UK DRI Centre at Imperial News
Using smartwatch data to monitor Parkinson's Disease
Nature publish a new study into digital PD measures from UK DRI at Imperial group leader Dr Cynthia Sandor and researchers at Cardiff University
PhD student from the Centre wins Rising Scientist prize
Brian Schilder (Skene lab) won a presentation award at the Imperial Rising Scientists Day
Lasting brain impacts of severe COVID-19
The lasting mental impacts of severe COVID-19 on areas like memory, attention, or problem solving, may be equivalent to 20 years of ageing
New book published, co-edited by Dr Marco Brancaccio
In this recently published book, leading experts in the field review how circadian rhythms impact the brain
How temperature and circadian rhythms intersect to regulate a protein shown to protect against neurodegeneration
A new study led by Dr Marco Brancaccio (UK DRI at Imperial) and Dr Marieke Hoekstra (former UK DRI at Imperial, now VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) offers a deeper insight into how a neuroprotective pathway is regulated both by temperature and the body clock. This research, published in the journal PNAS, could open up new therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative disease. Read more on the UK DRI website
Introducing Cynthia Sandor: Pioneering earlier detection of Parkinson’s
Dr Cynthia Sandor, former Emerging Leader at the UK DRI at Cardiff, joins the UK DRI at Imperial as a Group Leader, where she will be tackling early diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
With a background in genetics, Dr Sandor uses computational methods to bring greater understanding to the underlying molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s. Read more about Cynthia's work on the UK DRI website.