Project Title: Microglial Responses to protein aggregates in Parkinson’s Disease
Supervisors: Dr Anna Mallach, Dr Johanna Jackson
Location: Level 7, Sir Michael Uren Hub, White City Campus, 86 Wood Lane, W12 0BZ
About Me
I am a PhD student in the Mallach laboratory in the Department of Brain Sciences within the UK Dementia Research Institute centre at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. My project is focussed on investigating the role of microglial autophagy dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s disease dementia. The Autophagy system plays a key role in mitochondrial health, phagocytic activity, and the inflammatory response in microglia, but research on the role of autophagy in PD has so far focussed on neurons, I aim to investigate the way autophagy effects microglia specifically.
In my spare time I enjoy rock climbing and writing short fiction.
Qualifications
2014-2018: BSc Neuroscience, University of Sussex
Contact Details
Email: c.terris@imperial.ac.uk
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