joelwblanchard.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Engineering in vitro models of the human brain to explore Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and related diseases. 🔗 labs.neuroscience.mssm.edu/project/blanchard-lab/
👤 Joined on 05 March 2025
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@joelwblanchard.bsky.socialIn Science News, @joelwblanchard.bsky.social discusses his research identifying how #APOE4, the strongest genetic risk factor for #Alzheimers, damages brain’s blood vessels & promotes buildup of abnormal proteins linked to #neurodegenerativeDisease. Learn More 👉 www.sciencenews.org/article/scar...
Show Post🎉 Again, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's @joelwblanchard.bsky.social for being selected for an award as part of Cure Alzheimer's Fund’s second cohort of Cardinal Family Scholars.👏 Learn More Dr. Blanchard's work 👉 labs.neuroscience.mssm.edu/project/blan... CureAlz 👉 curealz.org
Show PostNEW STUDY! Abnormal protein accumulation is a hallmark of disorders including #Alzheimers, but studying how it develops in living human brain is exceptionally difficult. @joelwblanchard.bsky.social, et al. used "miBrains" to investigate. @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social 👉 www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
Show PostMore from #BlanchardLab! Here, @joelwblanchard.bsky.social, et al. combined existing datasets to create single-cell transcriptomic atlas of human brain’s vasculature. This map allowed them to investigate how APOE4 promotes cerebrovascular degeneration. Learn More @ Cell👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Show PostWe are thrilled to share that Mount Sinai's @joelwblanchard.bsky.social @fanny-elahi.bsky.social & @jmcastell.bsky.social selected by the Cure Alzheimer's Fund as 2026 Cardinal Family Scholars. Incredibly proud of this achievement & excited to see the impact of their work. Learn More 👉 curealz.org
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