The University of Sheffield
Department of Neuroscience

Current Students

The Department of Neurosciences provides a stimulating environment in which individual scientists can thrive in a fully equipped and modern research community. A vital part of this is to recruit outstanding research students with the aim to guide them in development of their intellectual and practical skills, to a standard expected by internationally competitive laboratories.
The list below details our current students and the title of their project.

Student Project Title Primary Supervisor
(co-supervisor in brackets)
Adil
Seytanoglu
GLEI as a Target for Neuro Protection in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Prof Mimoun Azzouz
(Dr Basil Sharrack)
Janine Bijsterbosch A functional connectivity FMRI study into the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation Dr Kwang Lee
(Prof Peter Woodruff
Azza Ismail Role of PTEN in axanal growth and motor neuron survival in spinal muscular atrophy Dr Ke Ning
(Prof Mimoun Azzouz)
Sandara Sundara Rajan Mitochondrial redox disfunction in MND. A therapeutic role for the peroxiredoxins Dr Clare Wood-Allum (Prof Pam Shaw)
Dr Channa Hewamadduma Cellular and zebrafish models of TDP-43 mutations to understand disease pathogenesis Prof Pam Shaw
(Dr Andy Grierson)
Lynn Duffy Mitochondria as a Therapeutic Target in Motor Neuron Disorders Dr Andy Grierson
(Prof Pam Shaw)
Jadwiga Nazimek Inhibition and contextualisation of memory in the pathogenesis of auditory hallucinations Prof Peter Woodruff
(Dr Mike Hunter)
Ceryl Moore (Harwood) Analysis of Physical Activim as a Risk Factor for Motor Neurone Disease Dr Chris McDermott (Prof Pam Shaw)
Richard Thompson Development of novel therapeutic approaches for spinal muscular atrophy Prof Mimoun Azzouz
(Dr Ke Ning)
Daniel Little Polymer Nanoparticle Mediated Gene Therapy for Spinal Muscle Atrophy Prof Mimoun Azzouz
(Dr Ke Ning)
Alifya Kapasi Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing and Nuclear Signalling in a Zebrafish Dr Andy Grierson
(Dr Jon Wood)
Katie Richardson The Role of Oxidative Damage to Nucleic Acids in the Pathogenesis of Motor Neuron Disease Dr Paul Heath
(Dr Steve Wharton)
Catherine Crowe   Dr Markus Reuber
Mohammed Rafiq To Evaluate the Domililiary use of Cough Assist Machine on Morbidity, Quality of Life and Survival in Patients with Motor Neurone Disease using Non-Invasive Ventilation Prof Pam Shaw
(Dr Chris McDermott)