Jordi Magrané

By David Woods, PhD.

A Barcelona fan with goals in mind for FA

Barcelona born Jordi Magrané says that his interest in mechanisms of neurodegeneration and the role of mitochondria in neurodegenerative disease led him at first into research on Alzheimer’s and ALS.

But since working with Friedreich’s Ataxia , he has found a greater sense of collaboration and less competitiveness than in the other areas of research he has tried. Research in Friedreich’s Ataxia is an area, he says, in which he’s felt really comfortable. And he credits FARA for much of that. His interest in abnormal mitochondrial axonal transport is especially applicable in FA.

Yogesh Chutake

By David Woods, PhD.

A love of research; and especially its 'bench to bedside' approach

Yogesh Chutake has always loved research since the time of his being a research scholar at the University of Mumbai in his native India.

Yogesh was offered research opportunities in the UK and Europe but decided on the US, coming to the United States as a PhD student and continuing as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Kimberly Lin

By David Woods, PhD.

Young Patients Seek Honesty and Trust in Medical Encounters

As an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and as the mother of 8-year-old Emily; 5-year-old Katie; and 2-year-old Nate, Dr. Kimberly Lin can stake a strong claim to knowing everything about kids from both a professional and a maternal standpoint.

She is quick to point out, though, that children are pretty smart patients. “They’ll feel you out,” she says. “They’re suspicious at first; they’re not sure when they can trust you.”

Dr. David Reid Corey

By David Woods, PhD.

A researcher into genetics with his own enviable genes

If there's any truth in the phrase publish or perish, David Corey is hardly in mortal danger: he has served as the author or co-author of some 121 research publications. Not only that, but he comes to his position as a relatively new FA researcher with an impeccable pedigree: His father, Elias James Corey, won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1990… and still serves as a Harvard professor at the age of 86. So David has some pretty good genes both for scientific attainment and for longevity.