Oct 9, 2026
ARRE Foundation awards grant to Dr. Robert Illingworth to investigate how ASXL proteins shape brain development
The ASXL Rare Research Endowment (ARRE) Foundation has awarded a $60,000, one-year research Discovery Grant to Rob Illingworth, PhD, of the University of Edinburgh to support a new project titled, Investigating ASXL Function and Dysfunction in Brain Development. Dr. Illingworth is an internationally recognized researcher at the University of Edinburgh, where his laboratory studies how epigenetic regulation controls gene activity during development and how disruption of these processes contributes to human disease. The grant reflects the ARRE Foundation’s continued investment in early-stage, mechanism-focused research that addresses some of the most … Continued
