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Anthony Adame was born on July 31st, 1980 in the southern most city of California know as San Diego. Nobody could have predicted that out of this sleepy, military, surfer town a child would be born that would eventually go on to dedicate 17 years (and counting) to The Department of Neuroscience at UCSD.

After attending both Grossmont and West Hills High School he had a thirst for knowledge that catapulted him up to Sacramento California where he attended American River College to study horticulture. It was here he turned the microscope away from plants and looked within himself. He realized the lab is what he loved, not just the plants. His journey of knowledge took him to the small island of Guam where he studied Marine Biology. His love for the ocean matched with his desire to work in a laboratory seemed a perfect fit. He quickly learned after returning to San Diego full of aspirations to contribute to the marine biology field that he suffers from serious motion sickness. Instead of working at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, he took a job working for the Experimental Neuropatholgy Laboratory at UCSD. Under the very close watch and guide of Dr. Masliah, he was groomed to become the great Neuropathology/Histology expert he is today. With ground beneath his feet & over 100 publications under his belt, Anthony still continues his life long journey of knowledge and science he started so many years ago today working for Dr. Rissmans laboratory focusing on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) Biomarker Core and the Neuropathology/Brain Bank for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC).