International Conference on Neuroimmunology, Neurological disorders and Neurogenetics
Montreal, Canada
Ioanna A. Armata
Dr.Georges L-Dumont University Hospital Center and University of Moncton, Canada
Biography
Dr. Armata is a molecular and cellular neuroscientist, who specializes in dystonia syndromes and myotonic dystrophy 1. Her training and expertise is in the fields of gene expression, functional non-coding mutations, assay development for drug high throughput screenings, and the CRISPR/Cas9 system. She has published over 10 peer reviewed papers, four of which are related to the role of upstream open reading frames in neurological diseases. She obtained her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2008), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship (2008-2012) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and a Research Faculty I appointment at Florida State University (2013-2016), until relocating to Canada for family reasons. At present, she is a Research Fellow holding a joint appointment at Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre and the University of Moncton, Canada, studying translational therapeutics for dystonia and myotonic dystrophy 1.