Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner is a Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA. She is a neurogeneticist and board-certified behavioural neurologist. Dr. Ertekin-Taner’s laboratory aims to discover and characterize genetic factors underlying the complex genetics of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative conditions. Dr. Ertekin-Taner’s laboratory currently uses biological traits such as gene expression levels and cognitive scores and leverages combined genome, transcriptome and epigenetic data to uncover genetic risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions.