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Confocal microscopy of a microglia interacting with dendritic spines

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Members of the UK DRI Neuroimmune interactions thematic network

The UK DRI Neuroimmune Interactions thematic network was established in November 2019 and is led by Dr Soyon Hong (UK DRI at UCL) and Dr Will McEwan (UK DRI at Cambridge).

Samuel Barnes

Dr Samuel Barnes

Group Leader

UK DRI at Imperial

Deciphering impaired synaptic homeostasis in ageing and Alzheimer's

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Natalie Connor-Robson

Dr Natalie Connor-Robson

Emerging Leader

UK DRI at Cardiff

Deciphering the genetics of late-onset Alzheimer's and the role of the endocytic pathway

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Bart De Strooper

Prof Bart De Strooper

Group Leader

UK DRI at UCL

Investigating the cellular reaction to amyloid beta and tau protein in Alzheimer's disease

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Dr Blanca Díaz-Castro

Group Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that link brain blood vessel dysfunction and dementia

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Valentina Escott-Price

Prof Valentina Escott-Price

Group Leader

UK DRI at Cardiff

Using Big Data, machine learning and AI to accelerate discoveries into dementia

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Giles Hardingham

Prof Giles Hardingham

Centre Director

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Studying astrocytes to better understand their role in helping maintain a healthy brain

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John Hardy

Prof Sir John Hardy

Group Leader

UK DRI at UCL

Harnessing genetics to build a better understanding of dementia

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Soyon Hong

Dr Soyon Hong

Group Leader

UK DRI at UCL

Dissecting pathways by which microglia contribute to region-specific synapse dysfunction in neurodegeneration

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David Klenerman

Prof Sir David Klenerman

Group Leader

UK DRI at Cambridge

Determining how protein clumps form, damage the brain and change as the different neurodegenerative diseases develop to know which ones to target for therapies

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Dr Anna Mallach

Emerging Leader

UK DRI at Imperial

Understanding microglial interactions in Parkinson’s and how changes in cellular interactions drive cell death

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Dr Maura Malpetti

Emerging Leader

UK DRI at Cambridge

Using specialist brain scans and novel blood tests to measure inflammation and accelerate the development of new treatments

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Dr Sarah Marzi

Group Leader

UK DRI at King's

Investigating how epigenetics regulates biological mechanisms in health and disease

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