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Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research

The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research was established at UCL in 1995 for the pursuit of excellence in translational biomedical research. Now, with its primary focus on fundamental and translational neuroscience, the WIBR is a key hub within the rich environment of the UCL neuroscience community.
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Research

The WIBR is currently home to 14 Principal Investigators, including established senior academics as well as early-career scientists. Collectively we hold more than £25m in grants from The European Research Council, MRC, BBSRC, Wellcome and other biomedical research charities.

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Teaching

Researchers within the WIBR organise and contribute to several distinguised undergraduate modules within the School of Life and Medical Sciences. The Institute has around 20 current PhD students, and runs a highly rated one-year MSc degree course in Drug Design.

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MRes Drug Design Programme

The MRes Drug Design programme, with research projects hosted by labs from the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research offers advanced training in cutting edge neuroscience-related techniques.

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WIBR History

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2023 Publications


Pryce, Gareth; Sisay, Sofia; Giovannoni, Gavin; Selwood, David L; Baker, David; (2023) Neuroprotection in an Experimental Model of Multiple Sclerosis via Opening of Big Conductance, Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels.Pharmaceuticals , 16 (7) , Article 972. 10.3390/ph16070972


Buller, Sophie; Kohnke, Sara; Hansford, Robert; Shimizu, Takahiro; Richardson, William D; Blouet, Clemence; (2023) Median eminence myelin continuously turns over in adult mice.Molecular Metabolism , Article 101690. 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101690. (In press). 


Kessaris, Nicoletta; Denaxa, Myrto; (2023) Cortical interneuron specification and diversification in the era of big data.Current Opinion in Neurobiology , 80 , Article 102703. 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102703


Fuller, Alice M; Luiz, Ana; Tian, Naxi; Arcangeletti, Manuel; Iseppon, Federico; Sexton, Jane E; Millet, Queensta; ... Sikandar, Shafaq; + view all (2023) Gate control of sensory neurotransmission in peripheral ganglia by proprioceptive sensory neurons.Brain , Article awad182. 10.1093/brain/awad182. (In press). 


Fişek, Mehmet; Herrmann, Dustin; Egea-Weiss, Alexander; Cloves, Matilda; Bauer, Lisa; Lee, Tai-Ying; Russell, Lloyd E; (2023) Cortico-cortical feedback engages active dendrites in visual cortex.Nature , 617 (7962) pp. 769-776. 10.1038/s41586-023-06007-6


Mikaeili, H., Habib, A. M., Yeung, C. W. -. L., Santana-Varela, S., Luiz, A. P., Panteleeva, K., . . . Cox, J. J. (2023). Molecular basis of FAAH-OUT-associated human pain insensitivityBrain, awad098. doi:10.1093/brain/awad098


Gao, L., Zhao, J. -. X., Qin, X. -. M., & Zhao, J. (2023). The ethanol extract of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi attenuates complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory pain by suppression of P2X3 receptorJournal of Ethnopharmacology, 116762. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2023.116762


Jami, S., Deuis, J. R., Klasfauseweh, T., Cheng, X., Kurdyukov, S., Chung, F., . . . Vetter, I. (2023). Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 functionNature Communications, 14, 2442. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37963-2


Iseppon, F., Luiz, A. P., Linley, J. E., & Wood, J. N. (2023). Pregabalin silences oxaliplatin-activated sensory neurons to relieve cold allodyniaeNeuro, ENEURO.0395-ENEU22.2022. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0395-22.2022


Qin, Q., Wang, M., Li, H., Xu, Z. D., & Tang, Y. (2023). Editorial: The role of microglia in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseasesFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14, 1105896. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2022.1105896


Zhu, W., Li, W., Jiang, J., Wang, D., Mao, X., Zhang, J., . . . Li, N. (2023). Chronic salmon calcitonin exerts an antidepressant effect via modulating the p38 MAPK signaling pathwayFrontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16, 1071327. doi:10.3389/fnmol.2023.1071327


Wang, Tao; Zhou, Yunxia; Fan, Yunping; Duan, Hao; Guo, Xiaoyu; Chang, Jinlong; Jiang, Youheng; ... Li, Ningning; + view all (2023) PERK-Mediated Cholesterol Excretion from IDH Mutant Glioma Determines Anti-Tumoral Polarization of Microglia.Advanced Science , Article e2205949. 10.1002/advs.202205949. (In press).