Postdoctoral Fellowships: Session 2022 Selected Projects

Within the framework of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships programme, we are pleased to announce the successful applications for the session 2022, which targeted research on Down syndrome and co-occurring disorders (pathologies that are present also in the general population and for which people with Down syndrome are at increased risk such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism, leukaemia, epilepsy, hypotonia, cardiovascular disease and diabetes).

4 projects were selected from the 27 applications received. This represents a selection rate of 15% and an overall budget of €555.000.

Selected fellows:

Asaad Baksh
Andre Strydom Lab. King’s College London. UK
Project: Understanding unique health needs to inform personalised treatment: multimorbidity and clusters of long-term health conditions in people with Down syndrome compared to the general population and people with other intellectual disabilities

Pasquale D’Acunzo
Efrat Levy lab. Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc. at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. New York. USA
Project: Elucidating the role of mitovesicles, newly identified extracellular vesicles of mitochondrial origin, in the propagation of mitochondrial dysfunction in Down syndrome

Anna Moyer
Summer Thyme Lab. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Birmingham. USA
Project: HMGN1 as a Mediator of Dysregulated Sonic Hedgehog Signalling and Autism Risk in Down Syndrome

Alexia Tiberi
Antonino Cattaneo Lab. Scuola Normale Superiore. Pisa. Italy
Project: Microglial cells as contributors to the excitatory/inhibitory balance: a key to understanding epileptic prevalence in Down Syndrome.