collaborator, and truly great human @dennis_w_dicksin is such an honor.

Incredible data from an incredible team. It takes so much dedication to push forward knowledge that may not make huge profits but that will make a huge impact in the daily life of people living with cognitive problems. Thank you for caring 💜💜💜

So honored to have brougt together the U.S. POINTER trial with @HeatherAlz & team led by Dr. Laura Baker and others! Impact is clear, our article was included in JAMA's Research of the Year. We are among the most influential studies of the year, congratulations! @Prof_R_Whitmer

If the theory is beautiful but the data hates it, trust the data.

“I want to acknowledge my former graduate students. A lot of them are here in the audience. Thank you for failing, failing and failing so that you can succeed. You have truly inspired me over the years.” During his Nobel Prize lecture, 2025 chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi spoke about how his students had sparked his motivation to research MOFs and joined him in the experiments that shaped his years of work in the field. Watch the full lecture to learn more about his journey with MOFs: nobelprize.org/prizes/chemist…

Our new paper in @TheLancetPsych NMDAR-antibody is very different from most forms of psychosis. - Rapid Onset - Complex, Polysymptomatic features - Often starts with mood - Dynamic over a short timescale - plus some more specific characteristics url-shortener.me/2XKW