Joseph Ochaba

Staff Writer

Irvine, California, USA

Joseph Ochaba is a PhD researcher at University of California Irvine, United States working under the guidance of Dr. Leslie Thompson. His research focuses on studying the role that SUMOylation (a protein modification pathway) plays in Huntington's disease, with hopes of targeting the SUMO pathway to identify novel therapeutic targets. In addition, he is also studying the normal huntingtin cellular function in autophagy and how expansion of the poly-Q repeat may impair this function in HD.

Articles written by Joseph Ochaba

• mTORC1 tips the scales in Huntington’s disease mice
• Is a new Huntington’s Disease drug study on the right Trk?
• Gene silencing drug safe in ALS patients... bring on Huntington's disease trials
• The 'N17' region of huntingtin protein: an address label in Huntington's disease?
• Of mice and men: using animal models to study Huntington's disease