2010 IoN News Archive
- Professor Alan Thompson elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
- Michael J. Fox Foundation awards IoN researcher grant to advance Parkinson's research.
- Traces of the past: computer algorithm ‘reads’ memories
- Professor Lees awarded first Lord Brain Memorial Lecture
- Award for Professor Chris Frith
- Professor John Duncan appointed as NIHR Senior Investigator
- Queen Square Symposium success
- IoN brings the scientific method to London primary schools
- Robot trainer to benefit stroke patients
- Researchers to study how the brain 'rewires itself'
- St Peter's Medal for Professor Clare Fowler
- Elections to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowships announced
- New website to help stroke survivors learn to read again
- Queen's Birthday Honours
- Brain study reveals that agreement is rewarding
- Wellcome Success
- Win for IoN at Shape of Science Symposium
- Research shows that two heads are better than one
- Lizard venom offers hope for Parkinson’s disease patients
- Epilepsy prizes
- Developing a cell library resource for dementia research
- Stents may double the risk of stroke in patients over 70
- Scientists identify link between introspection and brain structure
- IoN scientist lands £329k funding boost from dementia research charity.
- Study results consistent with earlier estimates of vCJD prion prevalence in Britain
- Parkinson's UK Fellowship Award
- Award for Professor Lees
- 2010-11 IoN PhD Studentship Round Now Open
- New brain imaging tests to track Huntington’s
- World-leading scientist secures funding for gene research
- Fighter pilots' brains are ‘more sensitive
- Alzheimer’s changes detectable in healthy elderly
- IoN Student wins Santander Formula One Scholarship
- New hope for cluster headache sufferers
- Prestigious European research grant awarded
- New centre brings hope to patients with muscle wasting diseases
- Prestigious stroke program grant awarded
- A role for astrocytes in learning and memory?
QUEEN SQUARE EVENTS
Model-based neuroanatomy: Testing hypotheses about white-matter connections in the living human brain
Published: Jun 20, 2013 2:30:00 PM
PERMANENT PRESENT TENSE: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient H.M
Published: Jul 2, 2013 4:00:00 PM
Translational neuromodeling
Published: Jul 5, 2013 4:15:00 PM
Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013
Published: Jul 8, 2013 9:00:00 AM
Parkinson's UK Fellowship Award
14 October 2010
Dr Patrick Lewis (IoN Department of Molecular Neuroscience) had been awarded a Parkinson's UK career development fellowship to study the molecular impact of mutations in LRRK2, which constitute the most common genetic cause of Parkinson's disease.
The research, funded for £250,000 over the next three years, will provide an insight into the underlying mechanisms operating in Parkinson's disease.
Dr Lewis commented that “LRRK2 is one of the most promising drug targets that has been revealed to us by studying the molecular genetics of Parkinson's disease. This proposal will provide invaluable information as to what aspects of the biology of LRRK2 we need to target in order to counteract the deleterious impact that mutations in this protein can cause”.
He will be discussing his research at the upcoming Parkinson's UK conference to be held in York at the end of October.
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