CAT-Genomics in Action
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A UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences LinkedIn post shared by Kaiyrzhanov announced that Professor Henry Houlden became one of the UK Dementia Research Institute Group Leaders within the Parkinson’s Research Centre. Houlden emphasized understanding Parkinson’s genetics across diverse populations and translating discoveries into diagnostics and treatments.
International Neurogenetics Collaborations Multiple LinkedIn posts from collaborators mention both Henry Houlden and Kaiyrzhanov in studies involving: DRD1-driven infantile dystonia Early-onset Parkinson’s disease genetics Novel PD-associated genes Neurogenetics conferences and consortium activities
UCL reported that CAT Genomics recruited more than 2,200 families, identified country-specific variants, and expanded genomic diagnosis efforts in underrepresented populations. Henry Houlden’s group is a major contributor.
A glimpse of the genetics of young-onset Parkinson's disease in Central Asia (2021), authored by Rauan Kaiyrzhanov, John Hardy, and Henry Houlden. The paper highlighted the lack of genomic data from Central Asian populations and the need for region-specific PD genetics research.
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GP2 Annual Investigator Meeting 2025 (Honolulu) Rauan Kaiyrzhanov reported that the CAT-PD team presented project updates on Parkinson’s disease genetics in Central Asia and Transcaucasia. He noted that CAT-PD helped GP2 reach its milestone of 100,000 genotyped samples and that the team received a Best Poster Award.
GP2 Regional Investigators Meeting (Nairobi, 2026) Kaiyrzhanov posted that he presented findings on early-onset and familial Parkinson’s disease genetics in Central Asia and Transcaucasia during the GP2 regional meeting in Nairobi.
Azerbaijan Fieldwork Update He described examining and sampling patients with Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson-plus syndromes while continuing CAT genomics collaborations in Azerbaijan. The post also mentioned sequencing hundreds of families and identifying novel disease genes.
CAT Genomics Long-Read Sequencing In another post, Kaiyrzhanov discussed long-read sequencing helping solve previously unsolved neurological disease cases from the CAT region and highlighted the CSNK1E repeat-expansion discovery.
TV program depicting patients with spinocerebellar ataxia, the level of ataxia service and research in Kazakhstan
May 2019 - Prof. Henry Houlden and Dr. Rauan Kaiyrzhanov are on a field trip in Azerbaijan, Baku
March 2019 - Prof. Houlden is delivering a lecuture on genetics at the South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan