Research Themes

Neurological Diseases

Contact: Professor Andrea Yool

Neurological Disease research focuses on investigating the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease or malfunction of the brain, spine or nervous system. A particular strength of the research area is in Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease.

Current Research Programs include:

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Brain Oedema Formation
• Neural Protection
• Pain Research
• Stroke
• Nervous System Plasticity & Repair
• Movement Control

Neurogenetics & Development

Contact: Professor Jozef Gecz

Neurogenetics & Disease research focuses on understanding the function of genes that cause neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability and epilepsy.

Current Research Programs include:

• Molecular Basis of Intellectual Disability
• Epilepsy
• Gene Discovery & Characterisation
• Developmental Genetics
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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NeuroEngineering

Contact: Associate Professor David O'Carroll

NeuroEngineering research focuses on bringing together investigators from different areas to develop and pursue interdisciplinary research projects which further our understanding of biological computation and lead to innovative computational technologies.

Current Research Programs include:

• Computational Neuroscience
• Neural Repair
• Neural Tissue Engineering
• Neural Stem Cells
• Neurogenesis