Ascending Investigator 2023
Claire Francesca Meehan
Location, location, location: TDP-43 pathology as a key driver of neurodegeneration
Associate Professor
University of Copenhagen
Associate Professor Claire Francesca Meehan will investigate how pathology related to a specific protein called TDP-43 can give rise to a range of apparently very different neurodegenerative disorders including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and FrontoTemporal Dementia. The project will explore what instigates the pathology and how it spreads from one region to another.
This information could be used to help prevent disease onset and slow disease progression in individuals at high risk for these disorders.
