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4-year PhD Studentship: Control of neuronal differentiation and ciliogenesis through mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) – Regulatory Factor X (RFX) interaction in embryonic and adult neurogenesis
Glucocorticoid hormones (GCs) are of critical importance for health[1]. They bind to two receptor types in the hippocampus. the mineralocorticoid (MR) and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) which act as ligand-dependent transcription factors[2-4]. Read more
Self funded BMS Project: Neuronal-Src kinases: oncogenes in brain development?
Applications accepted for PhD Only. The challenges of the developing human brain include co-ordinating the birth and migration of 100 billion neurons and the formation of their 1000 trillion synaptic connections. Read more
Computational neuroscience: Statistical signal processing for multivariate neuronal data, Neural computing with Spiking neural networks.
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Intelligent Systems and Nanoscience
How does the human brain work? As you read this text, the pixels on your screen are converted into a series of spike trains passing along the neural pathways in your brain, allowing you to understand the content. Read more
Cell-type dependent pharmacological regulation of cellular mitophagy for therapeutic application in Parkinson’s disease
The cellular quality-control process of mitophagy, entailing selective degradation of defective mitochondria (following damage to their DNA) by the process of autophagy, has attracted considerable research interest. Read more
A role for cholesterol metabolism in neurodevelopmental disorder
Microdeletions and duplications of the chromosome 15q11.2 region have been identified as a high penetrant risk copy number variance (CNV) to autism and schizophrenia. CYFIP1 (Cytoplasmic FMR1-interacting protein 1) is generally believed to be the causal risk gene in this CNV. Read more
Spinal cord neuronal pathways for pain and itch
The dorsal horn of the spinal cord plays an important role in processing sensory information that is perceived as pain and itch. However, despite its importance we know relatively little about the organisation of neural circuits in this region. Read more
Investigating intracellular signalling mechanisms in the hippocampus: implications in memory formation and disease
Rationale. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are non-coding RNAs that mediate the silencing of specific messenger RNAs. miRNAs are involved in the regulation of all cellular processes and they are particularly important in coordinating gene expression and function in neurons (1). Read more
Fractional order modelling of neurons
Project Overview. Fractional order calculus (integro-differential equations that are of non-integral order) is an emerging methodology with wide applications across all areas of Physics and Engineering. Read more
Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of neural–fibroblast interactions in wound healing
The skin and other epithelial surfaces such as the oral mucosa play a critical role as a barrier to pathogens and other environmental insults. Read more
BBSRC MIBTP - Identification of pathways deregulating neuronal ELAV/Hu RNA binding proteins and alternative splicing in neurodegeneration
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BBSRC MIBTP
ELAV/Hu proteins comprise a family of highly conserved neuronal RNA binding proteins important for the development of the nervous system and for neuronal functions. Read more
Identifying genetic mechanisms of neuronal regeneration using planaria
Neuronal injury or disease in humans often leads to disability and mortality. Neurons in humans regenerate poorly, and there are very few methods to encourage this regeneration. Read more
Neuronal coupling across spatiotemporal scales and dimensions of cortical population activity
The human cortex is the most complex known system. It is responsible for a vast range of sensorimotor, decision making, and other cognitive abilities of humans and other mammals. Read more
Characterisation of the neuronal receptor for soluble amyloid precursor protein: a route to new therapeutic targets for Alzheimers disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the commonest form of dementia for which currently there is no means of stopping or even slowing the disease. Read more
Information processing in neuronal networks
Open position is available in the Levy lab at the Faculty of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology (. https://sagilevy.net.technion.ac.il/. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: Role of SAFB proteins in the regulation of miRNA function and aetiology of Huntington's disease
RNA binding proteins (RBP) play a central role in cellular metabolism by orchestrating the complex interactions of coding, non-coding, structural and regulatory RNA species. Read more