New postdoc fellow joins KI group to study roles of p75NTR signaling in neuron survival and differentiation

Shounak Baksi obtained his PhD at the University of Calcutta, India, in September 2009. His thesis work focused on studies of alterations in Growth Factor Receptor Protein Binding Protein 2 (Grb2) signaling in Huntington’s disease cell model. His postdoctoral studies in Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, under the direction of Dr. Neena Singh,  focused on the role of Parkinson’s disease protein alpha synuclein in retinal and brain iron homeostasis. Shounak established the role of alpha synuclein in the process of transferrin receptor endocytosis. Shounak joins the KI team to pursue studies of p75 signaling mutant mice.