 Hi, I'm Dr. Rebecca Saingill and I work at the Queensland Brand Institute. I research disease called motor neuron disease, which is characterised by loss of motor neurons in the brain and in the spinal cord. The loss of these neurons leads to muscle weakness, wastage and paralysis. But very unfortunately, there are currently no effective disease modifying their acute ids available. Microscopy is one of the tools that we use to study motor neuron disease. We use stains to label neurons shown here in green and disease causing proteins shown here in pink. By taking images of brain cells in healthy and disease models, we are able to gain a better understanding of how disease is triggered. And then using this information and with the support of charities like the Brain Foundation, we are determined to identify new therapeutic strategies that slow or stop the progression of motor neuron disease.