This episode is the last one before the podcast will go into a break, but we can’t wait to be back with more stories and exciting guests later this year. In this episode we speak with Dr. Laura Volpicelli-Daley who is part of the Neurodegeneration Challenge Network. Laura is an Associate Professor in the Neurology department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned her PhD in Neuroscience in the lab of Dr. Allan Levey at Emory University where she studied how neuronal protein trafficking is disrupted in Alzheimer’s Disease. She then trained in the fundamentals of neuron cell biology at Yale University, followed by Neurodegenerative Disease training at the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode we speak with Laura about her work, her involvement with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Neurodegeneration Challenge Network, challenges with methods for neurodegeneration and more. Links: Volpicelli-Daley Lab - https://www.volpicellidaleylab.org/ Generation and Sonication of α-synuclein Fibrils Protocol - dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bhhrj356