in the news

News articles, interviews, and media features highlighting discoveries from the Prakash Lab and our collaborators.

  • Postdoc Portrait, The Scientist: Priya Prakash


    NOV 2025

    The Scientist interview with Priya, where she discusses her career trajectory and most recent work on X-linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism.

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  • Discovery of hidden driver of Alzheimer’s could lead to new treatments, scientists say

    Discovery of hidden driver of Alzheimer’s could lead to new treatments, scientists say


    SEPT 2025

    Microglial lipid droplet work highlighted by Vishwam Sankaranfor The Independent.

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  • Fat Buildup in Brain Cells Could Provide New Target For Alzheimer's Treatment


    OCT 2025

    Coverage of our microglial lipid droplet study by Tessa Koumoundouros for Science Alert.

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  • Purdue-led study shows how fat disables the brain’s immune shield in Alzheimer’s disease


    SEPT 2025

    Purdue University News Coverage of Chopra lab's Immunity paper.

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  • Amyloid Beta Impairs Microglia Function in Alzheimer’s Disease


    AUG 2025

    Our work onmicroglial lipid droplets in Alzheimer's disease featured on The Scientist by writer Shelby Bradford.

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  • Immune cells’ fat blocks brain’s ability to clean Alzheimer’s plaques


    JULY 2025

    Article in The Hindu about our Immunity paper by journalist Manjeera Gowravaram.

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  • Once dismissed, these cells in the brain have the spotlight in the neuroscience world


    OCT 2024

    Priya’s interview with NPR's Jon Hamilton about glial cells and inflammation in X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism.

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  • How the ‘Stars of the Brain’ Could Protect Us From Neurodegeneration


    DEC 2023

    New York Stem Cell Foundation highlights our work on interferon-responsive reactive astrocytes published in Glia.

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  • Lipid-Laden, Sluggish Microglia? Blame Aβ


    SEPT 2023

    Alzforum highlights our preprint on microglial lipid droplets in Alzheimer's disease, which was a part of Priya’s PhD work in the Chopra lab.

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  • Toxic Fatty Acids to Blame for Brain Cell Death After Initial Injury


    OCT 2021

    NYU Langone Health coverage of the astrocyte toxic lipid paper (Chopra lab collaboration with Liddelow lab).

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  • ELOVL Hurts—Enzyme Makes Lipids That Turn Astrocytes Toxic


    OCT 2021

    AlzForum highlights the astrocyte toxic lipid paper, to which Priya was a contributing author during graduate school.

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  • Grad Student Earns Eli Lilly-Stark Neuroscience Research Fellowship


    MAR 2020

    Purdue Chemistry media feature of Priya’s Eli Lilly-Stark neuroscience predoctoral fellowship to study microglia in Alzheimer's disease.

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