{"id":14,"date":"2021-08-01T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-05-07T17:16:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T17:16:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-386f0484 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"386f0484\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b5f1e63\" data-id=\"2b5f1e63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c377348 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c377348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Welcome!<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\r\n<div>\r\n<h4>MMS lab aims to study the molecular mechanisms of the abnormal aggregation of amyloid\u00a0 proteins such as amyloid-beta, alpha-synuclein, and tau, key proteins that may trigger neurodegenerative amyloidopathies, such as Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, Parkinson&#8217;s disease among many others.<\/h4>\r\n<h4>To be able to cure neurodegenerative amyloidopathies, it is crucial to comprehend the factors driving the accumulation and aggregation of amyloid proteins. However, is it is incredibly difficult to\u00a0 study why amyloid protein begin to misfold and aggregate, beacuse of the transient nature and molecular complexity of these processes.<\/h4>\r\n<h4><\/h4>\r\n<h4>We develop and use novel interdisciplinary approaches that allow the characterization of amyloid proteins directly in their physiological conditions, in neurons and tissues.\u00a0 Utilizing state-of-the-art molecular imaging technologies in conjunction with cell biology techniques, we aim to perform exciting experiments that will allow to classify amyloid structures and characterize amyloid neurotoxicity, thus visualizing them in the act of neuronal damage.<\/h4>\r\n<h4>Our ambitious goals build on our recent development of super-resolution fluorescence-guided infrared spectroscopic approach that enabled structural imaging with spatial and temporal resolution in living tissues. We believe that combining different techniques applied on the same sample will allow us to gain greater insight as well as to find efficient treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=8b905baf5c&amp;attid=0.3&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1765239949362676445&amp;th=187f64619d1742dd&amp;view=fimg&amp;fur=ip&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ9oDEecuPn1zjAr-cS-AUWVG0311m9QcDr9PEHmNTkVYubKW0XEJILkgNKms0Fip2NAcMnRXPLGxgi9t6nT9GclpjzYGhaf5h5ZWmL0Lo6jlNuG4KoQHM54aUw&amp;disp=emb\" width=\"1142\" height=\"481\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! MMS lab aims to study the molecular mechanisms of the abnormal aggregation of amyloid\u00a0 proteins such as amyloid-beta, alpha-synuclein, and tau, key proteins that may trigger neurodegenerative amyloidopathies, such as Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, Parkinson&#8217;s disease among many others. To be able to cure neurodegenerative amyloidopathies, it is crucial to comprehend the factors driving the accumulation <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmslab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}