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Researchers at the UK DRI at Cardiff are working together to bring about new discoveries and treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

Gaynor Smith, female with long blonde hair

Dr Gaynor Smith

UK DRI Co-Investigator

Cardiff University

Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University

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Phil Taylor

Prof Phil Taylor

Group Leader

UK DRI at Cardiff

Working to understand how rare coding variants that alter disease risk impact the behaviour of microglia for targeting in Alzheimer's disease

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Caleb Webber

Prof Caleb Webber

Director of Data Science & Group Leader

UK DRI at Cardiff

Combining state-of-the-art stem cell models with bioinformatics techniques to boost our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease

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Julie Williams

Prof Julie Williams

Group Leader

UK DRI at Cardiff

Understanding the genetics of Alzheimer's disease

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Wioleta Zelek

Dr Wioleta Zelek

Emerging Leader

UK DRI at Cardiff

Targeting novel anti-complement drugs to the brain for therapy of dementia

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