Group
Neuroscience
Unit(s) of assessment: Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
Research theme(s): Health Innovation
School: School of Science and Technology
Overview
The integrative neurophysiology research theme is a diverse team with projects spanning the breadth of neurodegenerative disease (age related neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), neuropathy, neuroendocrinology, neurometabolism and neurodevelopmental diseases (seizures and epilepsy).
Our team uses a diverse array of skills to pursue research questions about the underlying molecular mechanisms driving development of neuronal disease. These skills include molecular and genetic profiling, image acquisition, electrophysiology, chemogenetics and behavioural analyses. We utilise a range of in vivo and in vitro disease models including rodents, Drosophila, mammalian cell lines, induced pluripotent stem cells and human tissues. NTU has signed up to the Concordat for Openness in Animal Research
Our research and PhD opportunities
Opportunities often arise for postgraduate research towards a PhD within our research team.
Researchers
Elisabetta Verderio Edwards
Elisabetta Verderio Edwards is a Professor in the Department of Biosciences. Her research revolves around extracellular vesicles, extracellular matrix dynamics and protein cross-linking in tissue fibrosis and neurodegeneration.
Keeley Brookes
Keeley Brookes is a Lecturer of Molecular Biosciences in the School of Science & Technology, with a specialisation in genetics and genomics of complex diseases. Her research focuses on connecting genetic risk factors with the development of pathology in dementia, aiming to bridge this gap in understanding these complexities.
Gareth Banks
Dr Gareth Banks is a neuroscientist and lecturer in Physiology and Pharmacology at the School of Science and Technology. His research investigates sleep and circadian rhythms, with a focus on genetic and environmental factors influencing these rhythms, as well as their disruption in conditions like aging and psychiatric diseases.
Marion Hogg
Dr Marion Hogg is a Senior Lecturer Molecular Cell Biology in the School of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on transfer RNA processing in neuronal health and disease.
Aslihan Ugun Klusek
Dr Ugun-Klusek is a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Cell Biology and is part of the Biochemistry teaching team at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr Ugun-Klusek’s research focuses on investigating the biochemical and molecular events that drive neurodegeneration.
Shreyasi Chatterjee
Dr Shreyasi Chatterjee is a Lecturer in the Department of Biosciences at NTU. Dr. Chatterjee’s laboratory primarily focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's Disease. She explores early risk factors associated with this disease, particularly focusing on elucidating the role of the Tau protein in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease using Drosophila models of neurodegeneration and iPSCs.
Dr Kamal Gadalla
Find out more about Dr. Kamal Gadalla, a Biosciences Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Dr Kamal research focuses on developing safe and effective gene therapies for the treatment of neurological disorders.
Dr Rebecca Dumbell
Dr Rebecca Dumbell is Associate Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology at Nottingham Trent University. Her research expertise is in the neuroendocrine regulation of appetite, growth, energy balance and chronophysiology.
Richard Hulse
Dr Richard Hulse is a sensory neurophysiologist whom investigates how the sensory nervous system regulates pain perception in health and disease.
Funding
Current awarded external research funding include:
- Society for Endocrinology
- British Society for Neuroendocrinology
- Brain Research UK
- Royal Society
- Alzheimer's Society
- Alzheimer's Research UK
- Wessex Medical Innovation Grant
- Diabetes Wellness and Research Foundation
- the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes
- the Rosetrees Trust
- Diabetes UK
Publications
You can search our publications on NTU's iRep database.