Right at the end of April I joined Andrew MacColl and his team on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. My second time on North Uist and it was even better than the first since I had a bit more of an idea of the way things were done. As you see from the photos above this place looks like imagined 'Paradise'. The weather was mostly dry and field work was in full swing when I arrived. This year Megan took the Loligo systems microplate array to measure oxygen consumption in eggs developing at different temperatures. Henry rescued my wellington boots from the mud numerous times. Ben had taken a wetsuit and was able to find me a few sponges. Each day was spent setting and emptying traps followed by lab work in 'production-line' style. It was extremely enjoyable and also very productive.
New research by a Nottingham academic linking the neurodegenerative disease Parkinson’s to changes in a protein in brain mitochondria is to receive support from a prestigious US funding agency. Dr Lisa Chakrabarti, at The University of Nottingham, will receive $75,000 for a one-year research project from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), which is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s and funds promising research that could result in new treatments to slow, stop or reverse the progression of the disease. Dr Chakrabarti said: “We are trying to look at mitochondrial biology from a totally different perspective, which could have important implications for Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. The funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation will help us to confirm whether some of the protein changes we see in Parkinson’s are related to disease course.” http://exchange.nottingham.ac.uk/research/parkinsons-study-receives-fu...
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