Dr Helen Weavers
Title of Research Project Targeting immune system resilience to curb collateral damage and extend healthy ageing
Title of Research Project Targeting immune system resilience to curb collateral damage and extend healthy ageing
Fellow 1987-1993 Area of Current Research Interests Epigenetic gene regulation during mammalian development and its deregulation in disease. Particular focus on imprinted genes and their function, mechanisms for gene imprinting, how faults in the mechanisms contribute to disease, and epigenetic…
Fellow 2002-2007 Area of Current Research Interests The regulation of cell fitness during embryonic development and its deregulation in disease. Other Information Elected a member of the Institute, 2009.
Fellow 2001-2005 Area of Current Research Interests Mechanisms underlying embryonic neural precursor cell differentiation and therapeutic role in neural degeneration. Other Information Awarded a personal Chair in Clinical Neuroscience from 1.1.03 at the University of Wales, College of Medicine and…
Fellow 2013-2018 Area of Current Research Interests Decoding gene regulatory circuits controlling multipotency of neural crest Other Information Elected member of the Institute, 2018.
Fellow 2015-2021 Area of Current Research Interests The role of neuronal activity in myelin repair Other Information Extended Fellowship until September 2021. Elected to membership of the Institute 2020.
Title of Research Project Mechanochemical regulation of tissue growth and morphogenesis Other Information Awarded L’oreal UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship, 2018. Received Biophysical Society Early Career Mechanobiology Award 2019. Elected to EMBO Young Investigator programme, 2019. Awarded BSCB Women in…