Image: Mattias Pettersson
Image: Mattias Pettersson
Research group I do research on the genetics behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). My main focus is on the expansion of a repetitive sequence (the hexanucleotide GGGGCC) in C9orf72 – the most common mutation know to cause ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Angelica Nordin, researcher and physician, is preparing samples for genetic analysis.
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Ulrika Nordström, staff scientist, and Angelica Nordin are looking at sequencing data from a sample from a patient or a research subject.
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Angelica Nordin and Eva Jonsson, lab assistant, are discussing sequencing data. The analysis can reveal whether a mutation known to cause ALS is present in the genome.
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Angelica Nordin sees patients at the Clinical Genetics Clinic or through the use of digital tools.
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Hayoung Lee, Eva Jonsson, Isil Keskin, Arvin Behzadi, Ulrika Nordström, Angelica Nordin, Helena Alstermark and Karin Forsberg are members of different research groups but work together through the ALS collaboration at Umeå University and University Hospital of Northern Sweden.
Image Mattias Pettersson