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Molecular Neurodegeneration Research Group at @NDCNOxford based at @KavliOxford. Researching Parkinson’s pathogenesis aiming to identify targets for therapies.
@UniofOxford
Joined May 2023
I am motivated to understand how glial cells coordinate to maintain neuronal health and how their dysfunction contributes to neurodegeneration. Outside of the lab, I enjoy ballet, working out, going to art museums and musicals." @NDCNOxford @KavliOxford
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We welcome @MJKimSerena, to our group! "For my DPhil project, I will study interactions between neurons, microglia and astrocytes in Parkinson’s using human stem cells. At @UKDRI in UCL, I worked on how brain hyperactivity contributes to immune-driven synapse loss in AD.
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🎉Huge congratulations to the @AlzResearchUK ‘Running Researchers’ team for raising nearly £6,000 for life-changing dementia research. ✨Special congratulations to our #DPhil @Gordon_Lam97 for his fantastic run in the @OxfordHalf! 🏃🏻♂️💪 @NDCNOxford
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"I aim to work on a project on biomarkers, which might help us to improve the detection and understanding of diseases like Lewy Body dementia. When I’m not working in the lab or the hospital, I enjoy classical singing, baking and spending time with my cat." @KavliOxford
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🥳We are very excited to welcome Dr Kilda Carpenter to our lab! @NDCNOxford "I’m Kilda, an Academic Clinical Fellow in Old Age Psychiatry. My research interests include neurodegenerative conditions, especially Lewy Body dementia, and visual hallucinations in older adults."
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This week we celebrated @_Suman_Dutta, who soon transitions to independence as Assistant Professor. He is the third member of @TofarisLab to achieve this milestone! A fantastic colleague and an outstanding scientist all around. Many congratulations Suman and all the best.
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We were awarded GOLD Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (#LEAF) standard aiming to reduce carbon impact & promote sustainable lab practices. Well done to everyone @TofarisLab. Special thanks to Andrew Castle who spearheaded this effort!
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Our @UniofOxford scientists are swapping lab coats for running shoes! They’re taking on the @OxfordHalf to fund vital dementia research for @AlzResearchUK Show your support here! https://t.co/trFJO4XvTA
#TeamARUK #OxfordHalf #RunForResearch
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Our DPhil student @Gordon_Lam97, is running the @OxfordHalf with @ARUKThamesV Running Researchers and is raising money to support neurodegenerative disease research. 🍰 Help by buying the snacks he brought from Japan, Thailand, and Hong Kong. 🔗donate: https://t.co/fTtajq16SG
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"Previously, I developed cryo-EM methods to study neurodegeneration in the Frank lab @AstburyCentre. I also completed an internship on Alzheimer's epigenomics, in the @DrNErtekinTaner lab @MayoClinicNeuro. 🏊Outside the lab, I enjoy reading, swimming and playing tennis."
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📣We welcome our upcoming DPhil, Amin Atashgaran @mnatashgaran. "I am excited to draw on interdisciplinary expertise @KavliOxford @NDCNOxford to explore the role of Extracellular Vesicles #EVs in synucleinopathies using structural biology and transcriptomics methods."
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"Outside the lab, I enjoy being active, exploring nature, and going on outdoor adventures! 🌿🧠🪨🧗 🏞️ And huge thanks to my funders @alzheimerssoc and @Co_Biologists for supporting my Oxford trip!" @NDCNOxford
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We are excited to welcome @PD_Mito, an @alzheimerssoc funded fellow from @UniofNewcastle. "I’m thrilled to be here to learn how to establish α-synuclein iPSC models-a key part of my fellowship exploring how age-related mitochondrial decline links to synuclein aggregation".
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Great #CRISPR workshop at #MertonCollege organised by @eyeMacLaren where our post doc, Dr. Ana Aragón @AnaAragonG presented her work on inducible CRISPRi gene silencing in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons from Parkinson’s patients 🧠 🔗 https://t.co/xDVAuD5OaN
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Huge congratulations to Anis Sahoo @SahooAnis for winning the Oxford 10k @raceforlife today!! 🏃🏽♂️✨ Incredible achievement, well done 🎉 🔗36:36 https://t.co/ZUrYFIjfEE
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Anis Sahoo @SahooAnis, a brilliant post-doc in our lab, is running for brain cancer research with @CR_UK #RaceForLife 🧠💜 🍰 Support him by buying his homemade cake & macarons, or simply donate: https://t.co/uLFbILaC4L Find us at @KavliOxford @NDCNOxford
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Congratulations to our Flash talk prize winner from Wednesday’s @AlzResearchUK Research day! @_SumanDutta from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, for his talk: Extracellular vesicles as carriers of pathogenic α-synuclein in neurodegenerative diseases
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Congratulations to @ShijunVictorYan @TofarisLab @NDCNOxford @KavliOxford for completing a very successful DPhil! With three first author papers & several awards he has been an exceptional graduate student. Well done Dr Yan! Thank you to Alex Thompson and Tim Bartels for examining
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