Peter Lajos Nagy
Columbia University, USA
Biography
Peter Lajos Nagy is a biochemist and a physician, board certified in anatomic and molecular genetic pathology. His research focuses on the role of transcriptional processing in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. He developed S. pombe and M. musculus models for Ataxia-Oculomotor-Apraxia type 2 (AOA2) caused by mutations in the human ortholog of the yeast RNA helicase Sen1, Senataxin (SETX). Using these models we are working to define the pathomechanism of SETX mediated neurodegenerative disorders AOA2 and ALS4.
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