IYNA Ideathon 2024
Sign-Up has opened for the IYNA Ideathon 2024!
Please register by
February 29th, 2024
to be a part of the IYNA Ideathon competition this year! The
actual competition will takes place
March 11-17th, 2024.
Sign-Up for the IYNA Ideathon 2024
What makes Ideathon different… The competition is accompanied by
rigorous training sessions, mentorship, and interaction with
experts in the field of neurodegeneration all the way from
undergraduates to post doc judges and mentors. Winning
participants are recognized for the degree of rigor and innovation
posed in their projects. We will also be featuring monetary prizes
and sponsored special awards from partnering organizations. The
categories for this year’s research competition are basic science,
clinical science, and public health with the theme of
neurodegeneration. All experience levels are welcome!
We are super excited to announce the 2024 Ideathon!! For those of
you who don’t know… The IYNA Ideathon is a virtual, week-long,
international competition in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s
Association for high school and undergraduate students interested
in neuroscience hosted by the IYNA. Participants develop a
proposal for a research project that tackles a real-world problem
in neuroscience.
Do you still have questions about how the Ideathon works? Tag the @IdeathonTeam in the IYNA Discord server for questions and also click on the button below for a more detailed overview of how the Ideathon works! More Information
Do you still have questions about how the Ideathon works? Tag the @IdeathonTeam in the IYNA Discord server for questions and also click on the button below for a more detailed overview of how the Ideathon works! More Information
2023 Winners
Andrew Mi, Yusuf Shabazz: If astrocytes are overloaded with tau protein, can they cause early onset of Alzheimer’s Disease?
Annika Romeis: Is sleep what is needed for astrocytic glymphatic ßA clearance in Alzheimer Disease?
Kendall Bristol, Carson Bauer, Mycah Afra, Cooper Branch: Proposing a Device
Pristine Garay: Exploring the role of TAM receptors in Aß clearance: A study using primary astrocyte cultures derived from wild-type and TAM knockout mice
Victoria Stanislawska, Aleksandra Dubno: Use of EGCG packed extracellular vesicles for delivery of disease-modifying drugs across the blood brain barrier