Projects - Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Examples of recent funded research projects we lead or contribute to are:

Title: In-vivo dissection of white matter pathways in Parkinson’s disease: tracking progressive degeneration and biomarkers of treatment success
Awarding body: The Anatomical Society (2021-2024)
Title: Predicting motor impairment and neurosurgical treatment success in Parkinson’s disease using advanced neuroimaging techniques
Awarding body: iCASE MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership with Boston Scientific (2021-2024)
Title: COVID-CNS: The COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study
Awarding body: UKRI (2020-2022)
Title: Imaging brain networks in patients with Neurocysticercosis: identifying markers of seizure presentation
Awarding body: University of Liverpool International Postgraduate Research Programme award (2021-2025)
Title: Assessment of the mechanical properties of epileptogenic lesions using magnetic resonance elastography: a new diagnostic approach for people with epilepsy?
Awarding body: Epilepsy Research UK (2021-2022)
Title: Brain connectivity and networks as the basis of human hemispheric language dominance
Awarding body: BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (2020-2024)
Title: Brain connectivity at epilepsy diagnosis: markers of cognitive dysfunction and pharmacoresistance
Awarding body: Medical Research Council (MRC) (2019-2024)
Title: EpiBioNet: Identifying imaging network biomarkers of antiepileptic drug treatment outcome
Awarding body: Epilepsy Research UK (2018-2020)
Title: Predicting epilepsy following a first unprovoked seizure: blood serum, EEG and MRI biomarkers
Awarding body: Association of British Neurologists and Guarantors of Brain (2019-2023)
Title: IVIG-ENCEPH - A Randomised Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Autoimmune Encephalitis
Awarding body: National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) (2020-2026)
Title: Stratifying patient response to epilepsy treatment using computational models of brain networks
Awarding body: MRC PhD Studentship, DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership (2018-2022)
Title: Stratifying outcome in newly diagnosed epilepsy using quantitative analysis of EEG and MRI: SANAD STRAT
Awarding body: Matched-funded PhD studentship, ITM University of Liverpool and the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (2018-2021)
Title: Imaging neuroinflammation in epilepsy
Awarding body: MRC PhD Studentship, DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership (2016-2020)
Title: Imaging prognostic markers for surgical seizure control in medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy
Awarding body: MRC (2013-2017)
Title: MECHEA: Mechanism and Efficacy of Corticosteroids in Herpes simplex virus Encephalitis in Adults
Awarding body: NIHR EME (2014-2020)

We are extremely grateful to our funders:

Funders

BBSRC NLD DTP Anatomical Society

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