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 |
| 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 |