The van Aalten lab has been awarded ScotPEN Wellcome Engagement Award to run an innovative project focused on the role of science, lifestyle and one’s social circle in managing neurodegenerative diseases (NDs).
University of Dundee researchers have discovered a new neurodevelopmental disease caused by genetic mutations and helped explain why patients with these mutations suffer this condition.
Researchers in the School have discovered a new neurodevelopmental disease caused by genetic mutations and helped explain why patients with these mutations suffer this condition.
Published on 28 April 2020
Research interests
The role of the O-GlcNAc posttranslational modification in neurodegeneration
Awards
Award
Year
Major Personal Funding Awards
/ Wellcome Investigator Award
2015
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2010
Personal Fellowships
/ Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship
2009
National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990
/ Lister Research Prize Fellowship
2006
Personal Fellowships
/ Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship