Labs & Researchers

Research laboratories and scientists worldwide advancing the understanding and treatment of Menkes disease.

Kennedy Center

Denmark

Dr. Lisbeth Birk Møller / Dr. Nina Horn (rtd.)

Gl. Landevej 7, 2600 Glostrup
+45 29 20 48 30
Fax: +45 43 43 11 30

Utrecht University — UU Bijvoet Institute for Biomolecular Research, Section Cellular Protein Chemistry

The Netherlands

Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

Spain

Passeig de Sant Joan de Déu, 2, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona
+34 932 53 21 00

Paediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù

Italy

Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division — Unit of Metabolism

Piazza Sant'Onofrio, 4 – 00165 Rome
+39 06 6859 2275 / 2225 / 2736

"Mauro Baschirotto" Institute for Rare Diseases (BIRD)

Italy

Unità di Genetica Medica

Expertise in Menkes diagnosis

Via Bartolomeo Bizio, 1, 36023 Longare VI
+39 0444 555557

Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM)

Italy

Roman Polishchuk, PhD

Research on Menkes and Wilson disease

Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA)
+39 081 1923 0636
Fax: +39 081 1923 0651

Teikyo University School of Medicine

Japan

MD Hiroko Kodama / MD Tomoko Hiroki / MD Chie Fujisawa

Department of Pediatrics

2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)

Japan

Dr. Satoshi Nozaki

2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047
+81-78-306-0111

RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies

Japan

Dr. Yasuyoshi Watanabe / Dr. Emi Hayashinaka / Dr. Yasuhiro Wada

6-7-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047

Osaka University — Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine

Japan

Shiho Nomura / MD Takashi Hamazaki / Taisuke Takeda / Eiichi Ninomiya / Satoshi Kudo / Haruo Shintaku

3 Chome-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka 558-8585
+81 6-6605-2011

University of Edinburgh — MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine

United Kingdom

Dr. Elizabeth Patton / Dr. Mike Tyers

MRC Human Genetics Unit

+44 (0)131 651 8500

Center for Gene Therapy — Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital

United States

Stephen G. Kaler

Room WA3021, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205-2664
+1 614-722-5964
Fax: +1 614-722-3273

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)

United States

1 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892
+1 800-370-2943

Texas A&M University

United States

Dr. James Sacchettini

Wolfe-Welch Chair in Science — Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Chemistry

301 Old Main Drive, ILSB / Room 2138, College Station, TX 77843-2128
+1 979-862-7638

Dr. Vishal Gohil

Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics

301 Old Main Drive, ILSB / Room 2146A, College Station, TX 77843
+1 979-847-6138

Dr. Prachi Trivedi

College Station, TX 77843

University of Houston

United States

Dr. Tai-Yen Chen

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Fleming – 139E, Houston, Texas 77204-5003
+1 713-743-9413

University of Missouri — School of Medicine

United States

Michael J. Petris, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Department of Biochemistry

540d Life Sciences Center, 1201 Rollins St, Columbia, MO 65211-7310
+1 573-882-9685

Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) — Brown University

United States

Jonathan Gitlin

Senior Scientist Emeritus — Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry

7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543