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Research Lab

Valdmanis Lab

Research Overview

I'm interested broadly in neurodegenerative diseases (i.e. ALS/FTD & AD). In particular my interests fall under two camps: a.Identifying pathogenic variants that cause or modify human disease and determining the mechanisms of action of these genes in disease pathogenesis with an interest, with particular focus on understanding the mechanisms of genetic variants in neurodegenerative diseases and the role of tandem repeat expansions; b. understanding the mechanistic role of RNA Binding Protein dynamics and protein aggregation/propagation through the nervous system.