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Video: Parkinson's and the Genetic Revolution: From Genes to Treatments
Dr Patrick Lewis of
University College London and Dr Flaviano Giorgini of the University of
Leicester, discuss how their work on genetics is helping us develop treatments for Parkinson's.
More...
Public lecture: The autophagy signaling network, c-‐myc and pathology: don't mess with the cell cycle!
You are invited to a public lecture by Francesco Cecconi, an eminent scientist in the field of autophagy and neurodegeneration, on Thursday the 25th of April at 17:00, in the lecture theatre of 33 Queen Square, University College Hospital London, WC1N. The lecture will be followed by a general discussion with drinks and food. More...
Video: Brain Disease Research - Keeping You You
Have you ever wondered how scientists research the brain?
Have you wondered who digs through that beautiful mass of grey matter between
our ears to understand how it works and why it stops working? Meet the
Neurodegenerative Diseases Initiative. Funded by the Wellcome Trust and MRC, this
team of scientists from around the globe investigates Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
and Motor Neuron Diseases. The team is on the hunt for understanding and
treatments for brain diseases. More...
Video: Degenerating Brains public symposium
The "Degenerating Brains" public symposium was held on the 13th March 2013, as part of Brain Awareness Week. Around 250 people showed up to hear Professors John Hardy (UCL), Chris Shaw (KCL) and David Rubinsztein (Cambridge) discuss new discoveries in neurodegenerative diseases and how they might impact drug treatment. More...
Mutations in VCP gene implicated in a number of neurodegenerative diseases
New research, published in Neuron, gives insight into how single mutations in the VCP gene cause a range of neurological conditions including a form of dementia called Inclusion Body Myopathy, Paget’s Disease of the Bone and Frontotemporal Dementia (IBMPFD), and the motor neuron disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). More...
Selina Wray
(Alzheimer's Research Trust Research Fellow)
I studied Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry at the University of
Nottingham, where I first became interested in neurodegenerative disease
after undertaking a project in Dr Rob Layfield’s laboratory, examining
the role of Parkin in Parkinson’s disease. After graduating in 2004, I
joined Dr Diane Hanger’s lab at the MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration
Research, King’s College London, where I first became interested in the
role of the microtubule protein tau in neurodegenerative disease. My
PhD was awarded in 2008, and in 2009 I subsequently joined Professor
John Hardy’s group in the Department of Molecular Neuroscience, where I
am involved in multiple projects investigating the molecular mechanisms
of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. My research continues to have a
particular focus on tau-mediated neurodegeneration and I was recently
awarded a research fellowship from the Alzheimer’s Research Trust to
support this work. In addition to my research projects, I also
coordinate a BUPA/Alzheimer’s Society funded project (led by Professor
Martin Rossor) which aims to generate a biobank of familial dementia
patient-derived cell lines.
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