Background pattern of a brain with neural connections
Michel Goedert

Michel Goedert

Lead PI (Core Leadership)

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Michel Goedert is a Programme Leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, United Kingdom. His work established that tau protein is the central component of the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer’s disease and that alpha-synuclein is the major component of the filamentous inclusions of Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy.

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Goedert

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PD Heterogeneity

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Fibril Alpha-synuclein Protein aggregates LRRK2 GBA (Glucocerebrosidase) Cryo-EM Lewy bodies Seeding assays A53T MSA (Multiple system atrophy) iPSC neurons Conformational strains PD heterogeneity: alpha-synuclein seeding

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Team Goedert

Michel Goedert

Michel Goedert

Lead PI (Core Leadership)
Maria Grazia Spillantini

Maria Grazia Spillantini

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Zane Jaunmuktane

Zane Jaunmuktane

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Sjors Scheres

Sjors Scheres

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Yang Yang

Yang Yang

Co-PI (Core Leadership)

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