Research group

Neuroscience

Purple neuron synapses.

We research national and global health priorities, from basic neuroscience to age-related neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.

About

We aim to understand how the brain works in health and disease, from the molecular to the systems levels. This research is an important part of the strategic commitment to neurosciences, and is part of university-wide interdisciplinary initiatives.  

Research themes that we are investigating include: 

  • neurodegeneration 
  • neuroinflammation 
  • synaptic function 
  • multiple sclerosis 
  • addiction 

Our researchers have a special focus on understanding Alzheimer’s disease and coordinating with the South Coast Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) Network. The network enables collaboration with regional experts in dementia research. 

Research highlights

People, projects, publications and PhDs

People

Professor Amritpal Mudher

Professor of Neuroscience

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Dr Anna Crisford

Research Fellow in Biomedical Microscopy
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Dr Daniel Kaganovich

Associate Professor of Neurobiology
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Professor Diego Gomez-Nicola PhD

Professor

Research interests

  • Neuroimmunology
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Neurodevelopment

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Dr Emily Brookes

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Research interests

  • Enhancer regulation of gene expression
  • Cortical development
  • Topological genome organisation

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Dr George Devitt

Research interests

  • Dementia
  • Diagnostics
  • Raman spectroscopy 
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Dr Herman Wijnen Drs, PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Control of Daily Rhythms by Circadian Clocks and the Environment
  • Genetics, Behaviour and Neuroscience of the fruit fly Drosophila
  • Chronophysiology of Invertebrates in Association with Global Environmental Change and Food Security

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Professor Jessica Teeling

Prof of Experimental Neuroimmunology

Research interests

  • Neuroimmunology
  • Systemic inflammation
  • Oral microbiome

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Professor Katrin Deinhardt

Professor

Research interests

  • Short- and long-range neurotrophin signalling and its role in morphological plasticity
  • Early neuronal dysfunction in disturbed proteostasis
  • Cellular mechanisms that underlie tau propagation across neurons
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Dr Luis Guerra

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Evolution of the nervous system
  • Pharmacology
  • GPCRs Non-bilaterian metazoansReceptor deorphanisations 

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Understanding how our brain works and reacts to disease is the most exciting and challenging task of biomedical science.