In honor of FA Awareness month in May, FARA is proud to present: The third annual FA Research Flash Talks series - featuring Young Investigators from FARA funded laboratories around the world. This four-part series covers key aspects of FARA funded research from gene silencing and disease mechanisms to therapeutic avenues and clinical insights. Each session includes Flash Talks from four to five Young Investigators (ie, postdocs and graduate students) moderated by an FA Community member. Each Flash Talk is limited to a maximum of five minutes and a single PowerPoint slide and is suitable for a lay audience.
Session 1 covered the following topics:
- Learning about the function of frataxin from amoebas
- Discovering new disease pathways in FA brain cells
- Investigating heart cell metabolic changes to understand FA cardiomyopathy
- Gene editing and stem cells: turning futuristic concepts into realistic therapies for FA
Register for May 12th, 19th or 26th Sessions
View the full Flash Talks playlist
