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Investigating neurodegenerative disease mechanisms using the zebrafish, Danio rerio

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posted on 2019-09-03, 05:12 authored by RITA JOANA SOARES SERRANO
Cerebellar ataxia and epileptic encephalopathies are two devastating disorders associated with the central nervous system. Many cases of these disorders are without a genetic diagnosis, indicating that additional genes remain to be identified. In this thesis, I evaluate two genes for their potential to cause cerebellar ataxia when mutated. The gene UBA5 has recently been identified to cause both epileptic encephalopathy and cerebellar ataxia when mutated, but the function of the gene in the nervous system is not understood. Therefore, I created a zebrafish model for this disease and determined how loss of this gene results in the symptoms observed.

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Campus location

Australia

Principal supervisor

Robert Bryson-richardson

Additional supervisor 1

Coral Warr

Year of Award

2019

Department, School or Centre

Biological Sciences

Course

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Type

DOCTORATE

Faculty

Faculty of Science

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