Canoeing from Oxford to Reading for NPC charities
Members of the Platt lab set out on their latest challenge to raise money and awareness for two Niemann-Pick disease charities: NPUK (Niemann-Pick UK) and NPRF (Niemann-Pick Research Foundation).
New publication
Paper published in Scientific Reports about the positive effects of inhibition of beta-glucocerebrosidase in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Please follow link to read the paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28701774
Paton Prize talks in the Department of Pharmacology
From the Departmental Newsletter: Congratulations to Mylene Huebecker of the Fran Platt lab and James Bae of the Ming Lei lab who shared last week’s Paton Prize of £250. Mylene’s presentation was entitled ‘Glycosphingolipids relevant…
Tough Mudder for Parkinson’s UK
We made it! The Tough Mudder London West (12 miles of mud & obstacles) on 7th May was an excellent, but very challenging, opportunity for us to gain some fitness during the training sessions and fund-raise for a good cause at the same time.
GRS and GRC on Lysosomal Diseases 2017
Fran and some members of the Platt lab participated in the Gordon Research Conference on Lysosomal Diseases in Il Ciocco in Italy.
Cake and mulled wine for Parkinson’s UK
Mylene organised a successful cake and mulled wine event in her Department and helped to raise £250 for Parkinson’s UK...
Christmas Party
The whole Platt Lab was getting into the Christmas Spirit on the 8th December.
New Publication
Paper published in Wellcome Open Research on pathogenic mycobacteria achieving cellular persistence by inhibiting the Niemann-Pick Type C disease cellular pathway.
Walk from Oxford to Wyboston for Niemann-Pick UK
We made it! There was a lot of pain and a lot of blisters, but we finished our walk!
New Publication
Paper published in Science Translational Medicine on heat shock protein-based therapy as a potential candidate for treating the sphingolipidoses.