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Kei Cho

Professor Kei Cho PhD

Professor of Neuroscience

Research interests

  • Neuroscience

Contact details

Biography

My research programme will attempt to understand the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease, specifically focusing on the weakening of synaptic connections in the brain and to identify potential therapeutic targets. The aim of my research is to explore a key question: which factors modulate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse weakening? To investigate this, we use a combination of innovative gene-transcription regulation, advanced imaging tools and neurophysiological approaches, which will determine whether and how functional and morphological synapse weakening is a critical step in the early pathophysiology of dementias.

Please see my  Research Staff Profile  for more detail

Key collaborators:

  • Prof David Klenerman, UK DRI at Cambridge
  • Prof Chris Shaw, UK DRI at King's
  • Dr Sarah Mizielinska, UK DRI at King's
  • Dr Mathew Horocks, UK DRI at Edinburgh

News

Professor Kei Cho Organises UK-Korea Bio-Technology Forum

Professor Kei Cho and Korean Embassy gather experts in a collaborative forum on 14 and 15 July 2022 at the Korean Embassy in London.

Attendees of UK-Korea Bio&Tech Forum at the Korean Embassy standing together for a group photo

Republic of Korea Ambassador Visits the IoPPN

IoPPN welcomes His Excellency, Ambassador Gunn Kim, to see research in action and discuss international collaborations.

Korean Ambassador Visits IoPPN

Features

IoPPN Inaugural Lectures: 2017-2019

Inaugural lectures are given by newly arrived or promoted professors, who use the opportunity to introduce themselves, to present an overview of their own...

IoPPN Neuroscience and Psychology 3

News

Professor Kei Cho Organises UK-Korea Bio-Technology Forum

Professor Kei Cho and Korean Embassy gather experts in a collaborative forum on 14 and 15 July 2022 at the Korean Embassy in London.

Attendees of UK-Korea Bio&Tech Forum at the Korean Embassy standing together for a group photo

Republic of Korea Ambassador Visits the IoPPN

IoPPN welcomes His Excellency, Ambassador Gunn Kim, to see research in action and discuss international collaborations.

Korean Ambassador Visits IoPPN

Features

IoPPN Inaugural Lectures: 2017-2019

Inaugural lectures are given by newly arrived or promoted professors, who use the opportunity to introduce themselves, to present an overview of their own...

IoPPN Neuroscience and Psychology 3