Dr Frances Wiseman was awarded an Epilepsy Research UK Pilot Grant in 2013 to investigate epilepsy in Down syndrome with Alzheimer’s disease. In this Research Blog, Dr Wiseman provides us with an update on her
The Epilepsy Research UK & Newcastle University Doctoral Training Centre aims to create a school of future leaders in epilepsy research across six innovative projects. One of these PhD projects will focus on how mitochondrial
In this Research Blog, consultant neurologist and BRC Senior Research Fellow Professor Arjune Sen shares his clinical experiences of epilepsy-related memory loss and discusses the latest research aiming to improve our understanding of the link
Due to epilepsy-related memory loss, Faustine often found early school life challenging, forgetting what she had learnt in class or taking longer to answer questions than her peers. In this Research Blog, Faustine shares her
This month on the Research Blog, we’ll be looking at memory loss in epilepsy, and how research supported by you is helping to predict and prevent it.
This week’s blog is by Dr Michalis Kassinopolous who is working on a project aiming to identify risk factors for SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy). Let’s find out how…
Dr Wessel Woldman and Professor John Terry discuss how mathematical modelling is improving epilepsy diagnosis (using a clever analogy involving MOTs!) and their Neuronostics company.
Dr Charles Steward works in the field of human genomics – the study of a person’s entire DNA. In this Research Blog, Dr Steward discusses his journey in the field of genomics and how genetic
Throughout February we’re looking at how ‘big data’ is being used to power research and accelerate innovations in treating, predicting and preventing epilepsy.
