Deanery of Biomedical Sciences

Projects

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• 4 Not started
• 177 Active
• 1518 Finished

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  Spatiotemporal Profiling of Vascular Cell Transcriptomes in Alzheimer’s Disease

  McQuaid, C. (Principal Investigator), Hasel, P. (Co-investigator), Montagne, A. (Co-investigator) & Spires-Jones, T. (Co-investigator)

  UK Dementia Research Institute Ltd

  1/04/25 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research

  Hardingham, G. (Principal Investigator)

  UK Dementia Research Institute Ltd

  1/04/25 → 31/03/30

  Project: Research

• Diverging mechanisms mediating absence seizures in rat models of neurodevelopmental disorders

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  The University of Edinburgh Development Trust

  1/04/25 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• UK DRI Capital Equipment Award – 2-photon microscope & slide scanner

  Hardingham, G. (Principal Investigator)

  UK Dementia Research Institute Ltd

  1/04/25 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• Rewiring copper homeostasis in antifungal drug efficacy: The Achilles’ heel of Candida albicans?

  Makrantoni, V. (Principal Investigator)

  The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

  1/04/25 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• Advanced 3D-bioprinted Grafts for Bypass Surgeries

  Radacsi, N. (Principal Investigator) & Hadoke, P. (Co-investigator)

  Medical Research Council

  1/03/25 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• Manipulating brain networks: Developing a genetic toolkit of conserved myelin inhibitors

  Zoupi, L. (Principal Investigator)

  Royal Society

  1/03/25 → 28/02/26

  Project: Research

• Voluntary Restrictive Feeding: A Novel Mouse Model Of Anorexia Nervosa

  Karnani, M. (Principal Investigator)

  The Stoneygate Trust

  10/02/25 → 9/02/26

  Project: Research

• Voluntary restrictive feeding: a novel mouse model of anorexia nervosa

  Karnani, M. (Principal Investigator)

  Rosetrees Trust

  10/02/25 → 9/02/26

  Project: Research

• SIDB Award Nov 24 - Cathy Abbott

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  The University of Edinburgh Development Trust

  1/02/25 → 31/01/26

  Project: Research

• PV236 NeuroStripe – an advanced neural electrophysiology device allowing concurrent neural recording and stimulation

  Wang, S. (Principal Investigator) & Gonzalez Sulser, A. (Co-investigator)

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  1/02/25 → 31/07/25

  Project: Research

• Identifying adeno-associated viruses to successfully and specifically target human glia

  Diaz-Castro, B. (Principal Investigator), Durrant, C. (Co-investigator), Hasel, P. (Co-investigator), Thangaraj Selvaraj, B. (Co-investigator) & Williams, A. (Co-investigator)

  UK Dementia Research Institute Ltd

  6/01/25 → 5/12/26

  Project: Research

• Axon diameter in neural circuit formation and function

  Lyons, D. (Principal Investigator)

  UKRI (formerly RCUK)

  1/01/25 → 31/12/29

  Project: Research

• Targeting Nrf2 in brain endothelial cells as a novel therapeutic strategy against vascular dementia

  Qiu, J. (Principal Investigator) & Horsburgh, K. (Co-investigator)

  British Heart Foundation

  1/01/25 → 31/12/27

  Project: Research

• Development and In Vitro Functional Assessment of a Radically Truncated Minigene Version of the ARID1B Gene as Path to a Gene Therapy

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  The University of Edinburgh Development Trust

  1/01/25 → 30/06/26

  Project: Research

• SIDB Light-Sheet Microscopy and 3D Image Analysis Core Facility (LSM3D)

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  Simons Foundation

  1/01/25 → 31/12/27

  Project: Research

• Engineering human axioloids to produce in vitro human kidneys better than current kidney organoids, and disease modelling using them.

  Davies, J. (Principal Investigator)

  Medical Research Council

  9/12/24 → 8/12/27

  Project: Research

• Investigating the role of PCDH10 in excitatory synapse assembling and physiology

  Cousin, M. (Principal Investigator)

  Royal Society

  2/12/24 → 1/12/26

  Project: Research

• Deciphering neuronal RBP regulation of mRNA transport and translation in synaptic plasticity

  Donlin-Asp, P. (Principal Investigator)

  Wellcome Trust (Rcl)

  1/12/24 → 30/11/32

  Project: Research

• Circuit mechanisms of cortical predictive learning

  Jordan, R. (Principal Investigator)

  European Commission

  1/12/24 → 30/11/29

  Project: Research

• Development and function of glia limitans superficialis astrocytes in vertebrates

  Hasel, P. (Principal Investigator)

  European Molecular Biology Organisation

  1/12/24 → 30/11/26

  Project: Research

• Investigating the impact of ELAVL4 mislocalisation on splicing regulation in an iPSC-organoid model of frontotemporal dementia

  Bowles, K. (Principal Investigator)

  Medical Research Scotland

  1/10/24 → 30/09/28

  Project: Research

• Investigating the impact of ELAVL4 mislocalisation on splicing regulation in an iPSC-organoid model of frontotemporal dementia - NSCI

  Bowles, K. (Principal Investigator)

  Neural Stem Cell Institute

  1/10/24 → 30/09/28

  Project: Research

• Characterise Novel Functions of a V-ATPase Complex Component in Lysosomal Lipase Activity

  Gammoh, N. (Principal Investigator), Gammoh, N. (Principal Investigator) & Doitsidou, M. (Co-investigator)

  BBSRC

  1/10/24 → 29/02/28

  Project: Research

• Identification of therapeutic combinations to reverse TDP43 mediated RNA dysfunction using high-throughput DRUG-Seq platform on human stem cell derived models

  Thangaraj Selvaraj, B. (Principal Investigator), Carragher, N. (Co-investigator), Chandran, S. (Co-investigator), Graham, R. (Co-investigator), Hardingham, G. (Co-investigator), Newton, J. (Co-investigator) & Pal, S. (Co-investigator)

  Motor Neurone Disease Association

  1/10/24 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• Re-submission: Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset

  Harris, S. (Principal Investigator), Bastin, M. (Co-investigator), Cox, S. (Co-investigator), Davies, G. (Co-investigator), Deary, I. (Co-investigator), King, D. (Co-investigator), Marioni, R. (Co-investigator), Russ, T. (Co-investigator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Co-investigator)

  National Institutes of Health

  30/09/24 → 30/06/29

  Project: Research

• Investigating glial-immune crosstalk in modulating sporadic ALS survival in postmortem and longitudinal samples

  Hasel, P. (Principal Investigator)

  Target ALS

  16/09/24 → 15/09/26

  Project: Research

• Research to enable Microbira to optimise Microbira MAAP-IR software to improve the performance of E. coli identification through various techniques and to investigate additional capabilities such as AMR identification and strain

  Bachmann, T. (Principal Investigator)

  Microbira Limited

  1/09/24 → 31/08/25

  Project: Research

• Exploiting Bioelectric Mechanisms to Drive Motor Axon Regeneration in Mouse Models

  Murray, L. (Principal Investigator)

  Motor Neurone Disease Scotland

  1/09/24 → 31/08/27

  Project: Research

• Unmasking neuromodulatory control of locomotion

  Spires-Jones, T. (Principal Investigator)

  National Institutes of Health

  16/08/24 → 31/05/27

  Project: Research

• Establishing and validating cell-type specific CRISPRi targeting in 3D cortical organoid models to investigate pathogenic mechanisms of tauopathy

  Bowles, K. (Principal Investigator)

  Rainwater Charitable Foundation

  1/08/24 → 31/07/25

  Project: Research

• Investigating the insulin signalling cascade in oxytocin neurons

  Coyle, C. (Principal Investigator)

  British Society for Neuroendocrinology

  1/08/24 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research

• SIDB - June 24 SIDB Model Characterisation Core

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  The University of Edinburgh Development Trust

  1/07/24 → 31/07/27

  Project: Research

• Double Incorporation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids in an Animal and its Application for Precise and Independent Optical Control of Two Target Genes

  Greiss, S. (Principal Investigator)

  BBSRC

  1/07/24 → 30/06/27

  Project: Research

• SIDB Directors Decision - Alfredo Gonzalez Sulser

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  The University of Edinburgh Development Trust

  1/07/24 → 30/06/25

  Project: Research

• SIDB - June 2024 EEG Core

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  The University of Edinburgh Development Trust

  1/06/24 → 31/05/27

  Project: Research

• Macrolide (multidrug)-resistant Rhodococcus equi (MDR-RE): tools for enhanced surveillance and rational control

  Vazquez-Boland, J. (Principal Investigator), Lycett, S. (Co-investigator) & Scortti, M. (Co-investigator)

  Horserace Betting Levy Board

  1/06/24 → 31/05/27

  Project: Research

• Preclinical assessment of the T-cell lymphoma drug bexarotene in motor neuron disease.

  Kline, R. (Principal Investigator), Chandran, S. (Co-investigator), Chandran, S. (Co-investigator), Gillingwater, T. (Co-investigator), Gillingwater, T. (Co-investigator), Thangaraj Selvaraj, B. (Co-investigator), Thangaraj Selvaraj, B. (Co-investigator) & Wishart, T. (Co-investigator)

  Lifearc

  1/06/24 → 31/05/27

  Project: Research

• Genetic Code Expansion with improved efficiency for neuroscience applications in rodents

  Greiss, S. (Principal Investigator) & Surmeli, G. (Co-investigator)

  BBSRC

  1/05/24 → 31/10/25

  Project: Research

• Targeting early-life intervention for treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders

  Booker, S. (Principal Investigator)

  Medical Research Council

  1/05/24 → 30/04/27

  Project: Research

• Targeting Synaptic ingestion by astrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease

  Spires-Jones, T. (Principal Investigator) & Durrant, C. (Co-investigator)

  UK Dementia Research Institute Ltd

  1/05/24 → 30/04/26

  Project: Research

• Halcrow - Scottish Neuroscience Software Network

  Halcrow, C. (Principal Investigator)

  Scottish Universities Life Science Alliance

  1/04/24 → 31/07/25

  Project: Research

• Investigating the viability of vulnerable motor axons following Smn restoration in mouse models of SMA

  Murray, L. (Principal Investigator)

  Cure SMA

  1/04/24 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• SIDB Award Oct 2023 - David Lyons

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  Simons Foundation

  1/04/24 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

• SIDB Award Oct 2023 - Adrian Bird

  Kind, P. (Principal Investigator) & Bird, A. (Co-investigator)

  Simons Foundation

  1/04/24 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

• Corticospinal neurons in response control and movement coordination

  Duguid, I. (Principal Investigator)

  BBSRC

  4/03/24 → 30/04/27

  Project: Research

• The intersection between cell cycle control and human blood cell development

  Fidanza, A. (Principal Investigator)

  Royal Society

  1/03/24 → 31/08/25

  Project: Research

• Internal representation of familiar environments in visual cortex

  Rochefort, N. (Principal Investigator)

  Wellcome Trust (Rcl)

  1/03/24 → 31/03/29

  Project: Research

• Using zebrafish to discover how axons grow in diameter

  Lyons, D. (Principal Investigator)

  UKRI (formerly RCUK)

  1/03/24 → 28/02/26

  Project: Research

• Using iPSC-organoids to investigate mitochondrial function and oxidative phosphorylation as early mechanisms of neuronal dysfunction in primary tauopathies

  Bowles, K. (Principal Investigator)

  Royal Society

  1/03/24 → 31/08/25

  Project: Research