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Our research programmes are highly multidisciplinary and focus both on areas of public health concern and on long-term approaches to the understanding of prion diseases.

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    • John Collinge
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    • Azy Khalili
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    • Simon Mead
    • Malin Sandberg
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    • Wenjuan Zhang
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    • 2025 Prion Unit at UCL seminars

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These include studies of molecular structure, genetics, biochemistry, immunology, cell and animal models, and clinical research - including therapeutic development.

Researchers from the Institute of Prion Diseases have developed experimental treatments for prion diseases including a humanised antibody and, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry, new small molecule therapeutics.

Mechanisms of protein misfolding and neurotoxicity that may be relevant to more common neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease are also being investigated.

 

John Collinge


John Collinge (Director)

 

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Iryna Benilova

 

Jan Bieschke


Jan Bieschke

 

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Tom Cunningham

 

Parmjit Jat


Parmjit Jat

 

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Azy Khalili

Peter Klöhn


Peter Klöehn

Simon Mead


Simon Mead

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Malin Sandberg

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Jonathan Wadsworth

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Wenjuan Zhang

 
   

Histology

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Jackie Linehan
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