A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan won a three-year grant to support her work investigating the cellular mechanisms underlying Huntington’s disease.
The Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) awarded its Berman-Topper Family HD Career Development Fellowship to Elizabeth Tidwell, PhD, whose project, “Determining the structure of Huntingtin RNA and RNA-protein complexes using single particle cryo-electron microscopy,” focuses on further understanding how excessive CAG repeats lead to cellular dysfunction in Huntington’s.
The fellowship, awarding up to $100,000 per year for three years to early-career scientists, is designed to support the next generation of leaders in Huntington’s research by giving them the resources and support they need to stay in the field. The goal is to ultimately fuel progress in the understanding and treatment of the rare neurodegenerative disease…