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Investment in new neuroscience equipment
The purchase of a new stereomicroscope with imaging equipment by Keele’s neuroscience researchers in the Research Institute for Science & Technology in Medicine has enabled them to replace facilities which have served them well for the last 40 years.
Investment of £17,000 came from the Higher Education Funding Council capital fund and will benefit several current well-established neuroscience projects. These include work on neural stem/precursor cell transplantation therapies to promote repair in central nervous system disease and injury, such as spinal cord injury, demyelinating injury (as occurs in diseases such as multiple sclerosis); Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, stroke, as well as deafness caused by degeneration of the cochlea.
Newer areas to benefit from the new equipment include modelling of neurodegeneration, and several novel biomedical and tissue engineering strategies such as magnetic nanoparticle mediated gene delivery, and implantation of nanofabricated polymer scaffolds to promote neurological regeneration.
The competitive bid for the HEFCE capital funds was led by Dr Divya Chari on behalf of eight project leaders in the neuroscience field, who tested stereomicroscopes from a variety of manufacturers prior to purchase and installation.
The photograph shows the new stereomicroscope in use in the Huxley Building laboratories.< back
