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Research Spotlight Webinar with Elena Cattaneo, University of Milan

  • Hereditary Disease Foundation 601 W168th Street, Suite 54 New York, NY, 10032 United States (map)

About the Speaker

Elena Cattaneo, PhD, OMRI
University of Milan
2021 Leslie Gehry Brenner Prize for Innovation in Science Recipient

Dr. Elena Cattaneo leads a laboratory at the University of Milan focused on understanding the physiopathology of Huntington’s disease. Her goal is to develop pharmacological, genetic, and cellular strategies that slow down the course of HD or prevent its onset. She is director of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Pharmacology of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Department of Biosciences. Her laboratory works with HD clinical experts in Italy and globally to assess the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of research findings for clinical translation and application. She is also the co-founder and director of UniStem, the University of Milan’s coordinated center on stem cells which promotes access to information on the study of stem cells to a network of over 100 universities and research centers internationally. In 2013, Professor Cattaneo was appointed a Senator for Life by the President of Italian Republic in recognition of her activities as a champion of science.

Earlier Event: April 20
Research Spotlight Webinar: "Developing regulated CRISPR for Huntington’s disease" with Beverly Davidson and Alejandro Mas Monteys, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Later Event: June 15
Research Spotlight Webinar: "Beyond the HD Gene: Hunting Biological Conspirators to Find Treatments" with Leslie Thompson and Steven Finkbeiner
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