Nancy Bonini
American neuroscientist and geneticist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nancy M. Bonini (born 1959) is an American neuroscientist and geneticist, best known for pioneering the use of Drosophila as a model organism to study neurodegeneration of the human brain. Using the Drosophila model approach, Bonini's laboratory has identified genes and pathways that are important in the development and progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's Disease),[5] Alzheimer's disease,[6] and Parkinson's disease,[7][8] as well as aging, neural injury and regeneration,[9] and response to environmental toxins.[8]
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Born | 1959 (age 64–65)[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University (AB) University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD) |
Known for | Developed the first Drosophila model of human neurodenerative disease |
Spouse | Anthony Cashmore |
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Scientific career | |
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Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Doctoral advisor | David L. Nelson |
Website | http://web.sas.upenn.edu/bonini-lab/ |
A professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania since 1994, Bonini has held appointments as the inaugural Lucille B. Williams Term Professor of Biology (2006–2012),[10] an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2000–2013),[2][11] and the Florence RC Murray Professor of Biology (since 2012).[12] She was editor of the Annual Review of Genetics from 2018-2021.[13][14]