Marcia Cominetti
@mcominetti.bsky.social
Professor at UFSCar. Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. Wants to dye young, as late as possible!
Our team is very proud to develop our teacher formation course on brain health, ageing and dementia, as a result of our #GBHI pilot project. @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @labenufscar.bsky.social @ufscar.bsky.social @atlanticfellows.bsky.social #arise #envelheciencia #EducationForAll
July 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Our team is very proud to develop our teacher formation course on brain health, ageing and dementia, as a result of our #GBHI pilot project. @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @labenufscar.bsky.social @ufscar.bsky.social @atlanticfellows.bsky.social #arise #envelheciencia #EducationForAll
New @laben paper out! We found that more caregiving days per week = more burden, regardless of how many hours are spent each day.
Assess the paper here 👉🏻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Assess the paper here 👉🏻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Frequency of care mediates the effect of older adults’ cognitive performance on the perceived strain of their informal caregivers in a middle-income country - Lucas Nogueira de Carvalho Pelegrini, Tam...
Background and Objectives: As low and middle-income countries face a rapid increase in their older adult populations, the demand for informal caregiving is expe...
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May 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New @laben paper out! We found that more caregiving days per week = more burden, regardless of how many hours are spent each day.
Assess the paper here 👉🏻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Assess the paper here 👉🏻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🧠🫀 Our new paper: "ADAM10 links cardiovascular risk factors to Alzheimer’s via APP non-amyloidogenic processing," discusses how cardiovascular risk factors can impair APP processing through ADAM10 dysregulation @ufscar.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploring the connection between dementia and cardiovascular risk with a focus on ADAM10
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a leading cause of dementia, characterized by progressive cognitive and functional decline. Although extensive res…
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April 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🧠🫀 Our new paper: "ADAM10 links cardiovascular risk factors to Alzheimer’s via APP non-amyloidogenic processing," discusses how cardiovascular risk factors can impair APP processing through ADAM10 dysregulation @ufscar.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Yesterday, we were still at it until 8:30 PM, revising our cognitive evaluation protocol - because science demands precision, and we owe it to the people who will benefit from our findings.
Collaboration, resilience, and passion drive us! Let’s keep pushing forward!
🧠♥️🫶🏻🙌🏻
Collaboration, resilience, and passion drive us! Let’s keep pushing forward!
🧠♥️🫶🏻🙌🏻
February 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yesterday, we were still at it until 8:30 PM, revising our cognitive evaluation protocol - because science demands precision, and we owe it to the people who will benefit from our findings.
Collaboration, resilience, and passion drive us! Let’s keep pushing forward!
🧠♥️🫶🏻🙌🏻
Collaboration, resilience, and passion drive us! Let’s keep pushing forward!
🧠♥️🫶🏻🙌🏻
Fully deactivated my X account today! I refuse to engage with harmful ideologies!!! 😰
January 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fully deactivated my X account today! I refuse to engage with harmful ideologies!!! 😰
We developed a sensitive, label-free diagnostic method using ADAM10, paving the way for portable, point-of-care devices for Alzheimer’s detection. #alzheimers #diagnosis @ufscar.bsky.social @labenufscar.bsky.social 👉https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400524019385?dgcid=coauthor
Label-free ADAM10 capacitive assay for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
This study demonstrates a quantum capacitance-based approach using a peptide-redox-active interface modified with Ab1 and Ab2 ADAM10 isoform antibodie…
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January 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We developed a sensitive, label-free diagnostic method using ADAM10, paving the way for portable, point-of-care devices for Alzheimer’s detection. #alzheimers #diagnosis @ufscar.bsky.social @labenufscar.bsky.social 👉https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400524019385?dgcid=coauthor
Science Arena featured some of my research alongside my mom’s diagnosis. I’m sharing this to raise awareness and help break the stigma around Alzheimer’s. She’s truly amazing and living well, despite the disease. 🥰🧠♥️
www.sciencearena.org/en/careers/f...
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Fighting Alzheimer's with science and empathy - Science Arena
Brazilian biologist is leading research that seeks to develop a simple, less invasive method for diagnosing the disease that affects her mother
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January 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Science Arena featured some of my research alongside my mom’s diagnosis. I’m sharing this to raise awareness and help break the stigma around Alzheimer’s. She’s truly amazing and living well, despite the disease. 🥰🧠♥️
www.sciencearena.org/en/careers/f...
www.sciencearena.org/en/careers/f...
🌍 If you’re a scientist, here’s your chance to bring the wonders of #science to classrooms and spark curiosity in young minds. 🧪🧠 I’ve signed up - have you? Let’s make science accessible to everyone! #SciComm #Education
Scientists!
We are trying to get 1000 of us into the volunteer database by Jan 1.
You'll be volunteering to speak with classrooms over video chat about your work, and answer their questions! You can volunteer for up to 5 sessions per semester.
Sign up here! www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We are trying to get 1000 of us into the volunteer database by Jan 1.
You'll be volunteering to speak with classrooms over video chat about your work, and answer their questions! You can volunteer for up to 5 sessions per semester.
Sign up here! www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
January 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🌍 If you’re a scientist, here’s your chance to bring the wonders of #science to classrooms and spark curiosity in young minds. 🧪🧠 I’ve signed up - have you? Let’s make science accessible to everyone! #SciComm #Education
This is how @labenufscar.bsky.social celebrates a year of dedication, discoveries, and teamwork! 🎉🔬 🧠🎤 Here’s to another year of hard work and success! #Science #Research #Teamwork #LABEN #YearInReview
December 15, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This is how @labenufscar.bsky.social celebrates a year of dedication, discoveries, and teamwork! 🎉🔬 🧠🎤 Here’s to another year of hard work and success! #Science #Research #Teamwork #LABEN #YearInReview
Today we exhibited poetry and paintings by people living with dementia to explore memory, identity, and creativity through art. A powerful reminder that creativity knows no boundaries. 🎨 #ArtAndDementia #CreativityBeyondLimits #MemoryThroughArt @labenufscar.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Today we exhibited poetry and paintings by people living with dementia to explore memory, identity, and creativity through art. A powerful reminder that creativity knows no boundaries. 🎨 #ArtAndDementia #CreativityBeyondLimits #MemoryThroughArt @labenufscar.bsky.social