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Glaucoma and Retinal Neurodegenerative Disease Research Group

 

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The process of neurodegeneration is implicated in several degenerative diseases of the retina. These include glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and some inherited retinal disorders.

The group's work is focused on mechanisms of neurodegeneration and subsequent loss of vision, particularly the early diagnosis and management of age-related neurodegenerative processes.

Aims

  1. Identify early markers of cell processes in neurodegenerative disease in the eye - including Glaucoma, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Diseases
  2. Establish new methods of early diagnosis and treatment of these diseases - using the eye as a window on to the brain
  3. Develop non-invasive screening and monitoring of neurodegeneration
  4. Investigate Neuroprotection and rescue modalities
  5. Assess novel delivery methods of diagnostic and therapeutic agents - in the eye and in the brain

These are to be achieved using novel non-invasive techniques to assess structural and functional changes in different models of disease and their treatment, with a view to offering quick and effective translation to the clinical arena.

Current work

People

  • Professor M Francesca Cordeiro - Head of GroupUCL Professor of Retinal Neurodegeneration & Glaucoma Studies & Honorary Consultant Western Eye Hospital, London.
  • Dr Li Guo
  • Mr Vy Luong
  • Dr Tim Yap
  • Dr Shiama Balendra
  • Dr Sotaro Mori
  • Miss Soyoung Choi
  • Mr Daniel Hill

Alumni

  • Ms Cinzia Mazzei - Former Research Fellow
  • Mr Nicholas Wood - Former Research Assistant/Technician
  • Ms Sarah Borrie - Former Research Assistant/Technician
  • Dr Annelie Maass - Former PhD Student
  • Dr Guilio Ferrari - Clinical Research Fellow
  • Dr Steffen Schmitz Valckenberg - Clinical Research Fellow
  • Mr Jonathan Brenton - Former MSc student
  • Dr Milena Pahlitzsch - Clinical Research Fellow
  • Dr Fatimah Javaid - Clinical Research Fellow
  • Dr Parth Shah -Former MSc Student
  • Ms Shereen Nizari
  • Dr Lisa Turner
  • Dr Mark Tilley
  • Dr Valeria Bono
  • Dr Giulia Malaguarnera
  • Dr Gaia Pollorsi
  • Dr Mohammad Dehabadi

Collaborators

  • Satyanarayana Somavarapu
  • Stephen Moss
  • Fred Fitzke
  • Steve Dakin
  • Matteo Carandini
  • Frances Edwardes
  • Michel Duchen
  • Dr John Maddison
  • Prof Richard Nicholas
  • Dr Eduardo Normando
  • Dr Mariya Hristova
  • Dr Jennifer Sun

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Group photo