Dr. Ziv Gan-Or is a neurogeneticist who studies the genetics of Parkinson’s disease, REM sleep behavior disorder and other neurodegenerative disorders. He is an associate professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (The Neuro), McGill University. There, he serves as the co-director of the Clinical Research Unit, which performs all the clinical trials at The Neuro, and as the director of the Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group. Dr. Gan-Or is also an adjunct member of the department of human genetics at McGill University. His lab, the Neurogeneomics and Precision Medicine (NAP-Med) lab, is using advanced genomics and computational methods to study these diseases, with an aim at identifying targets for therapy at the population and the individual levels.
Associated Grants
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Effects of LRRK2 Variants on GCase Activity in iPSC-derived Dopamine Neurons and Microglia
2020
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Studying the Effects of TMEM175 and CTSB on Glucocerebrosidase Activity and Alpha-synuclein Properties
2020
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GBA Sequencing and Detection of Mutations, Deletions, Insertions and Recombinations with the GBA Pseudo Gene
2019
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The Role of Lysosomal Proteins in Inherited Parkinson's Disease Associated with Changes in the GBA gene
2018