Information about the Centre's Principal Investigators and their research groups. Table of all PIs with links to profile pages.NameResearch interestResearch themeAlmeida, RafaelSynaptic and non-synaptic neurotransmission in the zebrafish nervous systemSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Baranovic, JelenaStructure and function of neuroreceptors, synaptic transmission, ion channels, electrophysiologySynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Booker, Sam ANeurotransmitter signallingSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Bowles, KathrynGenetic mechanisms underlying tauopathiesAgeing and Degeneration Brophy, PeterAssembly and structure of nodes of Ranvier and the Axon Initial SegmentInjury and RepairBrunton, PaulaStress PhysiologySignalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Clemens, AnnNeural circuits of social behaviourSynapses, Circuits and BehaviourCobb, Stuart Novel therapies for neurodevelopmental disordersSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Cousin, MichaelPresynaptic Cell BiologySynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Davies, JamieOrganogenesis, synthetic biology, databasesGenes and Development Daw, MichaelDevelopmental Physiology of the Barrel CortexSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Denholm, BarryOrgan development and physiologyGenes and Development Díaz Castro, BlancaMolecular and cellular mechanisms that link brain vascular dysfunction and dementiaAgeing and Degeneration Doitsidou, MariaDegeneration of dopaminergic neuronsAgeing and Degeneration Donlin-Asp, Paul Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour Dudchenko, Paul Duguid, IanNeural circuits and motor behaviourSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Duncan, Peter, JCorticotroph cells and the stress responseSignalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Durrant, ClaireSynapse loss in neurodegenerative diseasesAgeing and Degeneration Evans, MarkCalcium signalling & hypoxia-response couplingSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Signalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Faller, KiterieMRC Clinician Scientist Fellow, Senior Lecturer Fleetwood-Walker, SusanMolecular mechanisms of pain and analgesiaSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Fowler, JillMechanisms of neurodegeneration in stroke and dementiaAgeing and DegenerationGan, JianCognitive neurophysiology in disease and behaviourAgeing and Degeneration Gillingwater, TomNew therapies for neurodegenerative diseasesSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Gonzalez-Sulser, AlfredoNetwork analysis and therapeutic strategies in epilepsySynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Greiss, SebastianGenetic code expansion and neural circuitsSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Hall, AndrewChondrocytes, cartilage and osteoarthritisAgeing and Degeneration Hardingham, GilesProtective & degenerative signalling in the CNSAgeing and Degeneration Hardt, OliverCellular mechanisms and brains systems underpinning natural and dysregulated forgettingSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Hasel, PhilipAstrocyte subtypes at brain bordersGenes and Development Horsburgh, KarenInfluence of vascular dysfunction on cognitive decline: relevant to ageing, vascular and Alzheimer's diseaseAgeing and DegenerationJackson, MandyPurkinje cell dysfunction and degenerationAgeing and Degeneration Jarman, AndrewDevelopmental control of sensory neurogenesis and ciliogenesisGenes and Development Jones, RossStructure and function of the human neuromuscular junctionSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Jordan, RebeccaNeuronal mechanisms of learning and predictionSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Karnani, MaheshNeural circuits of driveSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Kind, PeterDisorders of Brain DevelopmentSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Le Tissier, PaulRegulation of the anterior pituitary glandGenes and Development Livingstone, DawnSteroid hormone signallingSignalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Ludwig, MikeNeuropeptides and their effects on behaviourSignalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Luksys, GediComputational cognitive neuroscienceSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Lyons, DavidMechanisms of myelinated axon formation, function and repairGenes and Development Maciver, SutherlandThe protein Actin and the biology of amoebaeGenes and Development Mason, JohnEmbryonic development of the forebrainGenes and Development MacGregor, Duncan McColl, BarryNeuroimmune mechanisms influencing brain injury and diseaseAgeing and Degeneration, Injury and Repair McLean, DavidDevelopment and function of locomotor circuitrySynapses, Circuits and BehaviourMeijer, DiesMolecular genetics of myelination and synapse formationGenes and Development Menzies, JohnAppetite control and food choiceSignalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Mitchell, RoryReceptor-mediated signal transductionSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Miron, VeroniqueMicroglia influencing white matter in health, disease, and ageingInjury and RepairMorris, RichardNeurobiology of learning and memorySynapses, Circuits and BehaviourMurray, JoanneGrowth and development of the ovarian follicleGenes and Development Murray, LyndsayDegeneration of motor neuronsAgeing and Degeneration Nolan, MatthewNeural circuits and computationSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour O'Hara, LauraSex steroid receptors in the hypothalamus and pituitaryGenes and DevelopmentOpazo, PatricioSynaptic repair mechanisms for the diseased brainSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Pagan, Marino Synapses, Circuits and Behaviour Paxton, JenniferMusculoskeletal tissue engineeringInjury and Repair Pennetta, GiusyMolecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseasesAgeing and Degeneration Pratt, TomRoles of carbohydrates in the developing brainGenes and Development Price, DavidHow brains are madeGenes and Development Qiu, JingMicroglial signalingAgeing and Degeneration Ribeiro dos Louros, SusanaNeurodevelopmental disordersSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Robinson, NickNeural coding and circuits for episodic memorySynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Rochefort, NathalieNeuronal processing of visual informationSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Romano, NicolaSingle cell information processing in the pituitarySignalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Rosario, RoseanneOvarian biology and female fertilityGenes and Development Shipston, MikeIon channel physiologySignalling, Homeostasis and Energy Balance Sibley, ChrisRegulation of RNA metabolism in neurological diseaseGenes and Development Sieger, DirkMicroglia-tumour interactions.Injury and RepairSimmen, MartinComputational modelling of nucleosome positionsGenes and Development Skehel, PaulMolecular mechanisms of neurodegenerationAgeing and Degeneration Smillie, KarenSynaptic vesicle recyclingSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Spears, NorahThe effect of chemotherapy treatment on fertilityGenes and Development Spires-Jones, TaraDegenerative brain diseases and ageingAgeing and DegenerationSürmeli, GülşenNeural circuits of memorySynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Telfer, EvelynFollicle and oocyte developmentGenes and Development Theil, ThomasPatterning and axon pathfinding in the forebrainGenes and Development Till, SallyBiological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disordersSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Torsney, CaroleSomatosensory plasticitySynapses, Circuits and Behaviour van den Driesche, SanderMale reproductive health and disordersGenes and Development Wood, EmmaMemory and SpaceSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Wyllie, DavidPhysiology and pharmacology of ion channelsSynapses, Circuits and Behaviour Zoupi, LidaAxon-myelin interactions in health and neurodevelopmental disordersGenes and Development This article was published on 2024-04-02