Thomas Gillingwater
Thomas Gillingwater
Chair of Anatomy
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Organisation Associations
Deanery of Biomedical Sciences
Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research
Edinburgh Neuroscience
Current research interests
- Developing therapies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
- Uncovering mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in SMA and related conditions
- Understanding the cellular and molecular anatomy of synapses in health and disease
- Developing synaptoprotective strategies
Research in a nutshell
Research in the Gillingwater lab focuses on understanding cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the form and function of the nervous system in health and disease. Members of the lab routinely combine quantitative imaging (e.g. confocal and electron microscopy) and molecular biology techniques (e.g. proteomics and microarray screens) to study the structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems, both in vivo and in vitro.
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Pure Research Profile