Jeff Kuret
Contact Information
Job Title
Professor, Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology
- kuret.3@osu.edu
- Phone
- 614-688-5899
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Areas of Expertise
- Initiation of Tau Lesion Formation
- Composition and Bioactivity of Tau Aggregates
- Detection of Aggregates with Small-Molecules
- Cellular Mechanisms Linked to Tauopathy Resistance
Education
- PhD, Pharmacology, Stanford University, 1984
Research Description
We investigate the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, with special emphasis on how neurofibrillary lesions composed of aggregated tau protein form and propagate through the nervous system, and how these processes may be detected and inhibited in disease sufferers.
Mentored Biophysics Students
- Carol Huseby
- Kelsey Schafer
- Katryna Cisek
- Carmen Chirita
- Theresa Kannanayakal
- Mihaela Necula