Guisy Pennetta
Lecturer
INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
Post-doctoral fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, US PhD, University of Geneva (Switzerland) BSc, University of Bari (Italy)
Research Interest
Neuron Diseases neurodegenerative diseases
Publications
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Forrest S, Chai A, Sanhueza M, Marescotti M, Parry K, Georgiev A, Sahota V, Mendez-Castro R, Pennetta G. (2013) Increased levels of phosphoinositides cause neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Hum Mol Genet. 22(13):2689-704.
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Sanhueza M, Zechini L, Gillespie T, Pennetta G. (2014) Gain-of-function mutations in the ALS8 causative gene VAPB have detrimental effects on neurons and muscles. Biol Open. 3(1):59-71.
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Sanhueza M, Chai A, Smith C, McCray BA, Simpson TI, Taylor JP, Pennetta G. (2015) Network Analyses Reveal Novel Aspects of ALS Pathogenesis. PLoS Genet. 11(3):e1005107.
