Postdoctoral fellow Sydney Cason, PhD, is one of the 21 Life Science Research Foundation 2024 Awardees.
Cason is primarily interested in the fundamental processes driving neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. She received the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Award for her proposal, titled "Investigating lipid transport proteins involved in plasma membrane physiology and disease.” Such research would be invaluable in demonstrating how lipid transport proteins impact plasma membrane function and contribute to consequent disease mechanisms, potentially leading to new therapeutic targets.
Cason’s work is conducted under the mentorship of Pietro De Camilli, MD, John Klingenstein Professor of Neuroscience and professor of cell biology.