Project Highlights
Contributions
Here is an overview of how this team’s article findings have contributed to the PD field as of June 2025. There are two different categorizations of these contributions – one by impact to the PD community and a second by scientific category.
Impact
Category
Accolades
Members of the team have been recognized for their contributions.
Open Science Champions
Dorotea Fracchiolla
Awards
2023 Collaborative Meeting
COSA Prize Winners 2024
Network Spotlights
Dorotea Fracchiolla, Bishal Basak
In the News
Molecular Switch for Toxic Protein Disposal May Be Parkinson’s Target
02/24/2025 — Parkinson's News Today reports on a new study from CRN Team Hurley that identified a molecular switch in a protein complex that regulates how cellular waste disposal mechanisms clean up and recycle unwanted materials – like the toxic alpha-synuclein protein clumps, or aggregates, that drive the death of nerve cells in Parkinson’s disease.
Celebrating the Collaborative ASAP Community Through Art & Science
12/16/2024 — Dr. Dorotea Fracchiolla from Team Hurley and Founder of Art&Science shares her recent series of paintings that depict the brains of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and highlights ASAP's role in facilitating collaboration and knowledge-sharing in the PD community.
Finding Rewrites Understanding Into Parkinson’s Disease Pathway
06/27/2024 — Science Daily reports on ASAP Team Hurley's recent findings that solves a mystery about how the protein Optineurin recognizes unhealthy mitochondria 'tagged' by PINK1 and Parkin, enabling their delivery to our body's garbage disposal system.
