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New Equipment for Keele Neuroscientists
Keele's neuroscience research group have purchased a new stereomicroscope with imaging equipment.
The purchase has enabled them to replace facilities that 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 diseases and injuries of the central nervous system. These can include spinal cord injury, demyelinating injury (as occurs in diseases like multiple sclerosis), Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, stroke, and deafness caused by degeneration of the cochlea.
Newer areas to benefit from the microscopy equipment include the 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.
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