The UK DRI is committed to providing access to the best technology and tools for its researchers to enable the highest level of scientific achievement. At the UK DRI Centre at Imperial, we are equipped with a wide range of state-of-the-art technologies spanning a broad remit of scientific areas.
Read more about our capabilities at the Centre and the technologists with dedicated expertise for each.
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Circadian Imaging Suite
Circadian imaging suite custom-built for non-invasive detection of rest/activity cycles in freely behaving mice
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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.
