{"id":15,"date":"2010-03-10T13:57:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T18:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/about\/cores\/neuro\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:33:15","slug":"neuro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/about-us\/neuro\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomarker Core"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0 Biomarker Core goal is to collaborate with other cores and centralize biomarker initiatives to support the BU ADRC mission to improve early and accurate diagnosis, differentiation, and monitoring of AD and ADRDs, including CTE. The Core will bank, distribute, and analyze fluid biospecimens and neuroimaging data for shared use with the ADRC.\u00a0\u00a0The Core also works closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/about-us\/our-cores\/data\/\">Data Core<\/a> to maintain a comprehensive computerized database of information resulting from neuropathological analyses. The Biomarker Core<\/p>\n<h3>Brain Tissue Request<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">If you are interested in obtaining data from the BU ADC Neuropathology Core, please see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/information-for-investigators\/\">Information for <span class=\"s2\">Investigators page<\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"s5\">Due to high demand, all <\/span><span class=\"s6\">requests for tissue will be limited to a maximum of 20 samples per request<\/span><span class=\"s7\">.\u00a0<\/span><b>Please note all requests for brain tissue usually take\u00a0at least 6\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"s8\"><b>months<\/b><\/span><b>\u00a0to fill after your request has been approved. \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span title=\"Ann McKee, MD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/about-us\/team\/faculty\/mckee\/\">Core Leader<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/profile\/lee-e-goldstein\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"46\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/alzresearch\/files\/2018\/07\/LeeGoldstein3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Lee Goldstein<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, &#038; Biomedical Engineering and Biomarker Core Co Leader<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/profile\/wendy-qiu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"\/alzresearch\/files\/2018\/07\/PHARMAHEAD_Qiu-047.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Wendy Qiu<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Biomarker Core Co-Leader<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/about\/team\/faculty\/mckee\/\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The\u00a0 Biomarker Core goal is to collaborate with other cores and centralize biomarker initiatives to support the BU ADRC mission to improve early and accurate diagnosis, differentiation, and monitoring of AD and ADRDs, including CTE. The Core will bank, distribute, and analyze fluid biospecimens and neuroimaging data for shared use with the ADRC.\u00a0\u00a0The Core [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":5183,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11656,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/11656"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alzresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}