Parkinson’s disease: decoding the mysteries of neurodegeneration

January 2019

Prize lecture - January 17 2019  

Location The Royal Society, London, 

6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG

Low magnification neurons in situ in the brain. Image credit M Muqit

Francis Crick Lecture 2018 delivered by Dr Miratul Muqit

Parkinson’s disease has emerged as a leading cause of brain degeneration in aged populations across the world. Patients typically develop a progressive disturbance of movement due to the selective loss of dopamine-containing neurons in the brain. The mechanisms for why these brain cells die have remained mysterious, hampering efforts to develop diagnostic tests and effective therapies that can slow the disease.

In this talk, Dr Miratul Muqit will discuss how genetic and biochemical discoveries are transforming our understanding of the biological basis of Parkinson’s. This has elaborated key signalling pathways that when disrupted in neurons lead to disease onset and progression. Dr Muqit will discuss the potential application of this fundamental knowledge towards therapeutic strategies against Parkinson’s

The lecture will be webcast live and the video recording will be available shortly after the event.

Attending the event

• Free to attend
• No registration required
• Doors open from 18:00, and seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis
• Live subtitles will be available
• British Sign Language interpretation will be available on request. Please let the Events team know if you plan to attend at least two weeks before the event
• This event may be popular, and entry cannot be guaranteed
• Travel and accessibility information:
• https://royalsociety.org/about-us/contact-us/carlton-house-terrace-london/

The award

The Francis Crick Medal and Lecture is awarded annually in any field in the biological sciences. Preference is given to genetics, molecular biology and neurobiology, the general areas in which Francis Crick worked, and to fundamental theoretical work, which was the hallmark of Crick’s science.

The Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2018 is awarded to Dr Miratul Muqit in recognition of his research on cell signalling linked to neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease.

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