2020 Postcard from Palm Springs
Highlights from the 2020 CHDI HD Therapeutics Conference are now here! This year’s Postcard covers HTT-lowering therapeutics, including an
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Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED
MEET OUR 2025 UNDERGRADUATE RECIPIENTS
1. Brianna Adams – Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland
- Title of Research: Synaptic activity as a driver of DNA damage and somatic expansion in HD
2. Alexandra Bérubé Ebacher – Université Laval, Québec City, Québec
- Title of Research: Shedding light on the huntingtin protein
3. Isabella Bu – University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
- Title of Research: Investigating S-Nitrosylation of MCUB in mitochondrial calcium dysregulation and Huntington’s Disease
4. Maya Klepfish – McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- Title of Research: The use of AI-generated peptides with the CK2 kinase catalytic domain to restore Huntingtin N17 phosphorylation
5. Yusra Kureshi – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
- Title of Research: Optimizing nanodiscs to improve antisense oligonucleotide delivery in the treatment of Huntington disease
6. Christiana Lammers – University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
- Title of Research: Evaluating DLK activity in brain samples from Huntington’s disease patients
7. Shannon Pulido – Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland
- Title of Research: Synaptic activity as a driver of DNA damage and somatic expansion in HD
8. Fatma Slim – University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
- Title of Research: Vascular innervation and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Huntington’s disease using human iPSC-derived vascularized brain organoids
Click here to download the 2025 Undergraduate Application.
Click here to download the 2025 Undergraduate Info Sheet.
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