The J Macdonald Menzies Charitable Trust have awarded Miratul Muqit and Dario Alessi funding to support a new Prize studentship to investigate the molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease.
This 4-year studentship will build on the ground breaking studies of the first J Macdonald Prize student, Agne Kazlauskaite, who has elucidated the function of the PINK1 protein kinase, discovering and characterizing its key substrates including the E3 ligase, Parkin and ubiquitin.
The successful candidate will deploy state-of-the-art technologies to investigate how this signalling pathway is critical for prevention of Parkinson's including using highly sensitive antibodies to the key components of this pathway in patient-derived cells and tissues.
For information on how to apply please click here.
This 4-year studentship will build on the ground breaking studies of the first J Macdonald Prize student, Agne Kazlauskaite, who has elucidated the function of the PINK1 protein kinase, discovering and characterizing its key substrates including the E3 ligase, Parkin and ubiquitin.
The successful candidate will deploy state-of-the-art technologies to investigate how this signalling pathway is critical for prevention of Parkinson's including using highly sensitive antibodies to the key components of this pathway in patient-derived cells and tissues.
For information on how to apply please click here.