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Research overview Wallerian Degeneration Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease Peripheral Neuropathies Nerve Repair Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy Traumatic Brain Injury

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Public Engagement overview Wallerian Degeneration Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease Peripheral Neuropathies Nerve Repair Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy Traumatic Brain Injury

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Blog overview Finding your own path through the academic jungle: a guide for scientists 20 years of the WldS gene SARM1 activation and blocking Peer review at a crossroads: the surprising power in your hands Programmed axon death: a druggable mechanism in motor neuron disease Vacor: the former rat poison now driving drug discovery for axonal disorders (for school and college students) Old rodenticide drives cutting-edge research to save axons COVID-19: neurological complications How testing for coronavirus works (At science undergrad level) How testing for coronavirus works (At GCSE science level) How testing for coronavirus works (In plain English) 30 years of programmed axon death How does coronavirus infect us and make us ill? (At science undergrad level) How does coronavirus infect us and make us ill? (At GCSE science level) How does coronavirus infect us and make us ill? (In plain English) Coronavirus: the importance of stopping the upwards curve Welcome to the Coleman lab blog: science goes live!
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Research

Research overview
    Wallerian Degeneration Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease Peripheral Neuropathies Nerve Repair Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy Traumatic Brain Injury

Public Engagement

Public Engagement overview
    Wallerian Degeneration Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease Peripheral Neuropathies Nerve Repair Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy Traumatic Brain Injury

Blog

Blog overview
    Finding your own path through the academic jungle: a guide for scientists 20 years of the WldS gene SARM1 activation and blocking Peer review at a crossroads: the surprising power in your hands Programmed axon death: a druggable mechanism in motor neuron disease Vacor: the former rat poison now driving drug discovery for axonal disorders (for school and college students) Old rodenticide drives cutting-edge research to save axons COVID-19: neurological complications How testing for coronavirus works (At science undergrad level) How testing for coronavirus works (At GCSE science level) How testing for coronavirus works (In plain English) 30 years of programmed axon death How does coronavirus infect us and make us ill? (At science undergrad level) How does coronavirus infect us and make us ill? (At GCSE science level) How does coronavirus infect us and make us ill? (In plain English) Coronavirus: the importance of stopping the upwards curve Welcome to the Coleman lab blog: science goes live!
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  • Research overview
  • Wallerian Degeneration
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Peripheral Neuropathies
  • Nerve Repair
  • Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy
  • Traumatic Brain Injury

Research Overview

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At the core of our research is Wallerian degeneration. We discovered gene mutations that prevent or activate axon loss through this pathway and apply the knowledge, skills and resources developed in these studies to axon and synapse loss in disease.

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John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair University of Cambridge Forvie Site, Robinson Way CB2 0PY
Email:mm561@cam.ac.uk

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