Research Interests Molecular aspects of neurodegenerative disease
Novel neuroprotective strategies
Understanding neural functions of novel proteins
Huntington's and other polyglutamine diseases
Transcriptional regulation in the nervous system
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Functional Neurogenomics
The Laboratory of Functional Neurogenomics (LNGF) uses microarray gene expression profiling and other molecular approaches to uncover new aspects of brain function and neurodegenerative disease.
The LNGF studies the effects of pharmacologic agents, environment, and disease-causing proteins on the expression of the mammalian genome.
This information is then used to understand which molecular changes are responsible for a particular brain-related process.
Currently our efforts focus on the molecular study of polyglutamine diseases (such as Huntington's disease), and the normal function and dysfunction of the basal ganglia (particularly the striatum).
Contact us :
Prof. Ruth LUTHI-CARTER
Assistant Professor
EPFL / School of Life Sciences
Brain Mind Institute
Laboratory of Functional Neurogenomics (LNGF)
Station 15
1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
Phone: +41 21 6939533
Fax: +41 21 6939628
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