Research groups

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

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         

Booker, Sam A

Neurotransmitter signalling

Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour  

Bowles, Kathryn

Genetic mechanisms underlying tauopathies Ageing and Degeneration   
Brophy, Peter

Assembly and structure of nodes of Ranvier and the Axon Initial Segment

Injury and Repair

Brunton, Paula

Stress Physiology

Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance     

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   

Díaz Castro, Blanca

Molecular and cellular mechanisms that link brain vascular dysfunction and dementia

 Ageing and Degeneration 

Doitsidou, Maria

Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons

Ageing and Degeneration                  

Donlin-Asp, Paul  

Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour   

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

Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour 

Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance         

Faller, Kiterie

MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow, Senior Lecturer

 

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 

Hasel, Philip    

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   

Jordan, Rebecca

Neuronal mechanisms of learning and prediction

Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour  

Karnani, Mahesh

Neural circuits of drive

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        

McColl, Barry Neuroimmune mechanisms influencing brain injury and disease

Ageing and DegenerationInjury and Repair  

Meijer, Dies

Molecular genetics of myelination and synapse formation

Genes and Development  

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     

Pagan, Marino  

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 

Ribeiro dos Louros, Susana Neurodevelopmental disorders Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour   

Robinson, Nick

   

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

Genes and Development 

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                

Till, Sally Biological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders

Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour 

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