The LaFerla Lab
Frank M. LaFerla, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Director, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia
Address:
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
1109 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-4545
Email: laferla@uci.edu
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The LaFerla Lab is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms leading to degenerative diseases of the brain and skeletal muscle . Major research themes include
Alzheimer’s disease
Neural stem cell transplantation
Inclusion body myositis
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Awards and Honors
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Assistant to Dr. LaFerla
1990F. M. Firby/Cancer Research Institute Fellow
1995Young Scientist Travel Grant
1995American Red Cross ReCIP Award
1999First Place, Ratio Imaging System Grant (Intracellular Imaging Inc.)
2001Ruth Salta Junior Investigator Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease, American Health Assistance Foundation
2005Distinguished Mid-career Faculty Award for Research (UCI)
2005–8 Chancellor’s Fellow, UCI
2005Zenith Fellow Award, Alzheimer’s Association
2005UCI Faculty Innovation Award
2006Distinguished Lecture, Allergan Foundation Lectures in Modern Biology
2006Promising Work Award, MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research
2007Distinguished Lecture on Learning and Memory, Barclay Theater, Irvine
2007John Theobald Memorial Lecture, Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium
2008Jan Swammerdam Lecture, Netherlands Institute
2008Chancellor’s Professor, UCI
2008Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease
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