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The UK DRI at Edinburgh team are working to advance understanding of neurodegeneration and deliver new treatments

Josef Priller

Prof Josef Priller

Group Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Defining and modulating myeloid cell function in neurodegenerative diseases

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Jing Qiu

Dr Jing Qiu

Emerging Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Unravelling microglial signalling in health and disease

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Beverly Roberts profile

Dr Beverly Roberts

Centre Manager and Executive Assistant to Centre Director, UK DRI at Edinburgh

UK DRI at Edinburgh

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Bhuvaneish Selvaraj

Dr Bhuvaneish Selvaraj

Emerging Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Using disruptive technologies to decipher the underlying mechanisms that lead to neuron degeneration in ALS

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Tara Spires-Jones

Prof Tara Spires-Jones

Group Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Deciphering why synapses and neurons degenerate and whether boosting resilience of synapses can protect the brain

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Joanna Wardlaw

Prof Joanna Wardlaw

Group Leader and Clinical Director of the CVDR

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Discovering how small vessel disease damages the brain and what we can do to prevent or treat it

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