17^th Global Neuroscience Conference

Biography

Yusuf Issa Olakunle is a PhD student in Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) Academia Sinica of the Neuroscience, at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Physiology from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, in 2010, and M.S.c degree in Physiology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2014. He currently conducts his research works in Dr. Yang’s laboratory in the Department of Physiology, NCKU, and demonstrates on the therapeutic roles of FGF9 and miR-196a in Huntington’s disease (HD). 

Abstract

Abstract : Fibroblast Growth Factor 9 Suppresses cell death through ERK signalling in Huntington’s disease