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The Sweet Side of Neuroscience
New initiatives at the University of Leeds are putting glycoscience, and its growing impact on neuroscience, firmly on the map. Led by Prof. Jessica Kwok (Neuroglycobiology, FBS), these efforts highlight how glycans shape nervous system function and cell communication, opening new avenues for understanding brain health and disease. To learn more about glycobiology in neuroscience...
Funding boost for Seeing inside the brain by high-resolution cryo-electron tomography
Dr. René Frank, who previously led work that visualised protein structure within Alzheimer’s disease brain for the very first time, has teamed up with Ross Paterson (UCL) and a team of international collaborators to explore how Alzheimer’s progresses over many decades and how common genetic risk factors drive disease progression. One of the great challenges...
Leeds Neuroscientist awarded International PhD prize
A recent University of Leeds PhD student graduate, Madeleine Gilbert, has been awarded the UZH-Foundation Brain Diseases Award 2025. This is an international prize recognising PhD student contributions to understanding and treating conditions including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and other neurological diseases. Madeleine undertook an MRC DiMeN DTP-funded PhD project in the Faculty of Biological Sciences...
Events
Neuroclub May 2026 Seminar
Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have Bowen Zhao Bowen will talk about: Exploring neural...
Neuroclub 2026 Seminar
Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have Eshita Sengupta and Prof Nikita Gamper Eshita will...
Leeds Neuroscience Symposium
Registration, Coffee/Tea from 9:15-9:45. 09:45-09:50: Introduction and welcome by Dr Viktor Lukács Session chaired by Viktor Lukács 09:50-10:10: Dr Pablo Blanco Martinez...