ALBA Language Neurobiology laboratory @UCSFMAC, directed by Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini

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Excited to share a new paper from Boon Lead Tee and colleagues in @GreenJournal that characterizes dysgraphia phenotypes in native Chinese speakers with Primary Progressive Aphasia @UCSFmac n.neurology.org/content/earl…
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The Schwab Dyslexia Center is proud to host its annual Spring Symposium on April 13th from 9am to 1pm featuring national experts in dyslexia research and policy. You can register for the webinar here: 👇ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
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We are very happy to announce that @ppinheirochagas and @JetMJVonk will be joining our Lab and the @UCSFmac as Assistant Professors! Many collaborations and projects are on the way. Exciting Times Ahead!🙌🎉
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Out in @CORTEXjournal our latest work on the dissociation of nouns and verbs in temporal and perisylvian networks doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.202… Congratulations Dr. Lukic & colleagues!
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We'd like to thank the Justine and Yves Sergent Fund, @UMontreal and CRIUGM for awarding Dr. Gorno-Tempini with the 2020 Prize. Her talk, a tribute to decades of female-led, multimodal research (from PET to patients studies) is now available at piped.video/AXGHOi9daik
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Grazie @marpamondo! It was a pleasure to highlight the importance of performing multidisciplinary research & of respecting neurodiversity at @FDellaScienza! ps. If you're comfortable with Italian, you can find the recordings here: festivalscienza.online/event…
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Did you miss it? No worries: everything at #NMC3 is free, recorded & shared! Enjoy: piped.video/kZoZKSpWGTI?t=4475
We truly enjoyed @SNLmtg but...no rest for the weary! Find us at @neuromatch tomorrow: @vborghesani will be presenting our latests results on semantic variant PPA language networks reorganization! #NMC3
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We truly enjoyed @SNLmtg but...no rest for the weary! Find us at @neuromatch tomorrow: @vborghesani will be presenting our latests results on semantic variant PPA language networks reorganization! #NMC3
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On Sat 24, 2:30 EDT @lbhinkley will be at poster # G56 reporting on the relation between language laterality and reading disabilities [5/5] #neurolang2020 #SNL2020
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On Sat 24, 2:30 pm EDT @AGeraudie will be at poster # G14 to show you how prosody can differentiate left and right variants of svPPA [4/5] #neurolang2020 #SNL2020
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On Fri 23, 9 pm EDT @eduardo_europa will be at poster # F11 to guide you through neural correlates of positive treatment outcomes for nfvPPA [3/5] #neurolang2020 #SNL2020
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On Wed 21, 6 pm EDT @vborghesani will be at poster # B39 ready to talk about PPA variants performance during an auditory verb generation task [2/5] #neurolang2020 #SNL2020
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Attending @SNLmtg #neurolang2020? Don’t miss our lab’s latest results on primary progressive aphasia and reading disabilities! [1/5] #SNL2020
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Did you know that #bilingualism might serve as #cognitivereserve in logopenic variant of #PPA, but not in #AD? Find out more in our latest work: doi.org/10.1002/alz.12170 Lead by Dr.Leon in collaboration with our colleagues at @UTAustin.
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Today we #Strike4BlackLives and #ShutDownAcademia. Let's focus on anti-racist education, action, and healing.
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The ceremony establishing the Charles Schwab Distinguished Professorship in Dyslexia & Neurodevelopment honoring Dr. Gorno-Tempini ended with a wonderful musical performance to the tune of Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu. We're all ready to 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒 with you, Marilu! 👏🏽
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Would you like to know more about the susceptibility of ATL to #C9orf72-related pathology? Check out our latest work: clinical, genetic, neuroanatomical & neuropathological features of 2 cases of temporal variant of #FTD link.springer.com/article/10…
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Congratulations! This is indeed great news for the whole @UCSFmac community!
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Hot off the press: native language features influence the phenotype & clinical presentation of #PrimaryProgressiveAphasia More cross-cultural & cross-linguistic studies are warranted to improve our diagnostic criteria. Enjoy our latest work @GreenJournal: tiny.cc/nfvPPAEI
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Can #rsfMRI help the quest for the neural substrate of #language? Check out our last work published in @SfNJournals, lead by @GvnBattistella and building on our recent @NeuroImage_EiC:Clinical doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.…
Task-free functional language networks: reproducibility & clinical application. A single, short, task-free fMRI acquisition can identify 4 reproducible and relatively segregated intrinsic left-dominant networks in healthy controls. bit.ly/35XYANu @AlbaLanguage
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Congratulations to Drs. Gorno-Tempini, Sturm & Koochek for the success of our symposium @DyslexiaIDA on the neurobiological factors contributing to learning difficulties! #DyslexiaCon19 Keep following our research at dyslexia.ucsf.edu and albalab.ucsf.edu
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Dyslexia & learning difficulties? So much more than meets the eyes! From decision-making to emotional reactivity, come to our symposium tomorrow morning at #DyslexiaCon19 to learn all about the neurobiological factors contributing to it: tinyurl.com/SymDys
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Among our unique features: strong interdisciplinary backgrounds (from law to medicine, from linguistics to bioengineering) & proud international souls (do you know we speak +8 languages?) Pics from last night celebration of Swati's mehendi: all our best wishes!
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Our efforts to characterize #primaryprogressiveaphasia across languages are attested also by Dr. Tee study comparing the presentation of #dyslexia & #dysgraphia in Chinese. Pics by Dr. Lukic, our ambassador at #academyofaphasia2019, ready to chat about any PPA-related topic!
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Right in time for #ANA2019, we updated our website: albalab.ucsf.edu/ Welcome to ALBA LAB @UCSFmac! [kudos to @malucinca, @eduardo_europa and all the amazing team behind this dynamic scan!]
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Would you like to know more about developmental language disorders & primary progressive aphasia, dyslexics enhanced emotional reactivity & the salience network, or the Early Developmental History Questionnaire? Next week, look out for Drs. Gorno-Tempini & Miller at #ANA2019
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Did you know that up to 31% of FTLD-MND cases can initially present as primary progressive aphasia? Find out more about the relation between language impairments and motor neuron disease in one of our latest studies: doi.org/10.1080/21678421.201… #neuropathology #dementia
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The latest work by Dr. De Leon is an excellent example of what multimodal investigation of single cases can teach us about #neurodegenerative diseases: doi.org/10.1080/13554794.201… Thanks to @UCSFmac for pairing outstanding clinical care with multi-talented research teams!
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Dr. Caverzasi, our brilliant radiologist, is leading the study of structural abnormalities across both our cohorts. Check out his results on gyrification differences in #dyslexia and presymptomatic C9 carriers #FTD #ALS: doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2018.… dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2018…
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Need pointers to start diving into #primaryprogressiveaphasias? Would like to make sure you're fully updated on all recent developments? The latest review paper of our own @atlanticfellows @GBHI_Fellows Dr. @LeadBoon is what you're looking for! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
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What a nice #labmeeting we had this morning! 🎂 You might guess the particular occasion we were celebrating, but truth be told we can handle 9am meetings only when breakfast is provided. #teamwork
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Together with @relajoie and @leoiacca, @vborghesani has also recently shared with us tips for #stats reporting, #dataviz & #datasharing. We are very proud of the new generation of researchers blossoming here @UCSFmac!
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Work hard, play hard! Our lab outing at the mini-golf was a blast: a great way to assess motor coordination in the amazing language experts @UCSFmac! #WorkLifeBalance
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Our talented postdoc Dr. Lukic recently published the imaging results of her dissertation @NorthwesternU and of her first study with us @UCSFmac. Don't miss them: doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2019… doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2019…
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And let's not overlook the incredible (past & present) postdocs @UCSFmac they collaborate with! Just to name a few: @leoiacca @relajoie @JetMJVonk When you look at these determined & talented young researchers, the future of clinical & cognitive neuroscience shines so bright!
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Check out their profiles [albalab.ucsf.edu/people] and stay tuned for (re)twits on all the great science they are contributing to! They are not all on twitter, but you can stalk some of them: @EleanorPalser @eduardo_europa @GvnBattistella @vborghesani
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Hello, World! The ALBA Language Neurobiology lab @UCSFmac, directed by Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini, is happy to join the @UCSF twitting family by celebrating our amazing postdocs: what would we do without those smiles (and those minds!) #postdocappreciationweek #NPAW2019
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