Anna Kaufmann wins the poster prize at the OPDC Research Day 2015

Anna Kaufmann wins the poster prize at the OPDC Research Day 2015

Anna-Kristin Kaufmann receives the poster prize from Richard Wade-Martins, who leads the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre.

On 20th April 2015, the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) held its annual Research Day at the University's new Mathematical Institute. Unit D.Phil. student Anna-Kristin Kaufmann, who is co-supervised by Dr Paul Dodson and Professor Peter Magill, presented a poster entitled "LRRK2 BAC-transgenic rats develop late-stage deficits in dopaminergic transmission and reduced burst firing of SNc dopamine neurons",  for which she was jointly awarded the prize for best poster.

Established in 2010, the OPDC is a unique multidisciplinary research centre that brings together lab scientists and clinicians working on the neuronal basis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease.  Unit scientists currently play key roles in OPDC Theme 3, which is focused on the phenotyping of novel animal models of early cell and circuit dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.