Research Excellence Series: Motor Neuron Disease: One step closer, a research journey.

Associate Professor Tracey Dickson

Head, Neurodegenerative Disease and Brain Trauma
Menzies Institute for Medical Research

There are no treatments or cures for Motor Neuron Disease, and most people with the illness die three to five years after diagnosis. For the past 10 years Associate Professor Dickson’s group at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research has been investigating the fundamental mechanisms of this devastating disease, trying to unravel the causes and determine where it begins.
In the next three years they will be using this knowledge to perform critical research to determine whether they can repurpose an existing drug for the treatment of MND. This work takes them one more step along the translation pipeline from the bench to the bedside – in this case from the laboratory to the clinic. A/Prof Dickson’s presentation will reflect on her research journey, the unexpected findings, the challenges and the rewards.
Registration online at http://www.events.utas.edu.au/2017/september/research-excellence-series-motor-neuron-disease-one-step-closer,-a-research-journey