Feb 19, 2026 First Group Leaders announced for new dedicated Parkinson's Research Centre In 2025, the UK DRI partnered with Parkinson’s UK to launch a new £10m research... Learn more First Group Leaders announced for new dedicated Parkinson's Research Centre
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Search for keywords Condition ConditionAlzheimer's diseaseFrontotemporal dementiaHuntington's diseaseLewy body dementiaMild cognitive impairmentMotor neuron disease/ALSOther conditionsParkinson's diseaseVascular dementia Techniques TechniquesAdvanced microscopy & imagingAdvanced spectroscopyBioinformaticsBiophysical techniquesCRISPRDrug screeningElectrophysiologyEpigenomicsExperimental medicineFlow cytometryFluid biomarkersGenomicsHuman brain imagingLipidomicsMass spec-based proteomicsMetabolomicsMouse behaviourMouse in vivo imagingNext generation sequencingNon-mammalian animal modelsOptogeneticsRobotics & environmental sensingSingle cell / nucleus transcriptomicsSoftware developmentSpatial transcriptomicsStatistical modellingStem cells / iPSCsStructural biologyTranscranial brain stimulationViral-mediated expression Research Division Research Division Dr Samuel Barnes Group Leader UK DRI at Imperial Deciphering impaired synaptic homeostasis in ageing and Alzheimer's Learn more Dr Samuel Barnes Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly Group Leader UK DRI at Cardiff Investigating synaptic health and function over time in Parkinson's Learn more Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly Dr Marco Brancaccio Group Leader UK DRI at Imperial Understanding body clock mechanisms and their contribution to the early stages of Alzheimer's Learn more Dr Marco Brancaccio Dr Marc Aurel Busche Group Leader UK DRI at UCL Understanding and repairing pathological neural circuits in Alzheimer's disease Learn more Dr Marc Aurel Busche Dr Jian Gan Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Understanding why and how neurons and brain circuits become dysfunctional in vivo Learn more Dr Jian Gan Dr Nir Grossman Group Leader UK DRI at Imperial Pioneering non-invasive neuromodulatory interventions to correct the abnormal brain activity in dementia Learn more Dr Nir Grossman Dr Julija Krupic Group Leader UK DRI at UCL Understanding early changes in neuron-glia circuits in Alzheimer’s disease Learn more Dr Julija Krupic Prof Peter Magill Group Leader Parkinson's Research Centre at Oxford Investigating the molecular and cellular substrates of neural circuit dynamics in Parkinson’s Learn more Prof Peter Magill Dr Patricio Opazo Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic compensation and repair Learn more Dr Patricio Opazo Prof Tara Spires-Jones Group Leader & Research Division Lead UK DRI at Edinburgh Deciphering why synapses and neurons degenerate and whether boosting resilience of synapses can protect the brain Learn more Prof Tara Spires-Jones Prof Jernej Ule Centre Director & Research Division Lead UK DRI at King's Deciphering the role of RNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia Learn more Prof Jernej Ule Prof William Wisden Centre Director & Research Division Lead UK DRI at Imperial Investigating how and if good sleep protects against the development of dementia Learn more Prof William Wisden
Dr Samuel Barnes Group Leader UK DRI at Imperial Deciphering impaired synaptic homeostasis in ageing and Alzheimer's Learn more Dr Samuel Barnes
Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly Group Leader UK DRI at Cardiff Investigating synaptic health and function over time in Parkinson's Learn more Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly
Dr Marco Brancaccio Group Leader UK DRI at Imperial Understanding body clock mechanisms and their contribution to the early stages of Alzheimer's Learn more Dr Marco Brancaccio
Dr Marc Aurel Busche Group Leader UK DRI at UCL Understanding and repairing pathological neural circuits in Alzheimer's disease Learn more Dr Marc Aurel Busche
Dr Jian Gan Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Understanding why and how neurons and brain circuits become dysfunctional in vivo Learn more Dr Jian Gan
Dr Nir Grossman Group Leader UK DRI at Imperial Pioneering non-invasive neuromodulatory interventions to correct the abnormal brain activity in dementia Learn more Dr Nir Grossman
Dr Julija Krupic Group Leader UK DRI at UCL Understanding early changes in neuron-glia circuits in Alzheimer’s disease Learn more Dr Julija Krupic
Prof Peter Magill Group Leader Parkinson's Research Centre at Oxford Investigating the molecular and cellular substrates of neural circuit dynamics in Parkinson’s Learn more Prof Peter Magill
Dr Patricio Opazo Group Leader UK DRI at Edinburgh Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic compensation and repair Learn more Dr Patricio Opazo
Prof Tara Spires-Jones Group Leader & Research Division Lead UK DRI at Edinburgh Deciphering why synapses and neurons degenerate and whether boosting resilience of synapses can protect the brain Learn more Prof Tara Spires-Jones
Prof Jernej Ule Centre Director & Research Division Lead UK DRI at King's Deciphering the role of RNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia Learn more Prof Jernej Ule
Prof William Wisden Centre Director & Research Division Lead UK DRI at Imperial Investigating how and if good sleep protects against the development of dementia Learn more Prof William Wisden
