Our research projects

We fund research to reduce the impact of neurological conditions, to help people live better, longer.

We fund projects and fellowships under our three priority themes: brain tumours, acquired brain and spinal cord injury, and headache and facial pain. We also fund some research into neurodegenerative conditions - including dementia and motor neurone disease.

Our research projects

How are circuits controlling bladder function affected by spinal cord injury?

Understanding radiation-induced brain injury in children treated for brain tumours

Targeting cholesterol movement inside brain and glioblastoma cells

Targeting the molecular clock to treat headache and facial pain

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for cognitive rehabilitation in brain tumour patients

The role of TDP-43 in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Identifying early disease markers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Stimulation of neural stem cells to facilitate brain repair

The role of the enzyme Fam20C in glioblastoma

The developmental origins of diffuse midline glioma

Understanding the role of blood vessel damage in traumatic brain injury

Restoring movement after ischemic spinal cord injury

Electrical stimulation to improve bladder control after spinal cord injury

Reducing the damage caused by radiotherapy in brain tumour patients

Developing MRI-active drugs to optimise chemotherapy for brain tumours

CBX2 as a new therapeutic target in glioblastoma

Telomere biology in glioblastoma

Blocking progression of low-grade brain tumours

Blocking blood-induced brain damage after intracerebral haemorrhage

How do brain tumour cells persuade immune cells to promote their growth?

Understanding the role of inflammation in cluster headache

The role of multimodal cues in aphasia

The genetic mechanisms of cluster headache

Phage-guided therapy in childhood medulloblastoma