Part A of the Genetic factors in MND session recorded at MND NSW 2018 Ask the Experts, for people living with motor neurone disease, their family and friends. (Continued in Part B).
Professor Ian Blair is Director of the Macquarie University Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, a large multidisciplinary MND research program of over 70 research personnel. He conceives, instigates and leads studies to unravel the molecular genetic and cellular basis of MND and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). In the past 10 years, his group has played a key role in most MND gene discoveries worldwide. His team uses these mutant genes as tools to develop cell and animal models that express the mutant proteins to explore the molecular and cellular pathogenesis underlying the disease. These discoveries are also used to develop new diagnostic tests, predict disease onset and progression, and establish new models for therapeutic development.
