Dr Eleanor Raffan BVM&S PhD DipECVIM-CA MRCVS I am interested in the neural control of energy homeostasis in the body. We study canine models of obesity to discover new genes linked to obesity and interrogate the mechanisms in which genetic variation can influence neural control of metabolis...
Dr Ruma Raha-Chowdhury My main interest is in innate immunity, inflammation and brain iron homeostasis.
Inflammation and innate immunity are key players in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Down syndrome (DS). Individuals with DS have a spectrum of hematopoietic dysfunction...
Dr Taufiq Rahman My research interests broadly lie in two categories - structure-function studies of intracellular calcium channels and rational design and development of selective modulators of signalling proteins including ion channels
Professor Carl Edward Rasmussen I work on probabilistic inference and machine learning. What are the mathematical foundations of learning from experience in biological systems?
Dr Evan Reid My group's research is focussed on the hereditary spastic paraplegias, genetic conditions where the corticospinal tract axons degenerate. HSPs selectively involve axons while sparing the neuronal cell bodies, so we study them to understand molecul...
Dr Frank Reimann Research in the lab is currently focusing on enteroendocrine cells, especially glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secreting cells, which we hope to target in the treatment of diabetes and obesity. GLP-1 secreting cells are electrically excitable and ...
Dr Jing Ren The serotonin system is the most frequently targeted neural system for treating mental illnesses, including depression and anxiety. Our team focuses on bridging the huge gap on the link between the abnormalities of serotonergic wiring and transmis...
Dr Timothy Rittman BMBS BMedSci PgCertMedEd MRCP(London) PhD My main interest is in understanding how neurodegnerative disease progresses through the brain, in particular why neurodegenerative disease affect the brain in predictable patterns. To do this I develop computer models of disease processes using i...
Professor Trevor Robbins Research interests span the areas of cognitive neuroscience, behavioural neuroscience and psychopharmacology. Main work focuses on the functions of the frontal lobes of the brain and their connections with other regions. These brain systems are re...
Professor Angela Roberts FMedSci I am interested in the brain networks underlying cognitive and emotional behaviour. In particular, my research focuses on the executive control functions of the prefrontal cortex and related brain structures, including the basal ganglia and the am...
Dr Rhys Roberts Our group is interested in peripheral nerve diseases, particularly the inherited peripheral neuropathies, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). We have focused on the demyelinating forms of CMT, where defects in intracellular membrane trafficking p...
Dr Hugh Robinson We study synaptic integration in mammalian cortical neurons - encoding of synaptic inputs into patterns of action potentials, or spikes. We are currently interested in
- development of advanced electrical stimulation techniques (conductan...
Professor Peter Robinson I am a computer scientist with an interest in neuroscience.
My research concerns problems at the boundary between people and computers. This involves investigating new technologies to enhance communication between computers and their users, and...
Chris Rodgers I am an expert in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS). My group develop advanced MRI and MRS methods usnig the 7T Terra MRI scanner at the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre. Our aim is to push the boundaries of MR...
Dr John Rogers Approaches to gene therapy to promote axon regeneration. Specifically: expression of enzymes which can destroy axon-inhibitory proteoglycans, and the use of viral vectors which can express them in injured neurons.
Professor James B. Rowe Dementia and Neurodegeneration have devastating consequences. My work aims to protect brain function in those at risk of dementia, and restore brain function in those with symptoms. My program has four pillars:
1. to define cognitive processes tha...
Professor David Rubinsztein The pathogenesis of diseases caused by codon reiteration mutations (like Huntington’s disease and oculopharangeal muscular dystrophy).
Description of research:
We are studying the pathogenesis of diseases caused by codon reiteration mutations, l...
Dr Kai Ruggeri Dr Kai Ruggeri is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Psychology as well as Research Associate specialising in methods, research design and analysis in the Engineering Design Centre. He works on a variety of projects, typically related to ...
Professor John Rust The development, evaluation and implementation of psychometric tests and psychometric testing procedures. As Director of The Psychometrics Centre I have been responsible for the UK standardisation of many of the most widely used psychometric tests...
Dr Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon Ordered assembly of a small number of proteins into amyloid structures within neurons and, in some cases, glia underlies neurodegenerative disease. We work to understand the molecular basis of amyloid assembly in neurodegenerative disease. Key que...
