Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Research

Partner Collabs

Check Out Our NIA-Funded Partner Projects: These collaborations, together with a burgeoning artificial intelligence effort, allow for capacity building and enhanced exploration in the area of Alzheimer’s Disease genetics.

NIAGADS, in collaboration with other NIH projects, ensures that genotypic information for the study of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) is harmonized and shared with the research community at large. The centers and projects listed here collaborate on information collection and curation from start to finish through sequencing, processing, storing, and sharing.

NIA Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS)

NIAGADS is the NIA Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site. NIAGADS is a genetics data repository set up by the National Institute of Aging (NIA) to facilitate access by qualified investigators to genotypic data for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We propose to expand NIAGADS into a one-stop shopping data warehouse and portal for AD genetics that reflects the latest advances in genetics...

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The Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD)

The Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) is an international collaboration with the goal of compiling a robust sample size of Asian American and Canadian subjects for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. Making up 6% and 10% of the US and Canadian populations respectively, Asians are the fastest growing populations in both countries yet they are underrepresented in AD research. ACAD aims to...

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Genome Center for Alzheimer’s Disease (GCAD)

NIA Coordinating Genome Center for Alzheimer’s Disease (GCAD) is a five-year/$10.8M U54 Cooperative Agreement/Specialized Center funded by NIA (U54-AG052427) to facilitate AD gene discovery by coordinating analysis of all AD-relevant data.  GCAD will assemble all data generated by the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequence Project (ADSP) from both the Discovery Phase and the Follow-Up Phase, and all data from non-ADSP sources.  GCAD consists of...

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Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP)

The Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP) was established in February 2012 as a Presidential Initiative to fight Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Developed jointly by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the specific aims of the ADSP are to: Identify protective genomic variants in older adults at risk for ADIdentify new risk variants among AD casesExamine...

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Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center

Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center (PNGC) is part of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, in the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania. PNGC studies genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease and other related dementia. Our researchers apply high throughput genotyping and sequencing technologies to analyze tens of thousands of genomes and find novel genes. New experimental approaches, algorithms, and databases...

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Alzheimer’s Disease Genetic Consortium (ADGC)

The Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) was formed in 2009 to collaboratively use the collective resources of AD research community to identify AD genes. The clinical, neuropathologic, molecular and statistical expertise exists within the AD research community.  Also, much of the needed phenotype data and DNA samples also exist, gathered by the (now 32) NIA-designated AD research/core centers across the nation. The...

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