Search Existing Tissue Requests

The Knight ADRC has supported many investigators at Washington University and at other institutions over the years. We wish to avoid the situation where two investigators study the same research question to avoid duplication of effort and potential conflict. To determine if your topic has already been studied with our resources, please search our database. If you find that your topic or a related topic has been submitted, you may wish to contact the investigator to inquire about their findings to determine how you might proceed. You may wish to collaborate or modify your request to avoid overlap. The results below reflect requests made since online requests have been accepted. As such, not all fields will have data as certain information, such as aims, were not collected until recently. If an entry has been assigned an ID number (e.g. T1004), the full request has been submitted and is either approved, disapproved or in process. If an entry has no ID number, then it represents a submission that has not yet been reviewed. Search terms are applied across an entire requests application including variables not displayed below. A more specific, detailed search may yield better results depending upon your needs.


Search Terms:


Investigator: Ina B. Wanner

Project Title: Astroglia protein release as biofluid markers of neurodegeneration

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1212-A

Aim 1: Determine significance of elevated astroglia marker protein release between Control and TBI patients’ CSF and plasma

Aim 2: Pilot study to determine whether astrocyte release markers are elevated in AD versus Control CSF and plasma

Aim 3:

Aim 4:


Investigator: Mathew Blurton-Jones

Project Title:

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1404

Aim 1: Generation, gene-correction, and microglial differentiation of iPSC clones from patients with the AD-associated R47H TREM2 mutation.

Aim 2: Do mutations in TREM2 alter the activation state, migration, or phagocytic activity of human microglia?

Aim 3: Do TREM2 mutations alter microglial function and modulate Abeta and tau pathology in vivo?

Aim 4:


Investigator: Goate/Cruchaga

Project Title: Whole-exome sequencing of early-onset samples to identify rare variants implicated on Alzheimer’s Disease.

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1401

Aim 1: To identify novel genes and coding variants implicated on Alzheimer’s disease risk

Aim 2:

Aim 3:

Aim 4:


Investigator: Yueming Li

Project Title: regulation and function of γ-secretase

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1324

Aim 1: Determine the function of g-secretase in Sporadic Alzheimer disease

Aim 2:

Aim 3:

Aim 4:


Investigator: Langford

Project Title: importance of PINCH protein levels in CSF in AD

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1323

Aim 1: do levels of PINCH protein in CSF correspond to neurocognitive status in AD

Aim 2: do levels of PINCH protein in CSF correspond to immune system functional status

Aim 3:

Aim 4:


Investigator: Marc I. Diamond

Project Title: Characterizing tau aggregate species via structural mapping

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1322

Aim 1: Cluster tauopathy patients in clinically meaningful ways via structural mapping of tau aggregates.

Aim 2: Determine if disease progression rates are influenced by tau aggregate protein structure.

Aim 3: Determine if tau aggregate protein structure is consistent between brain regions.

Aim 4:


Investigator: Joel Kramer

Project Title: Disease-free Aging Control Group for Tau Consortium Genetic Studies

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1321

Aim 1: provide DNA from functionally normal controls without family history of neurodegenerative disease

Aim 2:

Aim 3:

Aim 4:


Investigator: David Holtzman

Project Title: : Synuclein seed detection in brains of patients with synucleinopathies

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1319

Aim 1: Detect synuclein seeds in brain tissue of different synucleinopathies

Aim 2: Determine if there are unique conformers of synuclein in the different synucleinopathies

Aim 3: Determine if there is regional specificity of synuclein conformers

Aim 4:


Investigator: Makoto Ishii

Project Title: Altered leptin signaling in Alzheimer’s disease

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1318

Aim 1: To determine if alterations in leptin signaling are found in earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease

Aim 2:

Aim 3:

Aim 4:


Investigator: Sidney Strcikland

Project Title: Identification of a Plasmin-Resistant Fibrin Fragment as a Biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1320

Aim 1: Determine a level of plasmin-resistant fibrin fragment in CSF from AD patients

Aim 2: The relationship between a level of Fibrin Fragment and pathological characteristics of AD patients

Aim 3:

Aim 4: