Kadib 15 sano oo adeeg ah, waxaan ku sii dhamaanayaa maamulaha barnaamijka Sanduuqa Maaliyadda ee McKnight Fund for Neuroscience. Saaxiibkay McKnight ee aan aaminsanahay Joel Krogstad waxa uu kor u qaadayaa in uu hogaamiyo doorkan marka aan dhoofayo Agoosto 18.
Sanduuqa Awqaafta McKnight ee Neuroscience hadafkiisu waa inuu u soo dhawaado sayniska maalinta marka cudurada maskaxda iyo dabeecadaha si sax ah loo ogaado, looga hortago, loona daweeyo. Waqtigeyga McKnight, waxaan arkay horumar weyn oo dhankan ah. Barnaamijyada abaal-marinaha sannadlaha ah waxa ay taageereen saynis yahano cilmi-baadhistoodu u soo dhawaysay ka-hortagga, daawaynta, iyo daawaynta cudurro badan oo ba’an, oo ay ku jiraan cudurka Alzheimers, cudurka Parkinson, sclerosis badan, dhaawacyada laf-dhabarka, iyo kuwo kale oo badan.
Tobankii sano ee la soo dhaafay iyo in ka badan, waxaan abaabulay 15 shirar cilmi-nafsi oo cilmi-nafsiyeedka McKnight sannadlaha ah waxaanan dhageystay (inkasta oo qayb ahaan la fahmay) in ka badan 300 oo wadahadalo cilmi ah. Waxa aan helay mudnaan naadir ah in aan warka la wadaago in ka badan 200 oo saynisyahano neerfaha ah in ay heleen abaal-marin McKnight ah (qaybta ugu fiican ee shaqada!). Iyo farxadda aan shakhsi ahaan ugu mahadcelinayo saynisyahanka neerfaha ee McKnight Cori Bargmann wax ku biirinteeda lagu aqoonsanayo hidda-wadaha is-beddelay ee markii dambe dhiirrigeliyay daawaynta kansarka kacaanka - mid badbaadisay nolosha walaashay.
In ka badan 40+ sano ee u dambeeyay ee barnaamijka, waxaan aragnay toban McKnight neuroscientists oo helay Nobel Prize, iyo afar McKnight awardees (dhammaan haweenka) magacaabay sida MacArthur Fellows. Abaalmarinnada McKnight waxay awoodeen inay ka faa'iidaystaan celcelis ahaan $800,000 lacag dheeraad ah oo ku saleysan cilmi baaristooda McKnight.
"In la sheego in barnaamijka Neuroscience uu igu dhiirigeliyay aniga iyo kuwa kale oo aan tiro lahayn lama soo koobi karo."—EILEEN MALER, MAAMULAHA BARNAAMIJKA NOLOSHA
Si aan u sheego in barnaamijka Neuroscience uu igu dhiirrigeliyay aniga iyo kuwa kale oo aan tiro lahayn lama soo koobi karo. Waxaa la aasaasay 1976, barnaamijku waa mid ka mid ah meelaha arrinta McKnight ee ugu dheer. Waxaa dhiirigeliyay aasaasaha William McKnight laftiisa, kaas oo si weyn u xiiseeyay sayniska maskaxda markii uu la kulmay xasuus la'aan markii uu da 'weynaaday. 1986, McKnight Foundation wuxuu abuuray urur dhexdhexaadin ah - Sanduuqa Awqaafta McKnight ee Neuroscience - si uu u kormeero barnaamijka. Maanta, Sanduuqa wuxuu ka shaqeeyaa laba barnaamij oo abaalmarin sanadle ah: Abaalmarinta Aqoonyahanka si ay u taageerto kulliyadaha cusub marka ugu horeysa ee ay aasaasaan shaybaar, iyo abaalmarinta Neurobiology of Disorders Maskaxda si ay u taageerto saynisyahannada neerfaha xalinta dhibaatooyinka neerfaha iyo cudurrada dhimirka.
Markii ugu horreysay ee aan imid Febraayo 2008, guddiga Sanduuqa Awqaafta ayaa dib u cusbooneysiiyay istiraatiijiyadda barnaamijka si ay u noqoto mid ka mid ah baarayaasha dumarka ah, waxaana ka shaqeynay inaan taas gaarno. Maanta, waxaan ku hanweynahay inaan la wadaago in 50% ee abaal-marinaha Aqoonyahanka ee 2023 ay yihiin haween iyo 75% ee Neurobiology of Disorders Maskaxda abaal-marintu waa haween. Tani waa koror 40% ah tan iyo 2008dii. Intaa waxaa dheer, Sanduuqa wuxuu kordhiyey matalaada juqraafi ee abaalmarinta in ka badan 20%—iyaga oo aqoonsanaya saynisyahano hal abuur leh kuwaas oo horumar ka sameynaya dhammaan qeybaha dalka.
Si degdeg ah ugu socota 2022, markii guddiga Sanduuqa Awqaafta ay dib u habayn ku sameeyeen yoolka barnaamijka si loo kordhiyo tirada saynisyahannada neerfaha ee aan la soo koobin ee helaya abaal-marinnada McKnight. Tani waxay la jaanqaadaysaa khadka McKnight si ay ugu dhex gasho sinnaanta dhammaan barnaamijyadeena iyo hawlgalladeena, waxayna aqoonsanaysaa rumaysadka aan run ku hayno: in sayniska ugu fiicani uu ka yimaado qaadashada fikrado iyo aragtiyo kala duwan.
Sannadka 2023, sannadkeena ugu horreeya ee diiradda saaraya abuurista shaybaarro loo dhan yahay, kala duwan, oo loo siman yahay, Sanduuqa ayaa la doortay. 40% ee abaalmarinta aqoonyahannada oo ka yimid bulshooyinka aan mataleynin neuroscience. Waagii hore, wax ka yar 10% ee abaal-marintu waxay ka yimaadeen bulshooyinkan. Saynis-yahannada da’da yar, ee rajo-gelinta leh waxay ku jiraan marxaladaha hore ee xirfadahooda cilmi-baarista, mid walbana wuxuu heli doonaa $75,000 sannadkii muddo saddex sano ah.
Anigoo ah maamulaha barnaamijka Neuroscience, waxaan qayb ka ahaa wax saamaynaya miisaanka caalamiga ah, kaas oo hoos u dhigaya. Waxaa saameyn igu yeeshay hogaamiyayaasha Sanduuqa Awqaafta iyo Mu'asasada McKnight, kuwaas oo diiradda saaraya guulaha deeq-bixiyeyaasha oo si wanaagsan u wajaho dhibaatooyinka waaweyn. Guddoomiyihii hore ee guddiga MEFN iyo Nobel Laureate, Dr. Torsten Wiesel, ayaa si shakhsi ah iigu muujiyay mahadnaq qoto dheer oo ku saabsan McKnight Foundation oo ay ka go'an tahay muddada dheer ee cilmi-baarista cilmi-nafsiga. Intaa waxa dheer, shir kasta, waxa aad ii soo buux dhaafiyay hadallo mahadnaq ah oo ka imanayay abaal-marinahayada. Qaar badan ayaa sheegaya in deeqda McKnight ay ahayd kicinta u qaaday cilmi-baaristooda heerka xiga.
Hogaamiye ahaan bulshada cilmiga neerfaha ee Maraykanka, MEFN waxa ay diyaar u tahay in ay samayso farqi dhab ah oo ku saabsan u wareejinta bulshada neerfayaasha Maraykanka si ay u noqoto mid loo dhan yahay oo kala duwan. Tani waxay i siinaysaa rajo weyn oo mustaqbalka ah, anigoo og in kala duwanaansho badan ay ka dhigi doonto sayniska mid wanagsan. Waxaan ku kalsoonahay in barnaamijka McKnight Neuroscience uu isticmaali karo saameyntiisa la aamini karo si uu saameyn ugu yeesho miisaankiisa si uu u kobciyo DEI ee cilmiga neerfaha. Waxaan ogahay in McKnight neuroscientists ay safka hore kaga jiri doonaan daahfurka u horseedi doona xallinta qaar ka mid ah cudurrada maskaxda ee ugu xun ee saameeya malaayiin qof.
