A new genome editing method called CRISPR/Cas9 was used to study the role of the transporter in zebrafish and showed that when the SLC39A14 gene is disrupted, there is a build-up of manganese in the brain and impaired motor behaviour similar to that seen in humans
(but failed to bring back any pasteis de nata)
Joanna was awarded a travel grant to attend the Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium in September 2016.
At the Advanced Course in Behaviour and Neural Systems at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon.
Pedro and Joanna’s lab poster was awarded a poster prize, and Joanna was selected to present the lab’s research in the final session of the day.
