Amanda Heslegrave

Dr Amanda Heslegrave

Principal Research Fellow

Co-leading the UK DRI Biomarker Factory platform based at UK DRI at UCL

Biography

Dr. Amanda Heslegrave is Principal Research Fellow at the UK DRI at UCL, where she co-leads the fluid biomarker (Zetterberg) laboratory and the UK DRI Biomarker Factory. After completing her BSc from Birkbeck, University of London (2000) and PhD from UCL (2005), she transitioned to biomarker research in 2012 with Prof Henrik Zetterberg at UCL. Her research focuses on fluid biomarkers in CSF and blood, utilising immunoassay and proteomic methods to study neurodegenerative diseases. 

News

Key publications

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published
Unravelling the plasma proteome: Pioneering biomarkers for differential dementia diagnosis
Authors
Haşim Gezegen, Merve Alaylıoğlu, Erdi Şahin, Owen Swann, Elena Veleva, Gamze Güven, Umran Yaman, Derviş A Salih, Başar Bilgiç, Haşmet Hanağası, Hakan Gürvit, Murat Emre, Duygu Gezen-Ak, Erdinç Dursun, Henrik Zetterberg, John Hardy, Amanda Heslegrave, Maryam Shoai, Bedia Samanci
Unravelling the plasma proteome: Pioneering biomarkers for differential dementia diagnosis
Brain : a journal of neurology
Published
Biomarker evidence of neurodegeneration in mid-life former rugby players
Authors
Neil S N Graham, Karl A Zimmerman, Jessica Hain, Erin Rooney, Ying Lee, Martina Del Giovane, Thomas Parker, Mathew G Wilson, Paresh Malhotra, Michael C B David, Magdalena Kolanko, Maneesh Patel, Elena Veleva, Owen Swann, Amanda Heslegrave, Henrik Zetterberg, Daniel Friedland, Richard Sylvester, David J Sharp
Biomarker evidence of neurodegeneration in mid-life former rugby players

The Biomarker Factory

Dr Amanda Heslegrave co-leads the UK DRI Biomarker Factory, transforming the early detection, diagnosis and monitoring of dementia, by facilitating the development of fluid biomarkers for research and the clinic

UK DRI Biomarker Factory
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