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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration [Sponsored]

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Scientific American

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🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Why would a normally developing girl stop walking? What causes a middle-aged person to lose their

0:39.4

sense of balance? Dr. Huda Zagby has devoted her career to unraveling these puzzles.

0:46.4

She shares the Cavley Prize with Jean-Louise Mandel, Harry Orr, and Christopher Walsh for discovering

0:52.8

the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders.

0:57.3

Scientific American Custom Media, in partnership with the Cavley Prize, spoke with Huda to learn more about her research.

1:05.4

The Cavley Prize is a prestigious honor on its own, but the award holds a special place in Dr. Huda Zagby's heart.

1:13.0

Because it recognizes work that I have so cherished. It is work with my long-time collaborator,

1:22.8

Harry Orr. And I so cherish the work as well as our relationship over the years.

1:30.2

So to me, this was the sweetest way to recognize that work.

1:35.4

Huda and Professor Harry Orr both received the Cavley Prize this year for research that has

1:41.6

been intertwined for decades.

1:43.4

Our collaboration has outlasted most American marriages.

1:47.6

It all started when Huda was at the very beginning of her career.

1:51.5

She was trying to unravel the genetic cause of a disorder that affected the balance and speech

1:57.0

of a large family in Texas.

1:59.5

At around 40 years old, affected family members,

2:03.3

we'll start feeling a little bit of balance if they're making a quick move. Slowly,

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