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Sonia Gandhi (scientist)

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155: 296:. This damage forced a channel on mitochondria to open and made them less efficient in their production of energy, causing them to swell and leak essential chemicals – eventually causing the cell to die. To perform the experiments, Gandhi and colleagues turned human skin cells into stem cells, which were converted into 475:
Gilks, William P; Abou-Sleiman, Patrick M; Gandhi, Sonia; Jain, Shushant; Singleton, Andrew; Lees, Andrew J; Shaw, Karen; Bhatia, Kailash P; Bonifati, Vincenzo; Quinn, Niall P; Lynch, John (2005). "A common LRRK2 mutation in idiopathic Parkinson's disease".
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Gandhi, Sonia; Wood-Kaczmar, Alison; Yao, Zhi; Plun-Favreau, Helene; Deas, Emma; Klupsch, Kristina; Downward, Julian; Latchman, David S.; Tabrizi, Sarah J.; Wood, Nicholas W.; Duchen, Michael R. (2009-03-13).
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in 2009. In 2012 she was awarded a Wellcome Trust intermediate clinical fellowship to study the misfolding of
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PINK1-Associated Parkinson's Disease Is Caused by Neuronal Vulnerability to Calcium-Induced Cell Death
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that could be investigated into the laboratory. She was part of a team who investigated the use of
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and mitochondrial physiology to study the behaviour of alpha-synuclein at the molecular level.
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A common LRRK2 mutation in idiopathic Parkinson's disease
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is a British physician and neuroscientist who leads the
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Institute, UK DRI: UK Dementia Research (2020-06-01).
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In February 2020 Gandhi was awarded a 203:Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery 956:Academics of the Francis Crick Institute 715:"Dr Sonia Gandhi awarded new fellowship" 611:"Dr Sonia Gandhi awarded new fellowship" 397: 395: 338: 118:The role of PINK1 in Parkinson's disease 267:UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology 227:UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology 175:UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology 908: 470: 468: 379: 377: 304:as a means to slow the progression of 243:National Institute for Health Research 236: 634: 632: 630: 576: 574: 392: 323:, Gandhi studied the epidemiology of 951:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 931:21st-century British medical doctors 549: 547: 419: 417: 16:British physician and neuroscientist 712: 608: 465: 374: 13: 946:Alumni of the University of Oxford 627: 571: 14: 972: 742:"Coronavirus (COVID-19) research" 544: 453:Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre 414: 261:, and how this misfolding causes 961:British people of Indian descent 671:. UK Dementia Research Institute 941:Parkinson's disease researchers 844: 785: 758: 706: 682: 665:"UK DRI: UK Dementia Research…" 656: 343:Gandhi's publications include: 193:Gandhi studied neuroscience at 602: 520: 441: 1: 926:British women neuroscientists 490:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17830-1 367: 271:induced pluripotent stem cell 870:10.1016/j.molcel.2009.02.013 404:publications indexed by the 217:. In 2004 she was awarded a 7: 10: 977: 195:Trinity College, Cambridge 18: 132: 128: 110: 93:University College London 86: 68: 61: 53:University College London 35: 28: 408:bibliographic database. 310:Medical Research Council 189:Early life and education 19:For the politician, see 921:British neuroscientists 410:(subscription required) 333:Francis Crick Institute 331:that took place at the 306:multiple system atrophy 290:Francis Crick Institute 251:Imperial College London 168:Francis Crick Institute 102:Imperial College London 97:Francis Crick Institute 43:University of Cambridge 388:Europe PubMed Central 339:Selected publications 283:single-molecule FRET 229:, and completed her 215:Whittington Hospital 207:Hammersmith Hospital 199:University of Oxford 48:University of Oxford 811:10.1155/2012/428010 582:"Sonia Gandhi, PhD" 325:coronavirus disease 314:Parkinson's disease 281:. She makes use of 259:Parkinson's disease 237:Research and career 179:Parkinson's disease 81:Parkinson's disease 713:UCL (2020-02-21). 609:UCL (2020-02-21). 386:publications from 241:She was awarded a 148:/find-a-researcher 73:Protein misfolding 484:(9457): 415–416. 425:"Dr Sonia Gandhi" 321:COVID-19 pandemic 183:COVID-19 pandemic 171:neurodegeneration 161: 160: 77:Neurodegeneration 63:Scientific career 968: 900: 899: 889: 848: 842: 841: 831: 813: 789: 783: 782: 780: 779: 762: 756: 755: 753: 752: 738: 729: 728: 726: 725: 710: 704: 703: 701: 700: 686: 680: 679: 677: 676: 660: 654: 653: 651: 650: 636: 625: 624: 622: 621: 606: 600: 599: 597: 596: 578: 569: 568: 566: 565: 551: 542: 541: 539: 538: 524: 518: 517: 472: 463: 462: 460: 459: 445: 439: 438: 436: 435: 421: 412: 411: 399: 390: 381: 329:COVID-19 testing 157: 152: 149: 147: 145: 143: 141: 139: 124: 26: 25: 976: 975: 971: 970: 969: 967: 966: 965: 906: 905: 904: 903: 849: 845: 790: 786: 777: 775: 772:Financial Times 763: 759: 750: 748: 740: 739: 732: 723: 721: 711: 707: 698: 696: 688: 687: 683: 674: 672: 661: 657: 648: 646: 638: 637: 628: 619: 617: 607: 603: 594: 592: 586:michaeljfox.org 580: 579: 572: 563: 561: 553: 552: 545: 536: 534: 526: 525: 521: 473: 466: 457: 455: 447: 446: 442: 433: 431: 423: 422: 415: 409: 400: 393: 382: 375: 370: 341: 279:cell physiology 255:alpha-synuclein 239: 191: 136: 122: 106: 79: 75: 57: 36:Alma mater 31: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 974: 964: 963: 958: 953: 948: 943: 938: 933: 928: 923: 918: 902: 901: 864:(5): 627–638. 858:Molecular Cell 843: 784: 757: 730: 719:Brain Sciences 705: 681: 655: 626: 601: 570: 559:wellcome.ac.uk 543: 528:"Sonia Gandhi" 519: 464: 440: 413: 391: 372: 371: 369: 366: 365: 364: 358: 357: 351: 350: 340: 337: 238: 235: 219:Wellcome Trust 201:to complete a 190: 187: 159: 158: 134: 130: 129: 126: 125: 114: 108: 107: 105: 104: 99: 94: 90: 88: 84: 83: 70: 66: 65: 59: 58: 56: 55: 50: 45: 39: 37: 33: 32: 29: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 973: 962: 959: 957: 954: 952: 949: 947: 944: 942: 939: 937: 934: 932: 929: 927: 924: 922: 919: 917: 916:Living people 914: 913: 911: 897: 893: 888: 883: 879: 875: 871: 867: 863: 859: 855: 847: 839: 835: 830: 825: 821: 817: 812: 807: 803: 799: 795: 788: 774: 773: 768: 761: 747: 743: 737: 735: 720: 716: 709: 695: 691: 685: 670: 666: 659: 645: 641: 635: 633: 631: 616: 612: 605: 591: 587: 583: 577: 575: 560: 556: 550: 548: 533: 529: 523: 515: 511: 507: 503: 499: 495: 491: 487: 483: 479: 471: 469: 454: 450: 444: 430: 426: 420: 418: 407: 403: 398: 396: 389: 385: 380: 378: 373: 363: 360: 359: 356: 353: 352: 349: 346: 345: 344: 336: 334: 330: 326: 322: 317: 315: 311: 307: 303: 299: 295: 291: 286: 284: 280: 276: 272: 268: 264: 263:neurotoxicity 260: 256: 252: 248: 244: 234: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 196: 186: 184: 181:. 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Sonia Gandhi
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
University College London
Protein misfolding
Neurodegeneration
Parkinson's disease
Francis Crick Institute
Imperial College London
Thesis
The role of PINK1 in Parkinson's disease
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Francis Crick Institute
neurodegeneration
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Parkinson's disease
COVID-19 pandemic
Trinity College, Cambridge
University of Oxford
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Hammersmith Hospital
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Whittington Hospital
Wellcome Trust
neuroscience
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
PhD
National Institute for Health Research
lectureship

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