We investigate molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the UCL Institute of Neurology and the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL.
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Rubika collaborated with the Ule lab to identify the RNA transcripts bound by C9orf72 polyPR in cells. We hope this will be a useful resource for the field, all the data is freely available: https://www.life-science-alliance.org/content/6/9/e202201824 With co-first author Igor Ruiz de los Mozos they identified the GAAGA pentamer to be…
Ashling was selected to give a talk at the GRS on ALS in Les Diablerets in Switzerland in July 2023. She presented her exciting data on neuronal lipid homeostasis in C9orf72 FTD/ALS.
Alex gave a short talk at the MNDA EnCouRage meeting in June 2023, an MND patient-facing meeting for ECRs hosted by the MNDA. Thanks to the MNDA for putting on this insightful event. https://www.mndassociation.org/research/research/mnd-encourage-uk-2023
Thanks to his examiners Linda Greensmith and Guillaume Hautbergue for interesting and helpful discussions
George gave a brilliant flash talk and poster on identifying new regulators of plasma and lysosomal membrane repair with Jez Carlton’s lab – great work George!
Christina will be working on a gene therapy project for ALS/FTD. We are proud supporters of the In2research Programme: https://in2scienceuk.org/in2research/