Research in my group focusses on the mechanism of action of mycolactone, the lipid-like exotoxin of the Buruli ulcer infectious agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans. Mycolactone has many unusual and ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by protein aggregation and overlapping pathologies, challenging traditional classifications and highlighting shared underlying mechanisms. Parkinson’s ...

The Norberg lab current research focuses on Chaperone-mediated Autophagy (CMA), a unique type of mammalian autophagy that only applies to proteins without affecting cellular organelles. Over the ...

Neurons face unique challenges of transporting nascent autophagic vacuoles (AVs) from distal axons toward the soma, where mature lysosomes are mainly located. Autophagy defects have been linked to ...