Neuroscience and Neurodegenerative Disease

Our research embraces:

the development of the nervous system, from the specification, patterning and function of embryonic, adult and induced neural stem cells through to the formation and maintenance of functional neuronal networks;
the physiology and pharmacology of neuronal microcircuits devoted to sensory, motor and cognitive function;
diseases affecting the sensory, motor and cognitive aspects of the nervous system including pain syndromes, hearing disorders, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia;
development of novel nanoparticle, small molecule, genetic and brain-machine interface therapies for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Principal Investigator	Research Area
Dr. Beppe Battaglia	Bionanotechnology and physical biology
Dr. Gordon Cooper	Transport of gases and urea by membrane proteins
Dr.Vincent Cunliffe	Development of the zebrafish central nervous system
Dr. Andrew Furley	Role of L1-related cell adhesion molecules in neural development in mammals
Professor David Grundy	Neurogastroenterology – the neural control of gut function
Professor Matthew Holley	Development of the mammalian inner ear
Professor Mikko Juusola	Neural information processing from molecules to networks
Dr. Walter Marcotti	Development of mammalian cochlear hair cells
Dr. Mohammed Nasser	Role of sodium channels in chronic pain
Professor Marysia Placzek	Ventralisation of the embryonic central nervous system
Dr. Penny Rashbass	Apical-basal polarity in vertebrate development and disease
Dr Marcelo Rivolta	The biology of auditory stem cells
Dr. Louise Robson	Role of ion channels in epithelial health and disease
Dr. Elizabeth Seward	Ion channels, receptors and regulation of exocytosis
Professor Elizabeth Smythe	Regulation of membrane trafficking
Dr. Tanya Whitfield	Development of the fish inner ear
Dr. Alex Whitworth	Drosophila models of neurodegeneration