People Flashcards
<p>Joan Steffan</p>
<p>At UCI – studies Huntington's. </p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Chris Pearson</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Professor at the University of Toronto; Dr. Pearson’s research concerns the molecular mechanism(s) of genetic mutations involving trinucleotide repeat sequences. </p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Albert La Spada</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>UC San Diego School of Medicine. Albert R. La Spada, MD, PhD, is chief of the Division of Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics. An accomplished clinician and scientist, he is best known for his 1991 discovery of the first trinucleotide repeat disease mutation, setting an entirely new field of research into motion. The lab primarily studies the molecular basis of the CAG/polyglutamine repeat disease, of which there are nine. (Huntington’s, x linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy…)</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Andrew Dillin</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Salk institute for biological studies. Andrew Dillin, Pioneer Developmental Chair and a professor in the Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, uses the tiny roundworm Ceanorhabditis elegans to study the process of aging by looking at a hormone that is most widely recognized for its role in diabetes among humans: insulin. Additionally, Dillin is interested in age-onset neurodegenerative diseases. Like most neurodegenerative diseases. Aging. IGF signaling.</p>
