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Members of the UK DRI Vascular thematic network

The UK DRI Vascular thematic network was established in Feb 2020 and is led by Prof Joanna Wardlaw (UK DRI at Edinburgh) and Dr Axel Montagne (UK DRI at Edinburgh).

The strengths and expertise of the UK DRI Vascular thematic network include:

  • Endothelial & vascular biology (Montagne, Wardlaw, Williams, Hunt), including cell-cell communication with neighbouring neurogliovascular cells (Diaz-Castro, Montagne, Williams); neuroimmunology (McColl, Morgan, Hong) and (epi)genomic (Nott, Webber, Matthews)
  • Vascular-relevant models (Vascular Models Database)
  • In vivo imaging methods (Busche, Montagne, Wardlaw)
  • In vivo electrophysiology recording (Busche, Gan, Williams)
  • Range of molecular biology, genetic, & multi’omics methods (Webber, Diaz-Castro, McColl, Montagne, Nott, Williams)
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Dr Marc Aurel Busche

Group Leader

UK DRI at UCL

Understanding and repairing pathological neural circuits 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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Jian Gan

Dr Jian Gan

Group Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Understanding why and how neurons and brain circuits become dysfunctional in vivo

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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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Paresh Maholtra

Dr Paresh Malhotra

UK DRI Associate Member

Imperial College London

Reader in Cognitive & Behavioural Neurology, Imperial College London

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Paul Matthews

Prof Paul Matthews

Group Leader

UK DRI at Imperial

Exploring neuronal vulnerability and genetic risk variants in Alzheimer’s progression

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Barry McColl

Dr Barry McColl

Group Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Investigating the role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease

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Axel Montagne

Dr Axel Montagne

Group Leader

UK DRI at Edinburgh

Exploring the link between cerebrovascular and inflamm-ageing to neurodegeneration and dementia

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Paul Morgan

Prof Paul Morgan

Interim Centre Director

UK DRI at Cardiff

Investigating exactly how key immune proteins contribute to Alzheimer's disease development

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Dr Alexi Nott

Group Leader

UK DRI at Imperial

Investigating how the epigenome regulates cell type specific gene expression in ageing-related brain disorders

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Dr David Owen

Reader in Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

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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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