Vesicular trafficking in neurons in health and disease [ 2014 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Frederic Meunier (Principal investigator)

Brief description Plethora of diseases of the nervous system are caused by defects in vesicular trafficking including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. I will explore the mechanisms underpinning synaptic vesicular trafficking using novel super resolution techniques and reveal the how secretory vesicles traffic to the plasma membrane, undergo exocytosis, and recycle. I will also explain how in the crowded environment of the presynaptic terminals, retrograde cargoes are transported back to the cell body thereby carrying survival signals.

Funding Amount $664,515.00

Funding Scheme Research Fellowships

Notes Research Fellowship