Research Evenings I: Epilepsy and Channelopathies

For the first of our fortnightly research seminars, we were joined by recently graduated UCL alumna Helen Langley and UCL Professor of Neurology, Dimitri Kullmann. Helen, now on the Wellcome Trust Neuroscience PhD programme here at UCL, presented her final-year project on structure-function electrophysiology of AMPA receptors in the lab of Prof Stuart Cull-Candy. Prof Kullmann then presented on gene therapies for epilepsy, with a focus on channelopathies. 

Hearing a recent graduate talk about the work she carried out during her course was insightful and inspiring for those of our members who are undergraduates, and Prof Kullmann’s cutting-edge research impressed us as we learnt about current ideas and models for epilepsy therapy.