Working from home? Check out new genetics data for Alzheimer’s disease research!

Marilyn Miller, Program Officer, Division of Neuroscience (DN)

The coronavirus has us all adjusting on the fly to keep our science moving until we can safely return to our labs. One of the cool things about genetics research (beyond the excellent new Ken Burns documentary) is that the big, beautiful data that drives the Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) field can be accessed and studied remotely. So now’s a great time to announce the release of the latest genomics data set from the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project.

The NIA Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) is a vital tool as we seek to better understand genes that increase risk for — or protection from — AD/ADRD. Researchers can now access new, robust NIAGADS sequencing data of nearly 20,000 samples from 9 different studies. Read the full blog post.