Where it all began

This week I’m heading to Zurich to meet Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Berger, Director, Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Zurich.

Prof. Berger is no stranger to the Norrie community, having presented the advances made by researchers studying the norrin protein at the 2009 & 2012 international conferences organized by the NDA. His lab has a longstanding interest in Norrie disease. The lab boasts two important 'firsts' - the gene for Norrie disease was first identified here in 1992 by positional cloning and the first mouse model for the disease was generated in the lab in 1996. Click here to see the Norrie disease research webpage at the Institute of Medical Molecular Genetics‘ website.

As I have yet to attend an NDA conference, this is the first time I will be meeting Prof. Berger. This is an amazing opportunity and I intend to make the most of it. My list of questions and stuff to discuss is growing by the minute!

Till next time then,
Meenu.