Prof Siddharthan Chandran

Director & CEO

Dissecting a genetic cause of ALS and FTD and identifying ways to help protect neurons

Condition

Frontotemporal dementia, Motor neuron disease/ALS

Biography

Professor Siddharthan Chandran is Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute, and an internationally leading expert in neurodegenerative diseases. Prof Chandran is a practising neurologist and scientist working at the forefront of the emerging discipline of Regenerative Neurology, renowned for his work in motor neuron disease (MND) and MS that combines laboratory and clinical research with a particular focus on human / patient stem cells for his discovery science research. Alongside his UK DRI research, Prof Chandran is Director of the Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research and the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Sciences.

News

Key publications

Sci Adv
Published

C9orf72-derived arginine-containing dipeptide repeats associate with axonal transport machinery and impede microtubule-based motility.

Authors
Laura Fumagalli, Florence L Young, Steven Boeynaems, Mathias De Decker, Arpan R Mehta, Ann Swijsen, Raheem Fazal, Wenting Guo, Matthieu Moisse, Jimmy Beckers, Lieselot Dedeene, Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj, Tijs Vandoorne, Vanesa Madan, Marka van Blitterswijk, Denitza Raitcheva, Alexander McCampbell, Koen Poesen, Aaron D Gitler, Philipp Koch, Pieter Vanden Berghe, Dietmar Rudolf Thal, Catherine Verfaillie, Siddharthan Chandran, Ludo Van Den Bosch, Simon L Bullock, Philip Van Damme
C9orf72-derived arginine-containing dipeptide repeats associate with axonal transport machinery and impede microtubule-based motility.
Sci Adv
Published

C9orf72-derived arginine-containing dipeptide repeats associate with axonal transport machinery and impede microtubule-based motility.

Authors
Laura Fumagalli, Florence L Young, Steven Boeynaems, Mathias De Decker, Arpan R Mehta, Ann Swijsen, Raheem Fazal, Wenting Guo, Matthieu Moisse, Jimmy Beckers, Lieselot Dedeene, Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj, Tijs Vandoorne, Vanesa Madan, Marka van Blitterswijk, Denitza Raitcheva, Alexander McCampbell, Koen Poesen, Aaron D Gitler, Philipp Koch, Pieter Vanden Berghe, Dietmar Rudolf Thal, Catherine Verfaillie, Siddharthan Chandran, Ludo Van Den Bosch, Simon L Bullock, Philip Van Damme
C9orf72-derived arginine-containing dipeptide repeats associate with axonal transport machinery and impede microtubule-based motility.
Mol Neurodegener
Published

Altered network properties in C9ORF72 repeat expansion cortical neurons are due to synaptic dysfunction.

Authors
Emma M Perkins, Karen Burr, Poulomi Banerjee, Arpan R Mehta, Owen Dando, Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj, Daumante Suminaite, Jyoti Nanda, Christopher M Henstridge, Thomas H Gillingwater, Giles E Hardingham, David J A Wyllie, Siddharthan Chandran, Matthew R Livesey
Altered network properties in C9ORF72 repeat expansion cortical neurons are due to synaptic dysfunction.
Mol Neurodegener
Published

Altered network properties in C9ORF72 repeat expansion cortical neurons are due to synaptic dysfunction.

Authors
Emma M Perkins, Karen Burr, Poulomi Banerjee, Arpan R Mehta, Owen Dando, Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj, Daumante Suminaite, Jyoti Nanda, Christopher M Henstridge, Thomas H Gillingwater, Giles E Hardingham, David J A Wyllie, Siddharthan Chandran, Matthew R Livesey
Altered network properties in C9ORF72 repeat expansion cortical neurons are due to synaptic dysfunction.

Chandran Lab

Explore the work of the Chandran Lab, Dissecting a genetic cause of ALS and FTD and identifying ways to help protect neurons.

 
Chandran Lab
Human stem cell-derived myelinating oligodendrocyte can be seen with many myelinating processes wrapped around unstained neurons