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The CINDI Registry at Childrens Health Ireland: On the Road to Better Understanding Childhood Genetic Disorders
Tanya Mohile
(Clinical Research Assistant)
My name is Tanya Mohile. I started out in pre-clinical research in Maastricht University in the Netherlands, as an immunologist and am now a clinical research assistant in Children's Health Ireland. My PhD topic was novel and emerging therapies for Myasthenia Gravis.
The Mystery of Vulnerable Brain Cells in Parkinson’s Disease
Ziba Asadpoordezaki
(FutureNeuro Postdoctoral Researcher)
Dr Ziba Asadpoordezaki researches Parkinson’s disease at RCSI and FutureNeuro. Her current work explores selective cellular vulnerability; her previous work examined sleep and circadian rhythms alterations in Parkinson’s disease.
A molecular lightswitch: turning on the brain's immune system
Nathan Haywood
(Ph.D. Researcher FutureNeuro/Trinity College Dublin)
My name is Nathan Haywood and I’m a 3rd year PhD student. My research focused on Parkinson’s Disease before moving to Dublin. In my free time, I enjoy cycling, sea swims, and weekly pub quizzes.
Out of Sync: How the Body Clock Influences Epilepsy
Melissa Alves Braga de Oliveira
(Honorary Lecture and Postdoctoral Researcher)
I'm Melissa Oliveira, a postdoctoral researcher passionate about chronobiology and currently studying circadian rhythms in epilepsy at RCSI/FutureNeuro. Outside the lab, I enjoy dancing, hiking, good coffee, and all things bees.
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