Dr. Printha Wijesinghe Receives the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Alzheimer Society Research Program

July 20, 2023
Dr. Printha Wijesinghe
Dr. Printha Wijesinghe

Congratulations to Dr. Printha Wijesinghe, a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Joanne Matsubara's research group for receiving the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Alzheimer Society Research Program from the Alzheimer Society of Canada (ASC).

Title of Research Project

Using tear fluids to assess Alzheimer’s disease 

Award/Grant

Postdoctoral Award  

Summary 

Recent discoveries have shown that eye tissue, and even tears, produced by a person living with Alzheimer’s disease can contain harmful proteins and small pieces of genetic material – microRNAs – that control genes. Since microRNAs are stable in body fluids, they serve as potential biomarkers that can tell us about the severity of a person’s Alzheimer’s disease. This study will examine if microRNAs in tear fluids can predict Alzheimer’s disease.  

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