November 15, 2019Andrew Mendiola shared his research and his Bike MS experience at the National Multiple Sclerosis Leadership Conference
November 10, 2019Mark Petersen is awarded an NIH/NINDS fellowship entitled, “Fibrinogen-Mediated Mechanisms of Preterm Infant Brain Injury.”
October 31, 2019$4.5 Million to Study How Neurovascular Dysfunction Contributes to Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease
October 8, 2019New Bay Area Spin-Off Company to Develop Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s Disease
June 12, 2019Andrew Mendiola Receives an Oral Presentation Award at the Aegean Conference on Innate Immunity – Rhodes, Greece
May 22, 2019Andrew Mendiola Receives a Best Poster Award at the Gladstone Institutes Scientific Retreat 2019
March 6, 2019Public Radio East – ENC Health Currents: Fibrinogen Leads To Cognitive Decline In Alzheimer’s Patients
February 23, 2019Greek Reporter – Greek Scientist Receives Award for Breakthrough Multiple Sclerosis Research
February 23, 2019AMNA – The International Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research at Katerina Aakosoglou
February 5, 2019Fibrinogen Induces Microglia-Mediated Spine Elimination and Cognitive Impairment in an Alzheimer’s Disease Model, Published in Neuron, Mar 2019
January 19, 2019Made in Greece News – Katerina Akassoglou: Top Researcher is Honored with the Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis
January 16, 2019Multiple Sclerosis News Today – Researcher Wins Barancik Prize for Study of Blood Factors’ Role in MS
January 15, 2019Ekirikas – Dr. Katerina Akasoglou the “Barancik Prize” for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis
January 14, 2019PRNewswire – University of California Scientist Wins Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research
December 1, 2018Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease Celebrates 20 Years at the Forefront of Disease-Focused Neuroscience
October 31, 2018MS News Today – National MS Society Invests in Clinical Development of Human Antibody for Progressive Forms of MS
October 15, 2018New Immunotherapy Targeting Blood-Clotting Protein Protects MS and AD, Published in Nat Immunol 2018
October 9, 2018Mark Petersen, M.D., Receives the 2018 Gladstone Mentored Scientist Award for Scientific Excellence in Neuroscience!
April 5, 2018Fibrinogen in Neurological Diseases: Mechanisms, Imaging and Therapeutics, Published in Nat Rev Neurosci 2018
March 20, 2018Andrew Mendiola is awarded a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
November 8, 2017Our Article was Selected for the Cover Image of The Journal of Neuroscience Special Annual Meeting Issue 2017
November 8, 2017Our Article was Selected for the Cover Image of The Journal of Neuroscience Special Annual Meeting Issue 2017
September 27, 2017Katerina Akassoglou was one of the 20 Researchers that attended The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Workshop on Peripheral Influences on Neurodegeneration.
August 31, 2017Video: Prof. Katerina Akassoglou talks Neurobiology and Stroke – Coagulation and Fibrinolysis at the Neurovascular Interface at the ISth 2017 Congress in Berlin, Germany
November 17, 2016At the Bench: Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, on the Role of Blood Proteins in Neurologic Disease
October 17, 2016Neuroscientist Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, is calling for a fundamental change in the way scientists approach neurological disorders
June 6, 2016Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, presented at the National Institutes of Health/Department of Defense workshop on Blood-Brain Barrier and Disease
February 23, 2016Sophia Bardehle is awarded a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
January 9, 2016Victoria Rafalski is awarded the F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institute of Neurological disorders and stroke.
October 1, 2015Congratulations to Dimitrios Davalos, postdoc fellow and staff scientist of the Akassoglou Lab, for his Assistant Staff position in the Department of Neurosciences at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation!
September 21, 2015Our image selected for Biomedical Image of the Day by the Medical Research Council for World Alzheimer’s Day
August 24, 2015Video: Prof. Katerina Akassoglou talks MS, fibrinogen and stroke after her session on microglia and vasculature
August 23, 2015Speakers of the Microglia-Vasculature Interactions Symposium at ISN. Thank you to the organizers and the program committee for putting together this amazing meeting!
January 29, 2015Katerina Akassoglou is awarded the Marilyn Hilton Award for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research
January 1, 2015Katerina Akassoglou becomes the Secretary/Treasurer-Elect for the Molecular Pharmacology Division of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Theraeutics (ASPET)
July 1, 2014Victoria Rafalski is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association
December 6, 2013Shining a Light on Multiple Sclerosis’ Black Box: Researchers develop molecular sensor to detect early signs of MS; could one day serve as an indicator of disease
March 4, 2013Bernat Baeza-Raja, recipient of J. David Gladstone Institutes 2013 Postdoctoral Award of Excellence in Science.
July 1, 2011Mark Petersen is awarded a Clinical Fellowship from the Pediatric Scientist Development Program
July 1, 2011Jae Kyu Ryu is awarded a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
March 1, 2011Mario Merlini is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation
February 11, 2010Christian Schachtrup recipient of J. David Gladstone Institutes 2010 Postdoctoral Award of Excellence in Science.
July 1, 2009Natacha Le Moan is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
July 1, 2009Jae Kyu Ryu is awarded a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association
May 7, 2009Sara L. Gonias receives an HHMI Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students to spend a full-year of research in the lab
February 9, 2009Katerina Akassoglou receives a finalist award for the 2009 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
July 1, 2008Dimitrios Davalos is awarded a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
June 23, 2008Benjamin Sachs successfully defends his thesis on “The regulation of cAMP by the p75 neurotrophin receptor – a novel mechanism for inhibition of scar resolution after injury”.
April 5, 2008Katerina Akassoglou named the 2008 John J. Abel Award Winner American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
November 1, 2007Katerina Akassoglou receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
September 1, 2007Bernat Baeza-Raja is awarded a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Research Foundation
July 5, 2007Blood-clotting protein identified that inhibits the growth of central nervous system neuronal cells – prevents regeneration of the spinal cord
June 1, 2007Benjamin Sachs is awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
March 14, 2007Melissa Passino successfully defends her thesis on “Beyond the name: p75 neurotrophin receptor as a regulator of hepatic stellate cell differentiation in liver repair”
September 1, 2006Melissa Passino and Ben Sachs receive the Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation Travel Award to attend the Society for Neuroscience 36th annual meeting.
April 1, 2006Melissa Passino receives the Young Investigators’ Bursary Award, European Association for the Study of the Liver
August 1, 2005Christian Schachtrup awarded a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship from the DFG (German Research Foundation)
August 1, 2004Ryan Adams is awarded a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
November 15, 2019Andrew Mendiola shared his research and his Bike MS experience at the National Multiple Sclerosis Leadership Conference
November 10, 2019Mark Petersen is awarded an NIH/NINDS fellowship entitled, “Fibrinogen-Mediated Mechanisms of Preterm Infant Brain Injury.”
October 31, 2019$4.5 Million to Study How Neurovascular Dysfunction Contributes to Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease
October 8, 2019New Bay Area Spin-Off Company to Develop Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s Disease
June 12, 2019Andrew Mendiola Receives an Oral Presentation Award at the Aegean Conference on Innate Immunity – Rhodes, Greece
May 22, 2019Andrew Mendiola Receives a Best Poster Award at the Gladstone Institutes Scientific Retreat 2019
March 6, 2019Public Radio East – ENC Health Currents: Fibrinogen Leads To Cognitive Decline In Alzheimer’s Patients
February 23, 2019Greek Reporter – Greek Scientist Receives Award for Breakthrough Multiple Sclerosis Research
February 23, 2019AMNA – The International Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research at Katerina Aakosoglou
February 5, 2019Fibrinogen Induces Microglia-Mediated Spine Elimination and Cognitive Impairment in an Alzheimer’s Disease Model, Published in Neuron, Mar 2019
January 19, 2019Made in Greece News – Katerina Akassoglou: Top Researcher is Honored with the Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis
January 16, 2019Multiple Sclerosis News Today – Researcher Wins Barancik Prize for Study of Blood Factors’ Role in MS
January 15, 2019Ekirikas – Dr. Katerina Akasoglou the “Barancik Prize” for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis
January 14, 2019PRNewswire – University of California Scientist Wins Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research
December 1, 2018Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease Celebrates 20 Years at the Forefront of Disease-Focused Neuroscience
October 31, 2018MS News Today – National MS Society Invests in Clinical Development of Human Antibody for Progressive Forms of MS
October 15, 2018New Immunotherapy Targeting Blood-Clotting Protein Protects MS and AD, Published in Nat Immunol 2018
October 9, 2018Mark Petersen, M.D., Receives the 2018 Gladstone Mentored Scientist Award for Scientific Excellence in Neuroscience!
April 5, 2018Fibrinogen in Neurological Diseases: Mechanisms, Imaging and Therapeutics, Published in Nat Rev Neurosci 2018
March 20, 2018Andrew Mendiola is awarded a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
November 8, 2017Our Article was Selected for the Cover Image of The Journal of Neuroscience Special Annual Meeting Issue 2017
November 8, 2017Our Article was Selected for the Cover Image of The Journal of Neuroscience Special Annual Meeting Issue 2017
September 27, 2017Katerina Akassoglou was one of the 20 Researchers that attended The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Workshop on Peripheral Influences on Neurodegeneration.
August 31, 2017Video: Prof. Katerina Akassoglou talks Neurobiology and Stroke – Coagulation and Fibrinolysis at the Neurovascular Interface at the ISth 2017 Congress in Berlin, Germany
November 17, 2016At the Bench: Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, on the Role of Blood Proteins in Neurologic Disease
October 17, 2016Neuroscientist Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, is calling for a fundamental change in the way scientists approach neurological disorders
June 6, 2016Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, presented at the National Institutes of Health/Department of Defense workshop on Blood-Brain Barrier and Disease
February 23, 2016Sophia Bardehle is awarded a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
January 9, 2016Victoria Rafalski is awarded the F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institute of Neurological disorders and stroke.
October 1, 2015Congratulations to Dimitrios Davalos, postdoc fellow and staff scientist of the Akassoglou Lab, for his Assistant Staff position in the Department of Neurosciences at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation!
September 21, 2015Our image selected for Biomedical Image of the Day by the Medical Research Council for World Alzheimer’s Day
August 24, 2015Video: Prof. Katerina Akassoglou talks MS, fibrinogen and stroke after her session on microglia and vasculature
August 23, 2015Speakers of the Microglia-Vasculature Interactions Symposium at ISN. Thank you to the organizers and the program committee for putting together this amazing meeting!
January 29, 2015Katerina Akassoglou is awarded the Marilyn Hilton Award for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research
January 1, 2015Katerina Akassoglou becomes the Secretary/Treasurer-Elect for the Molecular Pharmacology Division of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Theraeutics (ASPET)
July 1, 2014Victoria Rafalski is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association
December 6, 2013Shining a Light on Multiple Sclerosis’ Black Box: Researchers develop molecular sensor to detect early signs of MS; could one day serve as an indicator of disease
March 4, 2013Bernat Baeza-Raja, recipient of J. David Gladstone Institutes 2013 Postdoctoral Award of Excellence in Science.
July 1, 2011Mark Petersen is awarded a Clinical Fellowship from the Pediatric Scientist Development Program
July 1, 2011Jae Kyu Ryu is awarded a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
March 1, 2011Mario Merlini is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation
February 11, 2010Christian Schachtrup recipient of J. David Gladstone Institutes 2010 Postdoctoral Award of Excellence in Science.
July 1, 2009Natacha Le Moan is awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
July 1, 2009Jae Kyu Ryu is awarded a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association
May 7, 2009Sara L. Gonias receives an HHMI Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students to spend a full-year of research in the lab
February 9, 2009Katerina Akassoglou receives a finalist award for the 2009 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
July 1, 2008Dimitrios Davalos is awarded a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
June 23, 2008Benjamin Sachs successfully defends his thesis on “The regulation of cAMP by the p75 neurotrophin receptor – a novel mechanism for inhibition of scar resolution after injury”.
April 5, 2008Katerina Akassoglou named the 2008 John J. Abel Award Winner American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
November 1, 2007Katerina Akassoglou receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
September 1, 2007Bernat Baeza-Raja is awarded a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Research Foundation
July 5, 2007Blood-clotting protein identified that inhibits the growth of central nervous system neuronal cells – prevents regeneration of the spinal cord
June 1, 2007Benjamin Sachs is awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
March 14, 2007Melissa Passino successfully defends her thesis on “Beyond the name: p75 neurotrophin receptor as a regulator of hepatic stellate cell differentiation in liver repair”
September 1, 2006Melissa Passino and Ben Sachs receive the Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation Travel Award to attend the Society for Neuroscience 36th annual meeting.
April 1, 2006Melissa Passino receives the Young Investigators’ Bursary Award, European Association for the Study of the Liver
August 1, 2005Christian Schachtrup awarded a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship from the DFG (German Research Foundation)
August 1, 2004Ryan Adams is awarded a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
