Dr Sanne Kaalund As a neuroscientist I am interested in the microscopic structure of the human brain, in particular how changes in the number of brain cells and cell-to-cell connections relate to altered behaviour and cognitive function in brain illnesses. I study...
Yasmine Kamen I study oligodendrocyte precursor cell membrane properties, ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors. I focus on the temporal and regional diversity in these properties, and how this might underlie the capacity of oligodendrocyte precursors cel...
Professor Clemens Kaminski We develop advanced microscopic imaging techniques that permit us to elucidate molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
We use techniques such as lifetime, spectrum and polarisation resolved imaging that inform on protein misfolding, aggregat...
Dr Gabriele Kaminski Schierle Our current research is focused on uncovering the molecular mechanisms that cause proteins to misfold and aggregate in live model systems of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). To enable this work we have developed a range of ad...
Mr Onno Kampman Computational neuroscience, using machine learning approaches to understanding the brain and human behaviour.
Dr Jonathan Kanen I have defended my PhD as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, received the Angharad Dodds John Bursary in Mental Health and Neuropsychiatry to conduct postdoctoral research, and am an MD candidate in the United States.
Much of my work has centred on the n...
Yul Kang I study navigation, learning, and decision-making with computational models and behavioral experiments. I am interested in finding the normative way to solve a computational problem, how neural representation and behavioral performance conforms to...
Melek Karadag I am a dementia researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders. I work on cognitive and neurophysiological changes of Alzheimer's Disease using neuropsychology and E/MEG. I am also interested in improving the ...
Dr Ragnhildur Thora Karadottir My lab’s interests are neurotransmitter signalling to oligodendrocytes and their progenitor cells, in both health and disease.
Oligodendrocytes produce myelin (in the CNS), which speeds the propagation of the action potential. When the myelin s...
Dr Muzaffer Kaser I am a psychiatrist interested in brain substrates of cognitive impairments associated with psychiatric disorders, I investigate the mechanisms underlying cognitive dysfunction in depression and potential treatments.
Dr Taxiarchis Katsinelos The progressive deposition of misfolded hyperphosphorylated tau is a pathological hallmark and it correlates with the disease progression of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease. My research focuses on employing cellular biology and biochemica...
Dr Napoleon Katsos I am interested in how developmental research can inform theoretical linguistic inquiry and vice versa. My particular focus is in the area of semantics and pragmatics, and in language learning by monolingual and bilingual children as well as child...
Dr Laura Katus My main research interest lies in understanding how the early environment shapes the developing brain. I am particularly interested in how early adversity, as is frequently experienced by children in low- and middle-income countries, affects their...
Malak Kawan The development of biocompatible neural interfaces for chronic therapeutic interventions is a long-standing challenge in the field of electronics interfacing with the nervous system. The foreign body reaction triggered upon implantation of foreign...
Dr ILIAS KAZANIS My research focuses on the regulation of adult brain cytogenesis, especilly on the biology of the subependymal zone neurogenic/gliogenic niche. I am interested in the role of components of the extracellular matrix (ECM/ such as integrins, laminins...
Dr David Keays The Keays lab exploits cerebral organoids, 2-photon light microscopy, and in vivo genetic methods to investigate important questions in developmental and sensory neurobiology. We are interested in: (1) How mutations in the tubulin and MAST genes c...
Dr Shekhar Kedia The broad aim of my research is to understand the role of inflammation in Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease through state-of-the-art super resolution microscopy techniques
Nejc Kejzar Our lab aims to understand the underlying mechanism of the hippocampal cognitive map through studying interactions of its basic components: place, grid, border and head direction cells.
To achieve this, we combine the state of the art experimenta...
Mahmoud Keshavarzi My research involves designing paradigms for EEG and MEG experiments, programming them, and analysing the data, as well as testing children using both kinds of brain imaging equipment.
Professor Barry Keverne Professor Keverne has long standing experience in behavioural neuroscience and has, in the past 10 years, brought molecular genetic techniques to focus on brain development and investigate how genetic perturbations of the brain influence brain fun...
Professor Roger Keynes Growth cone repulsion is an important mechanism controlling axon growth. During development it guides axons by excluding them from repulsive regions of the embryo. Following injury to the adult brain it may also block axon regeneration, with major...
Dr Svetlana Khoronenkova Human cells repair thousands of DNA lesions daily. The majority of lesions arise from the intrinsic chemical instability of DNA and include single-strand breaks and base modifications. Unrepaired lesions can obstruct DNA replication, leading to mu...
Dr Rogier Kievit My research focuses on using psychometric models to understand neurodevelopmental changes in executive functions. These cognitive abilities, such as reasoning, problem solving and goal management, develop rapidly during adolescence and often show ...
Monica Killen My PhD is focused on understanding the relationship between metabolic dysfunction and inflammation in traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many TBI patients experience a change in normal brain chemistry, which causes further neurodegeneration and cell de...
Ms Deborah King My research investigates the role that cardiovascular health plays in cognitive ageing. Many cognitive abilities decline with age, although there are marked differences between individuals in the rate and extent of decline. This diversity in agein...
Mr Ollie King Studying novel single-domain antibodies (nanobodies) capable of modulating GABA-A receptors with exquisite subtype selectivity, offering a promising alternative to classical small molecule PAMs like BZD. My research aims to further characterise an...
Miss Emily Kitchener I am interested in the mechanisms of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the brain. I use primary cultured brain cells and cell lines to investigate how microglia become activated by inflammatory stimuli, and how such microglia can damage o...
Dr Manfred Kitzbichler Having a physics background, I am applying general concepts to the analysis of brain activation. This involves both fMRI and MEG, resting state as well as task related data. In particular I am interested in understanding the spatio-temporal dynami...
Professor David Klenerman Small soluble protein aggregates are thought to play a key role in the initial development of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, but are difficult to study using conventional methods due to their low concent...
Gunther Klobe I am interested in human decision-making across the adult lifespan. In particular, I investigate how much we can learn about individual decision-making processes by analysing a person's performance on simple perceptual reaction tasks. Plenty of va...
Professor Tuomas Knowles We work on the physico-chemical properties and behaviour of biological molecules and soft materials. The research in the group is highly interdisciplinary. Members of the group have a wide range of backgrounds. We used methods from biochemistry, c...
Dr Athene Knufer My research investigates the plasticity mechanisms which drive network adjustment during a critical period in the development of the Drosophila larval motor circuit.
Dr Yoo Koung (Y.K.) Ko I am a molecular neuroscientist interested in elucidating molecular and cellular mechanisms behind disorders of brains and translating this understanding to novel therapies. My current research focuses on finding drugs that are beneficial to the t...
Mr Angelos Kolias MD, MSc, PhD, FRCS (SN) Mr Kolias is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK. His clinical interests include surgery for brain tumours (special interest in skull base/pituitary surgery)...
Dr Anna Korhonen Computational neurolinguistics, the application of natural language processing techniques to aid research in cognitive neuroscience, computational lexical semantics and comceptual structure
Dr Mark Kotter My group is interested in the biology of adult CNS stem and precursor cells in the context of disease. A particular focus lies on mechanisms of CNS remyelination, a stem/precursor cell-mediated process in which new myelin sheaths are restored to d...
Dr Olympia Koulouri Olympia is a Clinical Lecturer in Endocrinology at the Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science.
Her PhD studies, under the supervision of Dr Mark Gurnell and Dr Nadia Schoenmakers, focused on central disorders of thyroid function.
She ...
Professor Zoe Kourtzi My work aims to understand the role of learning and experience in enabling humans of all ages to translate sensory experience into complex decisions and adaptive behaviours. Adaptive cognitive abilities are critical for survival and social interac...
Niklas Krick I investigate, how during a critical period towards the end of embryogenesis, fundamental properties of neurons and neuronal circuits are determined, to specify homeostatic setpoints. To address this, I am taking advantage of the well characterise...
Miss Grace Kromm I am a PhD student piloting and leading the Brain Activation in Mother and BabY (BAMBY) study, which uses dual-EEG to characterise neural synchrony between mothers and their healthy or brain-injured newborns as well as the neurological, physiologi...
Mr Marino Krstulovic I am working on developing electrophysiological methods in large animal models of Huntington's disease. My primary methods of interest are EEG and Single Cell Recordings.
Dr Alexandra Krugliak I am interested how the human brain processes natural objects: Are there any, and if so what are the stages of objects processing? How is information from different sensory modalities combined into a multisensory object experience? How and when is...
Dr Dominik Krzemi?ski In my work I use computational methods to reconstruct, annotate, and analyse the synaptic connectivity of individual neurons from electron microscopy volumes of the adult fly brain and ventral nerve cord. The main goal thus far has been to elucida...
Dr Wei-Li Kuan My primary research interest is on investigating novel therapeutics that are potentially disease-modifying in Parkinson's and Huntington's disease. I am also extremely keen in interdisciplinary research and I am currently working with groups of ph...
Dr Markus Kuhn I am a Computer Scientist and one of my many interests include information-theoretic and signal-processing aspects of neural physiology, in models of human perception and learning, and in computer architectures specifically designed to execute bio...
Lilia Kukovska My research focuses on understanding the role of cortical inhibition in visual discrimination. I use optogenetics to activate PV+ interneurons in the primary visual cortex and simultaneously record calcium transients using 2-photon imaging to stu...
Dr Janet Kumita My research group uses a multidisciplinary approach, including biophysics, cell biology and protein engineering, to study the molecular processes underlying protein self-assembly, in particular aberrant amyloid fibril formation related to disorder...
Dr Sebastian Kurten I use large and complex survey data to model the effects of media use on wellbeing.
