Professor Garth Nicholson is a world leader in neurogenetics having identified the genes for several neuromuscular disorders resulting in four papers in Nature Genetics. He first identified the gene for hereditary liability to pressure palsies and later the gene causing hereditary sensory neuropathy. This led to development of a novel diagnostic test and the first applications to prenatal genetic diagnosis, which have now led to the birth of four healthy unaffected babies to parent with this condition. He mapped the first chromosome locus for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy and new forms of CMT and made important contributions in familial Parkinsons disease, acoustic neuroma, Friedrich’s ataxia and motor neuron disease research. He is a Board Member of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (USA) and member of the European Neuromuscular Consortium.
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Laboratory HeadProfessor Garth A Nicholson MBBS, PhD - email
Principal Scientist:
Dr Marina Kennerson PhD - email
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