Dr Sara Imarisio

University position

Research Associate

Departments

Department of Genetics

Institutes

Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR)

Email

si239@cam.ac.uk

Home page

http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/Researc...

Research Themes

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Clinical and Veterinary Neuroscience

The Cambridge Neuroscience Community

Interests

I am interested in the study of neurodegeneration due to the formation of intracellular aggregates. In particular I use Drosophila melanogaster models of polyglutamine disorders to identify novel genetic pathways able to modify polyglutamine toxicity.

Research Focus

Keywords

neurodegeneration

protein aggregation

polyglutamine diseases

screen

genetics

Clinical conditions

Alzheimer's disease

Dementia

Huntington's disease

Parkinson's disease

Polyglutamine diseases

Equipment

Cell culture

Confocal microscopy

Drug treatment

Enzyme assays

Fluorescence microscopy

Microscopy

Collaborators

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