Ron Kopito

It has been appreciated for decades that cognitive decline and dementia are frequently accompanied by changes that cause proteins within brain cells to clump abnormally into structures called neurofibrillary tangles. Resilient brains are better able to resist this process but the underlying mechanisms for why individuals’ brains are either more or less resilient are not fully understood.

Creating a center for neurodegeneration research focusing on brain maintenance and regeneration, and the role of the immune system in these processes.