Congratulations to Dr Alex Hull, a post doctoral researcher in Dr Kinghorn's research group, whose latest reviewed preprint has now been published in eLife : “Redox Dyshomeostasis Links Renal and Neuronal Dysfunction in Drosophila Models of Gaucher and Parkinson’s Disease.” His research uses fruit flies to better understand Gaucher disease and Parkinson’s disease, focusing on flies that lack two important genes: GBA1 and parkin . Dr Hull’s team discovered that these genetic
Dr Teresa Niccoli, Associate Professor at UCL’s Institute of Healthy Ageing, recently delivered a Lunch Hour Lecture titled “Unravelling Dementia: What Can a Tiny Fly Teach Us About Our Brains?” . The session was introduced and hosted by Dr Kerri Kinghorn. In the lecture, Dr Niccoli explored how fruit flies can help researchers understand why some brain cells die in dementia while others remain resilient. She highlighted her team’s work on selective vulnerability and the pot
