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UK Dementia Research InstituteORCID 0000-0002-7447-1476Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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Eliona Tsefou, Sumi Bez, Timothy J.Y. Birkle, Martha S. Foiani, Naoto Watamura, Mathieu Bourdenx, Daria Gavriouchkina, Emir Turkes, Samuel Crawford, Rachel Coneys, Adrian M. Isaacs, Karen Duff
This paper develops a scalable human neuronal model of 4R tauopathy with endogenous seed-competent tau for drug discovery.
Science Advances · Jul 31, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Gerard Crowley, Minjung Kim, Nathanael O’Neill, Emir Turkes, Fateme Ghasemi, Luca Giudice, Sebastiaan De Schepper, Benjy J.Y. Tan, Benito Maffei, Laís S. S. Ferreira, Julie Rebejac, Javier Rueda‐Carrasco, Margarita Toneva, John Christian Fajardo, Judy Z. Ge, , Soyon Youngae Hong
This study shows neuronal hyperactivity triggers C1q deposition on synapses, leading to synapse loss, and identifies immunoglobulins as involved in this process.
Science · Jul 9, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Martha S. Foiani, Raja Nirujogi, Naoto Watamura, Sumi Bez, Eliona Tsefou, Alessia Santambrogio, Saisha Patel, Davies Hannah, Chris N. Goulbourne, Nayab Fatima, Timothy J.Y. Birkle, Elena Camporesi, Gunnar Brinkmalm, Henrik Zetterberg, Martin Wilkinson, , Karen Duff
This study uses mouse models with tau mutations to show two distinct pathogenic mechanisms in tauopathies, with different progression patterns and responses to amyloid.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience
Stephanie L. Fowler, Tiana S. Behr, Emir Turkes, Darragh Patrick O'Brien, Paula Maglio Cauhy, Isadora Rawlinson, Marisa J. Edmonds, Martha S. Foiani, Ari W. Schaler, Gerard Crowley, Sumi Bez, Elena Ficulle, Eliona Tsefou, Román Fischer, Bethany Geary, , Benjamin Falcon
The paper identifies tau filaments within extracellular vesicles from Alzheimer's disease patients using mass spectrometry and cryo-electron microscopy.
Nature Neuroscience · Nov 21, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Shuo Chen, Yuzhou Chang, Liangping Li, Diana M. Acosta, Yang Li, Qi Guo, Cankun Wang, Emir Turkes, Cody T. Morrison, Dominic L. Julian, Mark E. Hester, Douglas W. Scharre, Chintda Santiskulvong, Sarah XueYing Song, Jasmine Plummer, , Hongjun Fu
This study uses spatial transcriptomics to identify gene signatures in the human temporal cortex linked to Alzheimer's pathology.
Acta Neuropathologica Communications · Dec 21, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience