Update About Research and Publication

Hello everyone,

I would like to provide a brief update about my research! After receiving full funding on experiment.com, I ordered materials and began running trials throughout the past year. After collecting data, I statistically analyzed my results and discovered some interesting conclusions. In fact, my conclusions were so interesting that my abstract was accepted to Frontiers in Neuroscience, the most cited, international neuroscience research journal. After this, I spent the past summer writing a full paper detailing my methods, results, and conclusions. After a round of blind reviews, my paper was ultimately accepted and has been published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. Here is the link to my full manuscript if you would like to read in more detail: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.755475/full 

Here is an overall summary of my key conclusions: This study demonstrates that imbalances in the levels of trace metals copper or zinc triggers further trace metal imbalances in amyloid-beta producing C. elegans while imbalances in copper or zinc levels triggers a return to equilibrium in non-amyloid-beta producing worms. This might indicate that the inability to return to trace metal homeostasis in amyloid-beta-producing C. elegans is part of the cause of higher amyloid-beta aggregations, the primary biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease.

Thank you so very much to all of you for your financial contributions! My research would not have been possible without your help!

Sincerely,

Ada Metaxas