Information about the Centre's Principal Investigators and their research groups.
Table of all PIs with links to profile pages.
Name | Research interest | Research theme |
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Almeida, Rafael |
Synaptic and non-synaptic neurotransmission in the zebrafish nervous system |
Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Baranovic, Jelena | Structure and function of neuroreceptors, synaptic transmission, ion channels, electrophysiology | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Becker, Catherina | Development and regeneration of the zebrafish nervous system | Injury and Repair |
Becker, Thomas | Development and regeneration of the zebrafish nervous system | Injury and Repair |
Booker, Sam A | Neurotransmitter signalling | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Brunton, Paula | Stress Physiology | |
Clemens, Ann | Neural circuits of social behaviour | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Cobb, Stuart | Novel therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Cousin, Michael | Presynaptic Cell Biology | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Davies, Jamie | Organogenesis, synthetic biology, databases | Genes and Development |
Daw, Michael | Developmental Physiology of the Barrel Cortex | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Denholm, Barry | Organ development and physiology | Genes and Development |
Molecular and cellular mechanisms that link brain vascular dysfunction and dementia | Ageing and Degeneration | |
Doitsidou, Maria | Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons | Ageing and Degeneration |
Dudchenko, Paul | ||
Duguid, Ian | Neural circuits and motor behaviour | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Durrant, Claire | Synapse loss in neurodegenerative diseases | Ageing and Degeneration |
Evans, Mark | Calcium signalling & hypoxia-response coupling | |
Fleetwood-Walker, Susan | Molecular mechanisms of pain and analgesia | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Fowler, Jill | Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in stroke and dementia | Ageing and Degeneration |
Gan, Jian | Cognitive neurophysiology in disease and behaviour | Ageing and Degeneration |
Gillingwater, Tom | New therapies for neurodegenerative diseases | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Gonzalez-Sulser, Alfredo | Network analysis and therapeutic strategies in epilepsy | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Greiss, Sebastian | Genetic code expansion and neural circuits | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Hall, Andrew | Chondrocytes, cartilage and osteoarthritis | Ageing and Degeneration |
Hardingham, Giles | Protective & degenerative signalling in the CNS | Ageing and Degeneration |
Hardt, Oliver | Cellular mechanisms and brains systems underpinning natural and dysregulated forgetting | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Horsburgh, Karen | Influence of vascular dysfunction on cognitive decline: relevant to ageing, vascular and Alzheimer's disease | Ageing and Degeneration |
Jackson, Mandy | Purkinje cell dysfunction and degeneration | Ageing and Degeneration |
Jarman, Andrew | Developmental control of sensory neurogenesis and ciliogenesis | Genes and Development |
Jones, Ross | Structure and function of the human neuromuscular junction | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Kind, Peter | Disorders of Brain Development | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Le Tissier, Paul | Regulation of the anterior pituitary gland | Genes and Development |
Livingstone, Dawn | Steroid hormone signalling | Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance |
Ludwig, Mike | Neuropeptides and their effects on behaviour | Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance |
Luksys, Gedi | Computational cognitive neuroscience | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Lyons, David | Mechanisms of myelinated axon formation, function and repair | Genes and Development |
Maciver, Sutherland | The protein Actin and the biology of amoebae | Genes and Development |
Mason, John | Embryonic development of the forebrain | Genes and Development |
Meijer, Dies | Molecular genetics of myelination and synapse formation | Genes and Development |
McColl, Barry | Neuroimmune mechanisms influencing brain injury and disease | Ageing and Degeneration, Injury and Repair |
Menzies, John | Appetite control and food choice | Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance |
Mitchell, Rory | Receptor-mediated signal transduction | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Miron, Veronique |
Microglia influencing white matter in health, disease, and ageing |
Injury and Repair |
Morris, Richard | Neurobiology of learning and memory | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Murray, Joanne | Growth and development of the ovarian follicle | Genes and Development |
Murray, Lyndsay | Degeneration of motor neurons | Ageing and Degeneration |
Nolan, Matthew | Neural circuits and computation | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
O'Hara, Laura | Sex steroid receptors in the hypothalamus and pituitary | Genes and Development |
Opazo, Patricio | Synaptic repair mechanisms for the diseased brain | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Osterweil, Emily | mRNA translation and synaptic connections | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Paxton, Jennifer | Musculoskeletal tissue engineering | Injury and Repair |
Pennetta, Giusy | Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases | Ageing and Degeneration |
Pratt, Tom | Roles of carbohydrates in the developing brain | Genes and Development |
Price, David | How brains are made | Genes and Development |
Qiu, Jing | Microglial signaling | Ageing and Degeneration |
Rochefort, Nathalie | Neuronal processing of visual information | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Romano, Nicola | Single cell information processing in the pituitary | Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance |
Rosario, Roseanne | Ovarian biology and female fertility | |
Shipston, Mike | Ion channel physiology | Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance |
Sibley, Chris | Regulation of RNA metabolism in neurological disease | Genes and Development |
Sieger, Dirk | Microglia-tumour interactions. | Injury and Repair |
Simmen, Martin | Computational modelling of nucleosome positions | Genes and Development |
Skehel, Paul | Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration | Ageing and Degeneration |
Smillie, Karen | Synaptic vesicle recycling | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Spears, Norah |
The effect of chemotherapy treatment on fertility |
Genes and Development |
Spires-Jones, Tara | Degenerative brain diseases and ageing | Ageing and Degeneration |
Sürmeli, Gülşen |
Neural circuits of memory |
Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Telfer, Evelyn | Follicle and oocyte development | Genes and Development |
Theil, Thomas | Patterning and axon pathfinding in the forebrain | Genes and Development |
Torsney, Carole | Somatosensory plasticity | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
van den Driesche, Sander | Male reproductive health and disorders | Genes and Development |
Wood, Emma | Memory and Space | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Wyllie, David | Physiology and pharmacology of ion channels | Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour |
Zoupi, Lida |
Axon-myelin interactions in health and neurodevelopmental disorders |
Genes and Development |