UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

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The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging’s mission is to improve the health of older adults in Kentucky and beyond through research dedicated to understanding the aging process and age-related brain diseases. We are one of the original ten NIH ADRCs.

Flyer for KYAD Prep Postbac Research Training Application deadline: Friday, August 21 on blue background
University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center o Aging Monthly Seminar Series featuring Pradoldej (Bob) Sompol, Ph.D. flyer. Title: Exploring Vascular-Associated Brain Vulnerability in Aging and Alzheimer's Related Dementias Monday, July 20, 2026 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Conference Room 103
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Research trainee Clair Ashley shown at the podium presenting a slide showing reactive microglia link lactate metabolism and early Alzheimer's pathology.
Promotional image, two college students walk down stairs on a college campus, sun shining in background
T32 Application Deadline June 15th promotional image on blue background
UK College of Medicine 17th Annual Trainee Research Day promotional flyer featuring Svetlana Zamakhaeva, Sophia Dimas, and Caitlyn Smith.
TRIAD T32 Research Training Application deadline reminder of Monday, June 15th on blue background
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging TRIAD 32: Call for applications on blue background. Deadline is June 15.
UK Sanders-Brown Seminar Series flyer featuring Dr. David Braun. "Not Just a Pretty Cell: Astrocyte Regulation of Neural Function."
Mind Matters Health Summit Flyer
TEDx Talk featuring Dr. Elizabeth Rhodus flyer
Clair Ashley presents her poster at the AD/PD Advances in Science & Therapy Conference.
Dr. Shannon Macauley shown sharing her research with a crowd of researchers in the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging building.
Dr. Steve Estus, holding microphone, speaks at his Retirement Celebration.
UK College of Medicine CNS Metabolism Pilot Project Funding COBRE CNS-MET Applications for CNS-MET Pilot Projects are now open! Deadline to apply is March 2, 2026, 5pm Learn more at https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/scobirc/pilot-projects.
Tiffany Lee holds Excellence in Basic Science and Translational Research Award.
UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Monthly Lecture Series Leveraging Genetics and AI to Improve Alzheimer's Disease Risk Prediction February 16, 2026 3pm SBCoA 103 Justin Miller, PhD Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director, Pathology Bioinformatics Division of Biomedical Informatics, Internal Medicine
David Fardo, PhD, Peter Nelson, MD, PhD, Pinar Coskun, MD
CNS METABOLISM SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by the University of Kentucky CNS Metabolism COBRE. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Tim Ryan, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 10am-5pm Healthy Kentucky Research Building Registration Closes November 28th ATP Scholars include Dr. Tess Dierckx, Dr. Taylor Kelty, Dr. Elizabeth Rhea, Dr. Andy Tsai, and Dr. Tamara Vasilkovska. Register at https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1X4h39IaelzwcWW.
Congratulations to the CNS-MET COBRE Pilot Award Recipients. David Braun, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Daniel C. Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Clare Rittschof, PhD, Associate Professor, Entomology Weikang Cai, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Yuan Wen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physiology Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD, Professor, Physiology Andrew Stewart, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Center Learn more about the projects at https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.uky.edu%2Fcenters%2Fscobirc%2Fpilot-projects&data=05%7C02%7Calproc0%40uky.edu%7Cea08583ad8394fe980b608de1bd33673%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C638978791115836726%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=m60C4HYONXHnldxKs3Iqr7CXahO08QVoQXPm0Jw8tQY%3D&reserved=0
Promise Garden Flowers
UK College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series with Dr. Mark Ebbert. Title: "Disentangling Alzheimer's disease genetics and using long-read RNA sequencing in frontal cortex to understand how individual gene isoforms contribute to disease." Hosted by Dr. Olivier Thibault. In-person seminar located in William R. Willard Medical Education Building, Rom 463, 780 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky at 3pm on Thursday, September 11, 2025. Lexington, KY 40536
Reimagine how you study Alzheimer's disease & age related dementia webinar featuring Lynn van Olst and Kai Saito.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science February 11