Funded Research Projects

2024

Investigating Calcium-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in zebrafish and iPSC models of SMA

Principal investigator(s):

Dr. Sorana Ciura

2024

Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells as untapped therapeutic targets for SMA long-term treatment (SATSMA)

Principal investigator(s):

Dr. Nathalie Didier

2024

Are microvascular defects relevant in Spinal Muscular Atrophy?: Characterisation of the mouse model

Principal investigator(s):

Prof. Dr. Simon Parson

2024

Deciphering the Molecular Landscape of Neuromuscular Development in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Principal investigator(s):

Dr. Morgan Gazzola

2024

Leveraging SMN role in translation to develop the next-gen of biomarkers for SMA

Principal investigator(s):

Dr. Gabriella Viero

2022

Dysfunction of Macrophages in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

Principal investigator(s):

Prof. Dr. Peter Claus

2022

Investigating microvasculopathy in SMA patients and their response to nusinersen, onasemnogene abeparvovec and risdiplam.

Principal investigator(s):

Dr. Haiyan Zhou

2022

Nuclear and cytoplasmic phase separation enable novel functions of the SMN complex in RNP homeostasis.

Principal investigator(s):

Professor Oliver Gruß