Kunath Lab

New research from @kunathlab.bsky.social & colleagues reports G51D mutagenesis of the endogenous Snca rat gene caused reduced synaptic localisation of #Parkinsons-associated α-synuclein, proteomic evidence of early synaptic dysfunction, & ⬆️ propensity for α-syn path
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I’m really pleased the brilliant work by Stephen West and Ammar Natalwala - 2 very talented PhD students - is now out in @braincomms.bsky.social

I'm so proud that Andrew Chai passed his viva with flying colours :-) Huge thanks to Prof Roger Barker and @clairedurrant1.bsky.social for being exceptional examiners 🙏

The first Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist role in the UK was created 35 years ago. Thank you Liz Craig and the army of amazing Parkinson’s nurses past and present.

A group of rats is called a mischief. Happy World Rat Day. 🐀

This was the most fun I’ve had in a while. Kuhan and Dave were so lovely to chat with 😃@2parkiesinapod.bsky.social

Wish I was there. Super-proud of Pleasie Mill @cilialab.bsky.social 🥰

Great to catch up with Simon Stott @cureparkinsons.org.uk in
Pisa at Spark NS meeting

Get ready for our Spring Research Update Meeting! 🔬

Taking place at BMA House, home of the British Medical Association in London on 24 March, the event will focus on updates from the phase 3 clinical trial for Ambroxol, AsPro-PD, which begins this spring.

Book your place: https://buff.ly/42W11jW

Thanks to @cureparkinsons.org.uk for brilliant behind-the-scenes work to make the webinar a huge success 😀

YouTube video by Cure Parkinson's Webinar: Advancing Parkinson's trial designs

Multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platforms allow multiple therapies to be tested simultaneously. Georgia Mills (EJS ACT-PD), Kuhan (@2parkiesinapod.bsky.social), Haris Charalampos Tzoulis (Bergen), Emma Gray (MS Society) discuss MAMS for Parkinson’s.
youtu.be/D5Qacc6WJNY?...
 ejsactpd.com
#Parkinsons

Dave and Kuhan are awesome @2parkiesinapod.bsky.social
I had so much joy doing the podcast with them 🙏

📢 Exciting news: Our call for LOIs is OPEN for the CRN 2025 Scientific Track!

This #FundingOpportunity focuses on dissecting the mechanisms that can contribute to PD heterogeneity.

Be part of a global network pushing the boundaries of #ParkinsonsResearch.

Submit your LOI: bit.ly/3DXOBxt

My new work clothes 😊

Dr Abdenour Soufi

Transcription factors find and activate their target genes by recognising how DNA is packaged inside the nucleus of cells.

New research from Dr Abdenour Soufi & colleagues published in Nature.

#RegenerativeMedicine #CRM

regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/news/irr-new...

Three great PhD student talks for Parkinson’s UK ERIG
Faidra Batsaki ( Prof Chris Coxon)
Marc Forndt (Prof Mathew Horrocks)
Zhijun Wang (Prof Tilo Kunath)
Congrats to Marc for winning the Ken Bowler Travel Award 🥇 😃

Congrats to Emily Prescott for successfully defending her thesis. First PhD student of Suman De at SITraN at the University of Sheffield.

Abstract submission for Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration 2025 is open until January 31st 2025! Come register and share your work with us!

scmnd.com

We look forward to hosting you in Edinburgh next year :-)

#neuroscience #iPSC #neurodegeneration #stemcells #dementia #organoids

Emerging from a dawn redwood

Here is a nice mushroom

INTR 2024 joint with 34th NECTAR

Anne Rosser & Clive Svendsen … in Singapore 😊

Here are some nice mushrooms

For people in Edinburgh: I will give an IEE seminar at 2pm on upcoming Wednesday (27 March) discussing two big questions in biology: 1) Where is the position of the root of the eukaryotic tree of life? 2) What is the evolutionary origin of mitosis/meiosis?

Hermitage of Braid #fungifriends 😃

Dawn Redwood in #grangecemetery 😃

Confirmation 😊. Proud of my first spore prints. Thanks 🙏 for advice

Confirmation 😊. Proud of my first spore prints. Thanks 🙏 for advice

🙏. Re-visited 😊

Lovely tree is some Scottish sunshine. 😊Inch Park, Edinburgh