BSRC Fleming PhD candidate Kalliopi Atsoniou was awarded the best oral presentation prize at the 5th Panhellenic Congress of the Hellenic Society of Medical Geneticists held in February 2024 in Athens.
BSRC Fleming PhD candidate Kalliopi Atsoniou was awarded the best oral presentation prize at the 5th Panhellenic Congress of the Hellenic Society of Medical Geneticists, held in February 2024 in Athens, Greece. The paper she presented was entitled: "Behavioral and cognitive deficits in models of neurofibromatosis type 1". Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an inherited genetic disorder with a wide range of symptoms, including learning, memory, attention deficits and sleep disorders, among others. In this context the researcher seeks to uncover the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the behavioural dysfunction of NF1 using the Drosophila melanogaster NF1 disease model.