Background pattern of a brain with neural connections
Sjors Scheres

Sjors Scheres

Co-PI (Core Leadership)

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Sjors is a group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, where he also jointly heads the Structural Studies Division with Lori Passmore. He studied Chemsitry at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, and he did a postdoc at the Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia in Madrid Spain, before setting up his group in Cambridge. He is a fellow of the UK Royal Society and the UK Academy of Medical Sciences.

Teams

Goedert

Themes

PD Heterogeneity

Tags

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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