Research programmes

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The UK DRI at Imperial currently has twelve research programmes. Find out more via the links below:

Research programmes

Carer walking with elderly patient

Molecular Epidemiology and Causal Inference
Human brain being examined in a lab

The microbiome and brain health
Man sitting at computer looking at brain scans

Novel bioelectronics stimulation technologies

Research programmes

The role of sleep in protecting against amyloid and glial pathology in dementia

The benefits of sleep

Neural-circuit plasticity in neurodegeneration

Glial-neuronal interactions

Research programmes

Mechanisms of circadian dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
Neurogenomics

Seeking drug targets for neurodegenerative disease
Black and white microscope image of Tau

Proteasome systems in cell stress and inflammation

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Transparent skull model

The role of genetic variation in brain aging and disease
Human brain astrocytes

Epigenetic pathways in healthy aging and neurodegeneration
Nerve cell

Epigenetic regulation in neurodegenerative disease

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