MRC-PPU students present Parkinson's research at Scottish Parliament
Parkinson's disease is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder and the MRC-PPU is at the frontline of research trying to understand the origins of this disease and developing new ideas on diagnosis and treatment.
On November 6th two PhD students, Agne Kazlauskaite and Chandana Kondapalli from the laboratories of Dario Alessi and Miratul Muqit were invited to a special event at the Scottish Parliament entitled 'Scotland's Brainpower – Parkinson's UK Research'. The event was organized by Parkinson's UK and hosted by Jim Eadie MSP, convenor of the Cross Party Group on Life Sciences at the Parliament.
Parkinson's UK is now Europe's largest charity supporting Parkinson's related research and their support has been pivotal to the recent advances made by Chandana and Agne in the lab. Chandana is a recipient of a Parkinson's UK PhD studentship and Agne a recipient of a J Menzies Macdonald Charitable Trust Prize Studentship in Parkinson's disease. Both presented their recent groundbreaking research in which they have uncovered how the Parkinson's associated protein kinase PINK1 regulates another Parkinson's protein Parkin through phosphorylation at Serine 65.
The event was attended by nearly 100 guests including MSPs, policymakers, patients, carers, and clinicians with a special interest in Parkinson's.
On November 6th two PhD students, Agne Kazlauskaite and Chandana Kondapalli from the laboratories of Dario Alessi and Miratul Muqit were invited to a special event at the Scottish Parliament entitled 'Scotland's Brainpower – Parkinson's UK Research'. The event was organized by Parkinson's UK and hosted by Jim Eadie MSP, convenor of the Cross Party Group on Life Sciences at the Parliament.
Parkinson's UK is now Europe's largest charity supporting Parkinson's related research and their support has been pivotal to the recent advances made by Chandana and Agne in the lab. Chandana is a recipient of a Parkinson's UK PhD studentship and Agne a recipient of a J Menzies Macdonald Charitable Trust Prize Studentship in Parkinson's disease. Both presented their recent groundbreaking research in which they have uncovered how the Parkinson's associated protein kinase PINK1 regulates another Parkinson's protein Parkin through phosphorylation at Serine 65.
The event was attended by nearly 100 guests including MSPs, policymakers, patients, carers, and clinicians with a special interest in Parkinson's.