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Natasha Vassileff is a postdoctoral researcher at the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, Australian National University, specializing in investigating neurodegenerative diseases and neuroinflammation. Her PhD from La Trobe University focused on understanding extracellular vesicles (EVs), which are small particles involved in intercellular communication and play a role in propagating neurodegenerative diseases through alterations in protein and miRNA cargo. During her doctoral studies, she successfully isolated EVs from human post-mortem brain tissue samples, serum samples, and cell culture supernatants. She became proficient in miRNA generation sequencing analysis, digital RT-PCR, and proteomics analysis for identifying post-translational modifications. Additionally, her animal studies characterized the role EVs play in facilitating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). At the Australian National University, she continues her research on the role of neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis and progression of neurodegeneration, with the hope of identifying protein post-translational modifications induced by neuroinflammation.
Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, Australian National University • Canberra, Australia
Investigating neurodegenerative diseases and neuroinflammation.
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