Contact: Professor David Klenerman FRS, Dr. Steven F. Lee, Dr. Mathew H. Horrocks, Chemistry Diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease can only be done definitively by post-mortem analysis of the brain. Since the brain compensates for damage, … [Read more...] about Developing the first diagnostic test for neurodegenerative diseases before the onset of clinical symptoms

Contact: Dr. Neal Lathia, Computer Lab Ongoing health conditions are generally managed via intermittent visits to doctors, which works well for detecting gradual changes, but will not pick up rapid change. Similarly, these visits cannot detect changes to a person’s behaviour which may make them … [Read more...] about Using smartphones to manage ongoing health conditions

Contact: Dr. Sohab Sarfraz & Dr. Vasant Kumar, Materials Science & Metallurgy Mentor: Marc Bax The research team has developed a new low cost micro thermal conductivity sensor that provides significant advantages compared with existing detectors. It provides means to develop highly … [Read more...] about Investigating the market for a low-cost handheld gas chromatography system