Dr Fardad Afshari University positionResearch Associate DepartmentsDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences InstitutesCambridge Centre for Brain Repair Research ThemesInterestsI am interested in studying astrocyte biology in the context of gliosis following CNS injury and tumour cell invasion. Research Focus
EquipmentBehavioural analysis Cell adhesion assays Cell culture Cell migration assays Confocal microscopy Immunohistochemistry Microscopy CollaboratorsNo collaborators listed Associated News ItemsPublications2013Afshari FT, Fitzgerald JJ, Higgins JN, Garnett MR, Fernandes HM, Santarius T (2013), “Diffuse cerebral vasospasm following resection of a hypoglossal schwannoma in a child.” Br J Neurosurg Details Kolias AG, Bulters DO, Cowie CJ, Wilson MH, Afshari FT, Helmy A, Broughton E, Joannides AJ, Zebian B, Harrisson SE, Hill CS, Ahmed AI, Barone DG, Thakur B, McMahon CJ, Adlam DM, Bentley RP, Tolias CM, Mitchell PM, Whitfield PC, Critchley GR, Belli A, Brennan PM, Hutchinson PJ, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative, British Neurotrauma Group, UKCRR Collaborative Group (2013), “Proposal for establishment of the UK Cranial Reconstruction Registry (UKCRR).” Br J Neurosurg Details Kolias AG, Jones TL, Cowie CJ, Coulter IC, Afshari FT, Tarnaris A, Nelson RJ, Gray WP, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM (2013), “A report from the inaugural meeting of the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative held in the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 19 October 2012.” Br J Neurosurg Details 2012Afshari FT, Fawcett JW (2012), “An in vitro assay to examine oligodendrocyte precursor cell migration on astrocytes.” Methods Mol Biol 814:393-9 Details Afshari FT, Fawcett JW (2012), “Astrocyte-Schwann-cell coculture systems.” Methods Mol Biol 814:381-91 Details Santarius T, Dakoji S, Afshari FT, Raymond FL, Firth HV, Fernandes HM, Garnett MR (2012), “Isolated hypoglossal schwannoma in a 9-year-old child.” J Neurosurg Pediatr 10(2):130-3 Details 2011Afshari FT, Kwok JC, Fawcett JW (2011), “Analysis of Schwann-astrocyte interactions using in vitro assays.” J Vis Exp (47) Details 2010Afshari FT, Kwok JC, Andrews MR, Blits B, Martin KR, Faissner A, Ffrench-Constant C, Fawcett JW (2010), “Integrin activation or alpha 9 expression allows retinal pigmented epithelial cell adhesion on Bruch's membrane in wet age-related macular degeneration.” Brain 133(Pt 2):448-64 Details Afshari FT, Kwok JC, Fawcett JW (2010), “Astrocyte-produced ephrins inhibit schwann cell migration via VAV2 signaling.” J Neurosci 30(12):4246-55 Details Afshari FT, Kwok JC, White L, Fawcett JW (2010), “Schwann cell migration is integrin-dependent and inhibited by astrocyte-produced aggrecan.” Glia 58(7):857-69 Details 2009Afshari FT, Fawcett JW (2009), “Improving RPE adhesion to Bruch's membrane.” Eye (Lond) 23(10):1890-3 Details Afshari FT, Kappagantula S, Fawcett JW (2009), “Extrinsic and intrinsic factors controlling axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury.” Expert Rev Mol Med 11:e37 Details 2008Kwok JC, Afshari F, García-Alías G, Fawcett JW (2008), “Proteoglycans in the central nervous system: plasticity, regeneration and their stimulation with chondroitinase ABC.” Restor Neurol Neurosci 26(2-3):131-45 Details |