{"id":8770,"date":"2013-08-28T09:37:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T14:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2015-01-07T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:31:22","slug":"dr-tsuneya-ikezu-honored-by-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-art-quilt-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/2013\/08\/28\/dr-tsuneya-ikezu-honored-by-alzheimer%e2%80%99s-art-quilt-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Tsuneya Ikezu honored by Alzheimer\u2019s Art Quilt Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_5805.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_5804.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_58041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_58041-393x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_5804\" title=\"DSC_5804\" width=\"393\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_58041-393x300.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_58041-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_58041.jpg 1385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Alzheimer\u2019s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) honored Dr. Tsuneya Ikezu, Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology, last week for his continued efforts in Alzheimer\u2019s disease research. AAQI is a national grassroots charity that raises awareness and funds research through the donation and sale of small art quilts.<\/p>\n<p>Marge Farquharson and Dawn Forde, AAQI representatives, visited the Department of Pharmacology &amp; Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine to present a quilt to Dr. Ikezu and the Laboratory of Molecular NeuroTherapeutics. This particular quilt displays 54 names of those afflicted by Alzheimer\u2019s disease on the dull side of the fabric to symbolize the mental fading that occurs in 5.4 million patients in the nation and their loss of memories and skills. Each name represents the story of a once vital and productive individual.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i><a href=\"\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_5783.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_57831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8782 aligncenter\" height=\"300\" width=\"262\" title=\"DSC_5783\" alt=\"DSC_5783\" src=\"\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_57831-262x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_57831-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_57831.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ikezu also received $60,560 for future AD research projects. His earlier study, \u201cExosome-mediated dissemination of tau aggregation in Alzheimer\u2019s,\u201d investigated the role of microglia in mediating the spread of tau aggregation. Hopefully this study will provide a new therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Alzheimer\u2019s Art Quilt Initiative is an all-volunteer organization that has raised more than $925,000 for Alzheimer\u2019s disease research since January 2006. AAQI\u2019s goal is to raise $1,000,000 by the end of 2013 and to provide funding directly to Alzheimer\u2019s disease researchers. In this way AAQI aims to make a difference, one quilt at a time! For more information on the Alzheimer\u2019s Art Quilt Initiative, please <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alzquilts.org\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about ongoing Alzheimer\u2019s disease research in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/training-program\/laboratories\/lmnt\/\">Laboratory of Molecular NeuroTherapeutics<\/a> and Principal Investigator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/people\/faculty\/faculty-profiles\/ikezu\/\">Dr. Tsuneya Ikezu<\/a> by following the respective links.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations on your award and recognition, Dr. Ikezu!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alzheimer\u2019s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) honored Dr. Tsuneya Ikezu, Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology, last week for his continued efforts in Alzheimer\u2019s disease research. AAQI is a national grassroots charity that raises awareness and funds research through the donation and sale of small art quilts. Marge Farquharson and Dawn Forde, AAQI representatives, visited the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8770"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10217,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770\/revisions\/10217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}