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Protein Aggregation: Culprit or Custodian in Neurodegeneration? | Interview with Tiago Outeiro

admin April 4, 2013

Our resident blogger spoke to Professor Tiago Outeiro about his work in the field of neurodegeneration at the last German Neuroscience Society National Meeting in March. Professor Outeiro leads a team at the University of Goettingen Medical School, Germany, in the Department of Neurodegeneration and Restorative Research… Currently, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s… Continue Reading »

Silkworm (Bombyx mori) are growing in popularity as scientific model organisms.
Antibody, Proteintech News, Research focus, Scientist interviews
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GAPDH Antibody Success in Silkworm

admin February 4, 2013

    Proteintech’s resident blogger speaks to Associate Professor Gianluca Tettamanti about work with a model organism growing in popularity… The species is responsible for a commodity that has shaped histories and civilizations for thousands of years, and it still underpins a multimillion dollar industry to this day. In addition to its significant economic impact,… Continue Reading »

Sarah Mueller PhD
General News, Scientist interviews
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Talking Neurodegeneration: ALS and FTLD

admin September 17, 2012

Sarah Müller is a PhD student studying neurodegeneration at the King’s Health Partners Centre for Neurodegeneration Research at King’s College London, UK. Her PhD project focuses on proteins that cause Alzheimer’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobe dementia (FTLD). Recently, we got chance to ask Sarah a few questions about this work as well… Continue Reading »

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Research Focus on Richard Marais – B-RAF and its Signaling Paradox

admin May 8, 2012

This month our resident blogger interviewed Professor Richard Marais, skin cancer expert and recently appointed Director of The Paterson Institute for Cancer Research in Manchester. Preceding this, Marais was Professor of Oncology at The Institute of Cancer Research, where his work with the B-RAF protein uncovered a novel signaling paradigm in cancer… Professor Richard Marais’ lab… Continue Reading »

Scientist interviews
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AACR Special: Interview with Professor Hans Clevers (Part 1)

admin April 19, 2012

During the 2012 AACR Annual Meeting at the beginning of the month, I had the opportunity to meet with AACR speaker Professor Hans Clevers, Director of the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, Netherlands. Catching Clevers’ talk at the meeting, I was keen to ask him about every aspect of his… Continue Reading »

Professor Teri Brentnall MD.
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Interview with Professor Teri Brentnall

admin March 6, 2012

Cancer-Associated Stroma: Allies on the Home Front This month our resident blogger Deb Grainger interviews Professor Teri Brentnall on her latest work featuring Proteintech’s anti-palladin antibody and delves into the nature of palladin-activated stroma: does cancer have an ally behind “enemy” lines? Cancer-associated stroma – the non-cancerous tissues surrounding tumors – are fast gaining recognition as important players… Continue Reading »

You can find out more about SMA research by visiting the SMA Foundation website (logo used with permission)
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Interview with Dione Kobayashi of The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation

admin February 3, 2012

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease characterized by motor neuron loss and muscle atrophy and weakness. The disease is caused by deletion or mutational inactivation of the SMN1 gene that encodes survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein; it is a protein critical to motor neuron health and survival. The disease typically presents… Continue Reading »

General News, Scientist interviews
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Johannes Zuber Interview – RNA Interference: An Approach to Finding Cancer’s “Achilles Heel”

admin January 11, 2012

After a tour around the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), arranged in cooperation with The EMBO Meeting organizers, our resident blogger Deb Grainger asks Group Leader Johannes Zuber about his ongoing work involving RNAi technologies. She also asks what brought his research to the IMP and what  is in store for the future… Johannes Zuber and his… Continue Reading »

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