I have some very exciting news to share, I am joining the Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA as an Associate Director!
I could not be more thrilled to continue in the mission of the Foundation to advance the GBA-PD field by finding novel and diverse approaches to analyze, prevent and treat GBA-PD. The Foundation does so through grants to companies as well as through their fellowship program where they partner with leading academic centers to foster the next generation of scientists in this burgeoning field.
I will be helping identify the next group of fellows who will join the program in the fall of 2025. The fellowship is a 2 year program designed to support outstanding research in GBA-PD by providing salaries, opportunities for networking and professional development for postdocs at world-leading medical institutions.
We will follow up with more submission details shortly.
I did want to note that I will continue to work at Rune Labs as Chair of their Patient Advisory Board. We have a lot of exciting things planned for the next year that I can’t wait to share.
Finally I want to extend a special thank you to Jonathan Silverstein & Natalie Silverstein for the trust instilled in me and for leading the cause for those of us with GBA-PD.
Congratulations Benjamin !
I have recently founded AGYANY Pharma with Prof Arndt Rolfs from Germany, and we are preparing an IND for high dose Ambroxol GBA1 related PD, having made progress with a POC clinical trial in Jerusalem with very promising results . It would be great if we could have a zoom meeting with you, preferably after signing an NDA. We are going to present preliminary results at the forthcoming WORKD Symposium in early February in San Diego, and we are also planning to be in NY a few days before (30-31 January).
In parallel we are synthesizing second generation Ambroxol and have interesting research projects on prodromal PD.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ari
You can also use my second email address:
Ari.zimran@agyanypharma.com
Thanks Ari, very interesting company. Will follow up in due time. Thank you for all that you do.
Congratulations, Ben! Wishing you years of success !
Fantastic! Congratulations on the new role!