2026/04/01 · 1 voice
Medicine · Neuroscience · #Biotechnology and Related Fields #Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases #Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
paper · doi:10.1242/dmm.052960
openalex publication_date 2026/04/01 · openalex created_date 2026/05/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/06
First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Ana Filipa Castro is first author on ‘ Embryonic spinocerebellar ataxia type 37-associated AUUUC repeat RNA causes neurodevelopmental defects’, published in DMM. Ana Filipa is a PhD student in the lab of Isabel Silveira at the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) and the i3S-Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie neurodegenerative diseases caused by repeat mutations, with a focus on generating animal models and developing therapeutic strategies.