At Brain Research New Zealand, we invest heavily in the training and support of our early career researchers (ECRs) – our future neuroscience and clinical workforce. Throughout the year, we offer our emerging leaders training, outreach and networking opportunities,...
February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a day established by the United Nations to recognise the critical role women and girls play in science and technology, and to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? My research is focused on the development of new treatments for brain diseases using gene therapy and antibody-based immunotherapies. I loved...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? I examine how the brain works, how we keep our brain healthy, and how the brain ion changes with Parkinson’s disease. From our findings, I use that information...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? I primarily research the cognitive and neuropsychiatric issues that people who have Parkinson’s disease may face as the disease progresses. Currently, I...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? My research focuses on understanding how the immune cells of the brain, called microglia, change in neurodegenerative diseases. Microglia normally function to help the brain heal from damage and/or...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? I do research on the epidemiology of neurological disorders, mostly stroke and dementia. I enjoythe challenge of constantly learning new things, and playing a...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? I work in Parkinson’s disease research. I am particularly interested in the epidemiology of Parkinson’s, both in global terms and also identifying New...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? I have created a health compass, and I am creating a new sleep programme for babies. How did you get interested in (neuro)science? I really fell into science, because my PhD supervisor is in science....
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? I am a Neuropharmacologist which means I explore new ways to treat brain disease or injury. I have developed a unique technique which allows us to make brain cells directly from the skin cells of patients...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? I work with rat models of memory impairment. The lab that I am a part of looks at localised damage to structures within the memory circuit and how that presents behaviourally. My project has been exploring...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? I am very interested in multi-scale research, examining the effects of disease and treatment from the level of individual connections between brain...