Dr. Jacqueline Silva is the Senior Manager of Research
Operations at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX,
USA. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of New
Orleans in 2016. She then completed the NIH Post-Baccalaureate Research
Education Program at the University of Washington in 2018. In 2024, Dr.
Jacqueline Silva earned a Ph.D. from the Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate
Program at UTMB. Her research focuses on analyzing clinical data, developing
localized drug delivery methods, and conducting toxicity screening to advance
treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) into clinical
trials.
Dr. Batbayar Tumurbaatar is a research scientist at the Department of Neurology, Mitchell Center for
Neurodegenerative Disease, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston,
Galveston, TX, USA. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the
Technical University of Brno, Czech Republic, and his MS and Ph.D. from Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Batbayar
Tumurbaatar’s current research interests include studying synaptic Tau oligomer
and amyloid β (Aβ) pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Non-Demented with
Alzheimer’s Neuropathology (NDAN) individuals, isolation and structural,
biochemical, and functional characterization of brain-derived Tau oligomers
(BDTO) isolated from human tauopathy cases of AD and NDAN, and synaptic
dysfunction and memory deficits associated with AD pathogenesis/Tau pathology
in transgenic mice with human tauopathies (3xTg AD and human Tau transgenic
mouse).
Dr. Jutatip Guptarak is a research scientist and Lab
manager at the Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, the University
of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA. She obtained her Master’s
Degree in Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Texas Woman’s University
in 2005 and 2009, respectively. Dr. Jutatip Guptarak’s research interest
centers on the mechanism involved in dendritic spine preservation in
Non-Demented with Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology individuals.
Dr. Giulio Taglialatela is the vice chair for research for
the Department of Neurology and the director of the Mitchell Center for
Neurodegenerative Diseases, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB),
Galveston, TX, USA. He earned his MS in Neuroendocrinology (1984) and a Ph.D. in
Neuropharmacology (1988) from the University of Rome La Sapienza in Italy. In
1990, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Human
Biological Chemistry and Genetics at UTMB. Dr. Giulio Taglialatela’s research
centers on the molecular neurobiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related
neurodegenerative disorders. His research interests encompass molecular
mechanisms of neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease
and related disorders.
