Michael Jones, Ph.D

JAD profile

Affiliation(s): 

University of Calgary; Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Areas of Interest: 

Fluorescent imaging, amyloid-beta, tau, Brain Aging and Dementia

Biography & Research: 

My PhD thesis focused on the development of small molecule agents that modulate the aggregation pathway associated with amyloid-beta. My postdoctoral fellowship focuses on fluorescent probes that respond, spectrally, to their interactions with various amyloid-beta species. My goal is to develop a blood test using fluorescence spectroscopy that is able to recognize different amyloid-beta aggregates and correlate these findings with disease progression.