Dr Daniel Frankel


University position

MPhil student
Supervised by Ewan St John Smith

Departments

Department of Pharmacology

Email

djf40@cam.ac.uk

Home page

http://danielfrankel.net (personal home page)

Research Themes

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Developmental Neuroscience

The Cambridge Neuroscience Community

Interests

Elucidating the neuroprotective mechanisms that prevent the naked mole-rat from developing neurodegenerative disease. In particular looking at the molecular basis of ageing of the naked mole rat brain with particular focus on ion channels, reactive oxygen species and mitochondria.

Research Focus

Keywords

naked mole-rat

Alzheimer's

reactive oxygen species

ion channels

mitochondria

Clinical conditions

Dementia

Equipment

Calcium imaging

Cell culture

Molecular biology

Path clamp

Collaborators

No collaborators listed

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