King's College London

Paul Wright First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Mutant SOD1 protein aggregation in yeast: A novel method for screening compounds of potential relevance to therapy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

1/05/2004 → 1/09/2008

Alan Stepto

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

An in vivo model of the G4C2 repeat expansion associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia

1/10/2012 → 1/08/2016

Nada Alahmady

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

The genetic and functional characterisation of novel autosomal recessive and dominant ALS genes

1/02/2016 → 1/07/2020

Erin Hedges First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Functional studies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in patient derived induced pluripotent stem cells.

1/06/2016 → …

George Wardley

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Stress Granules in TDP-43 Transgenic Mouse Models of FTD/ALS

1/10/2017 → …

George Wardley

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Stress Granules in TDP-43 Transgenic Mouse Models of FTD/ALS

1/10/2017 → 9/04/2021

Conor McLoughlin First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of a HSF1 gene therapy in a mouse model of ALS/FTD

1/10/2017 → …

James Bashford First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Fasciculations as a biomarker of motor neuron health in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

1/10/2016 → 1/03/2020

Chun Hao Wong First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of ARPP21 as a novel causative gene for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

1/06/2014 → 1/10/2018

Pranetha Baskaran

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular mechanisms underlying TDP-43 and C9ORF72 toxicity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

3/10/2011 → 1/09/2016

Keith Mayl

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a gene therapy strategy to knockdown mutant C9orf72 using viral vectors.

1/06/2019 → …

Jenny Greig First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

USING PATIENT-DERIVED INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS TO EXPLORE TDP-43 PROTEINOPATHY IN ALS

1/10/2014 → 1/04/2019

Jorge Gomez Deza First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

C90RF72 ALS: From pathology to therapy

1/10/2013 → 1/09/2017

Jack Miller First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Gene hunting using exome capture in familial ALS

1/10/2010 → 1/03/2015

Wejdan Kattuah First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of TDP-43 and its binding partners in neurodegenerative diseases.

1/01/2011 → 1/09/2017

Athina Gkazi First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Gene-hunting in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using exon-capture and high-throughput sequencing

1/01/2012 → 1/04/2016

Martina De Majo De Majo First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic and Functional Characterisation of ALS-linked genes: TBK1, OPTN and MATR3

1/02/2014 → 1/05/2018

Jemeen Sreedharan First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Gene-hunting in Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis using Linkage and Candidate Gene Studies

1/10/2005 → 1/09/2009

Jeban Ganesalingam First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Proteomics studies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

1/10/2006 → 1/09/2010

Carole Shum First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling Motor Neuron Disease using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

1/07/2011 → 1/04/2015

Anna Carobin First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Exploration of TMS as a potential early biomarker for ALS and application to novel drug discovery

1/10/2019 → …

Emily Annuario

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Mitochondrial and nucleoid dynamics in cellular models of neuronal aging

1/10/2019 → …

Maddy Demuth

Centre for Craniofacial & Regenerative Biology

Doctor of Philosophy

17/09/2018 → …

Gaby Clarke First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the role of mutant ARPP21 in the stress response to hyperexcitation in an iPSC model of ALS

1/10/2018 → …

Sarah Freckleton First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Targeting ATXN2 with microRNA as gene therapy for ALS

5/02/2018 → …

Sarah Freckleton

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Targeting ATXN2 with microRNA as gene therapy for ALS

5/02/2018 → 25/03/2021

Afra Aabdien

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the early pathogenic mechanisms driven by mutant ARPP21 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

1/10/2019 → …

Shiden Solomon

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Role of protective variant PLCG2-P522R in amyloid clearance and synapse loss in Alzheimer's Disease.

1/02/2019 → 24/02/2020

Judith Bilgorai First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Master of Philosophy

Developing a home-based stimulation-free motor unit number estimate in Motor Neurone Disease (MND)

1/10/2021 → …

Andrea Perera First/primary/lead supervisor

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Master of Philosophy

Biodistribution, efficacy and safety of subpial gene therapy delivery in ALS.

1/10/2021 → …