[NFS-01] Frontier of repeat disease

[NFS-01-2] Pathogenesis of SCA31

Kinya Ishikawa (The Center for Personalized Medicine for Healthy Aging, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)

Among the hereditary neurodegenerative diseases in past decades, an expansion of the number of triplet repeat sequences has been identified as a causative mutation. However, very recently, an expansion of a number of Penta- and hexa-repeat related diseases have been identified in spinocerebellar ataxia, ALS, and epilepsy. In this symposium, we invited pioneers of these findings. The audience will be able to touch on the forefront of the molecular pathogenesis of new mechanism of neurological disorders.

1989 Graduated from the University of Tsukuba, Medical School.
1996-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
2003 Junior Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
2015 Professor, Center for the Personalized Medicine for Healthy Aging, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.