In this episode we delve deep into science to hear about Professor Ian Ganley's ground-breaking research in the field of mitophagy, one of the body's self cleaning mechanisms that could play a key role in the development of Parkinson's. Not only is Professor Ganley making strides forward in what we know about the process, but his team have invented a prize winning new tool that has revolutionised the pace of progress in this immensely promising area of research worldwide.

Further reading:

https://www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/research/principal-investigator/ian-ganley

Prof. Ganley's paper on the effects of LRRK2 mutations in mitophagy:

https://elifesciences.org/articles/67604