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?
IoN EVENTS
Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013
Published: Jul 8, 2013 2:00:00 PM
Translational neuromodeling
Published: Jul 5, 2013 5:29:00 PM
Sorting of axonal retrograde cargoes in motor neurons
Published: Jun 5, 2013 3:54:00 PM
Casting light on multiple sclerosis heterogeneity: the role of HLA-DRB1 on spinal cord pathology
Published: Jun 5, 2013 2:24:00 PM
World-leading scientist secures funding for gene research
10 December 2010
A world leader in dementia research is embarking on a major study into Alzheimer’s disease in London, funded by a grant from the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, the UK’s leading dementia research charity.
Professor John Hardy FRS and his team at the UCL Institute of Neurology (Department of Molecular Neuroscience) , are beginning an ambitious new study that will see them attempt to identify genes that increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s.
Funded by a £346,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, Prof Hardy plans to sequence every gene in 500 people with Alzheimer’s, and will compare them with the genes of healthy people.
Their work will reveal the genetic changes responsible for Alzheimer’s, giving doctors a better chance of predicting who is at risk of developing the disease.
Prof Hardy said: “Britain has played a leading role in research into the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease, and already we are beginning to make real progress. This study should give us a much greater understanding of the causes of Alzheimer’s, and should also tell us more about how we can intervene and stop the disease progressing.”
read more >> Alzheimer's Research Trust press release
