The Tenth Annual McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF) Poster Reception was held in San Diego, California, on November 4, 2018. Guests from across the nation attended the event. Seventy-eight posters were presented by scientists from the four McKnight Brain Institutes (MBI) for review by the judges. Six posters were selected to receive cash awards and certificates for display. First place went to Abbi Hernandez from … Read More
Dr. Susan Pekarske is Elected Trustee of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation
Dr. Susan L. Pekarske, a distinguished clinical pathologist and hematopathologist was elected trustee of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF) at its board meeting on February 21, 2018. Her three-year term of service is effective July 1, 2018.
McKnight Brain Research Foundation Hosts Tenth Inter-Institutional Meeting Between McKnight Brain Institutes
The tenth inter-institutional meeting, held on April 4-6, 2018, hosted by the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute (EMBI) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), was attended by approximately 150 research scientists from each of the four McKnight Brain Institutes.
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation appoints Amy Porter to Executive Director Position
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy McGuire Porter as its Executive Director (ED) effective, April 1, 2018.
New Awards to Advance Research in Cognitive Aging and Age-related Memory Loss
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation and the American Brain Foundation have announced a new scholarship award that will advance research in cognitive aging to benefit people with age-related memory loss.
McKnight Brain Research Foundation Sponsors Third Cognitive Aging Summit
The Cognitive Aging Summit III was convened on April 6-7, 2017, by the National Institute on Aging and made possible by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation through a generous grant to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.