A team from WEHI’s Parkinson’s Disease Research Centre has been announced as a finalist for the Eureka Prize for Scientific Research.
The team – Professor David Komander, Dr Sylvie Callegari, Dr Zhong Yan Gan, Dr Alisa Glukhova and Dr Nicholas Kirk – has been honoured for their research revealing how a key protein linked to early-onset Parkinson’s disease works.
Their research also showed how the damage-sensing protein, PINK1, attaches to mitochondria and has opened new avenues for drug discovery to slow or halt Parkinson’s progression.
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are among Australia’s most distinguished science awards, honouring excellence across the areas of research and innovation, leadership, science engagement, and school science.
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