by Jessica Lao | Oct 19, 2018 | Rare Diseases |
The 2018 Yeast Genetics Meeting (#Yeast18) was held in August at Stanford University in Palo Alto. I learned about the latest developments in research and advances in tools and technology, reconnected with former colleagues, and established new connections and...
by Jessica Lao | Oct 5, 2018 | Pancreatitis |
In our previous CFTR-pancreatitis blog post, I discussed our plan of action for developing yeast models of pancreatitis-associated CFTR variants as a part of our Pancreatitis PerlQuest partnership with Mission: Cure. In this post, I will share with you the progress...
by Naz Dana | Oct 4, 2018 | Rare Diseases |
The Global Genes 2018 RARE Patient Advocacy Summit – one of the key events in the rare disease world – wraps up today. As the largest worldwide gathering of rare disease patients, advocates, and thought leaders, the summit brought together over 100 experts, who led...
by Gabriela Colmenares | Sep 11, 2018 | GNAO1 |
As part of Perlara’s collaboration with the Undiagnosed Disease Network (UDN) and Harvard Medical School on the GNAO1 PerlQuest – which our Director of R&D, Nina DiPrimio, introduced in a previous post – I have been working with the yeast team headed...
by Ethan Perlstein | Aug 11, 2018 | Rare Diseases |
In late June, I attended the Mucolipidosis Type IV Foundation’s ML4 Family and Research Conference in Atlanta. It was my first time attending and presenting at this intimate, biennial gathering of families, scientists and physician scientists, some of whom have known...
