Brain

BIO5 member Amelia Gallitano collaborated with researchers in Japan to explore how increasing the activity of a gene involved in memory could improve memory, with findings that may inform future research on dementia and mental health conditions.

BIO5 member Maya Kaelberer is exploring how the gut communicates with the brain to influence food choices and healthy eating. Her research, supported by a Pew Biomedical Scholar award, could reshape how scientists understand nutrition and health.

BIO5 member Gene Alexander contributed to a University of Arizona study that found three common sleep habits—sleeping outside the recommended seven to nine hours, frequent daytime napping and sleeplessness—were linked to signs of brain aging associated with increased dementia risk.