Presentation to Parkinson's UK Edinburgh Research Interest Group

Edinburgh Research Interest Group (ERIG) organised by Parkinson’s UK Edinburgh branch met once again on 22nd April 2023 to hear from three different PhD students and award the Ken Bowler Travel Bursary to the best talk. Noelia Pelegrina-Hidalgo, a second-year PhD student  from our group, spoke about her project involving imaging neuronal extracellular vesicles to investigate Parkinson’s disease using biofluids. This study can lead to the development of an earlier diagnostic tool to detect the disease before neurodegeneration has occurred critical areas of the brain.




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