Postdoc researchers showing a poster presentation of their research

Postdoctoral researchers

A list of some of our current postdoctoral researchers.

  Name and affiliation Project Supervisor

Dr Matthew Broadhead

University of St Andrews

Synapse vulnerability in ALS Prof Gareth Miles

Dr Mario Cecchini

University of Edinburgh

Assisted dying in MND: Implications of neuropsychological changes on decision making. Prof Sharon Abrahams

Dr Helena Chaytow

University of Edinburgh

Preclinical drug development in MND models. 

Convenor of Euan MacDonald Centre postdoc network.

Prof Tom Gillingwater

Dr Laura Comely

University of Edinburgh

Investigating the viability of vulnerable motor axons following Smn restoration in mouse models of Spinal muscular atrophy.  Dr Lyndsay Murray

Dr Yinhuan Dong

University of Edinburgh

Real-World Digital Behaviour as a Functional Signal for Neurodegenerative Disease: A Pilot Study in MND/ALS Prof Suvankar Pal

Dr Sophie Hawkins

University of Edinburgh

Understanding the role of oligodendrocytes in motor neuron disease onset and progression

Prof Siddharthan Chandran 

Dr Bhuvaneish Selvaraj

Dr Samantha Ho

University of Edinburgh

Stabilization of neuromuscular junction in motor neuron diseases using human stem cell models. 

Dr Bhuvaneish Selvaraj

Prof Siddharthan Chandran

Dr Zsofia Laszlo

University of Dundee

Understanding the mechanism of synapse loss and pathology in MND Dr Chris Henstridge

Dr Julia Meng

University of Edinburgh

Does neuronal activity modulate action potential conduction along myelinated axons in developing neural circuits?  Prof David Lyons

Dr Reiss Pal

University of Edinburgh

Investigating axonal health and motor neurone vulnerability using human stem cell models of MND.

Prof Siddharthan Chandran 

Dr Bhuvaneish Selvaraj

Dr Beck Strohmer

University of St Andrews

Modeling the temporal dynamics of neural circuit degeneration in ALS Dr Ilary Allodi

Dr Daniel Underwood

University of St Andrews

Beyond the Brain: The effect of causative MND/ALS mutations on the pro-inflammatory response to bacterial infection Dr Jaclyn Pearson
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