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Personal profile
Biography
I graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1998 with a BSc in Neuroscience, before moving to the University of Edinburgh, where I have been based as a researcher ever since. I worked first as a research assistant (Centre for Genome Research) before undertaking a PhD in Medical Genetics (Molecular Medicine Centre), followed by two postdoctoral research positions (also Molecular Medicine Centre and Centre for Cognitive & Neural Systems). I then left academic research in 2010 and worked in both the publishing and higher education sectors. In 2018, I returned to my research career on a Daphne Jackson Trust career reentry fellowship based at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences.
Qualifications
BSc in Neuroscience, University of Glasgow (1998)
PhD in Medical Genetics, University of Edinburgh (2003)
Research Interests
My main research focus is on mitochondria and their role in health and disease. With a background in Neuroscience, I am particulary interested in their involvement in brain-related disorders. I am currently investigating their role in the motor neuron disease, spinal muscular atrophy.
Websites
Teaching
I worked as an Associate Lecturer for The Open University from 2015 to 2020 on the Level 2 course, 'The Science of the Mind'
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Altered mitochondrial function in fibroblast cell lines derived from disease carriers of spinal muscular atrophy
James, R., Faller, K. M. E., Groen, E. J. N., Wirth, B. & Gillingwater, T. H., 15 May 2024, In: Communications Medicine. 4, 86.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How a part-time fellowship enticed a scientist back to academia
James, R., 11 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Revisiting the role of mitochondria in spinal muscular atrophy
James, R., Chaytow, H., Ledahawsky, L. & Gillingwater, T. H., 5 Apr 2021, In: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78, p. 4785-4804 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Proteomic analysis of mitochondria in APOE transgenic mice and in response to an ischemic challenge
James, R., Searcy, J. L., Le Bihan, T., Martin, S. F., Gliddon, C. M., Povey, J., Deighton, R. F., Kerr, L. E., McCulloch, J. & Horsburgh, K., Jan 2012, In: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 32, 1, p. 164-176 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GRIK4/KA1 protein expression in human brain and correlation with bipolar disorder risk variant status
Knight, H. M., Walker, R., James, R., Porteous, D. J., Muir, W. J., Blackwood, D. H. R. & Pickard, B. S., 2012, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 159B, 1, p. 21-29 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Targeting mitochondria to develop next-generation therapies for the childhood motor neuron disease, spinal muscular atrophy
22/10/18 → 21/04/22
Project: Research