Erika Calvo-Ochoa, Assistant Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, has received a $20,000 award from the Kenneth H. Campbell Foundation Research Grants Program. The project is titled Establishment of a novel model of retrograde degeneration in zebrafish to study olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease.
This project seeks to establish a novel model of retrograde neural degeneration by dopaminergic toxicity in the olfactory system of zebrafish in an effort to understand the mechanisms underlying olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease in humans.
Congratulations on your new award, Erika!