Spotlight on… Dr Amol Bhandare
Epilepsy Research Institute UK have run a feature on Dr Amol Bhandare, co-lead for their Mortality, Morbidity & Risk research theme. Find out about our hopes for the research theme, as well as our research investigating the role of non-neuronal brain cells called ‘glia’ in epilepsy.
First students of our lab
Biborka Blazas and Jade Hill- First two students of our lab presented their final work at Departmental MBio presentations.
Member of ILAE British Branch YES Board
Dr Amol Bhandare elected onto the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) British Branch Young Epilepsy Section (YES) Board.
Our lab presented work at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in Washington DC.
"Neural correlate of reduced respiratory chemosensitivity during chronic epilepsy." Read Paper
Epilepsy Research Theme Lead
Dr Amol Bhandare has been appointed as an Early Career Lead on the 'Mortality, Morbidity and Risk' theme of the Epilepsy Research Institute. On Wednesday 25 October, Amol attended the official launch of the Epilepsy Research Institute at a reception hosted by George Freeman MP, Minster for Science, Research and Innovation, at 10 Downing Street. The event brought together research leaders, industry representatives, founding partners, research programme theme leads and people affected by epilepsy.
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Promotion to Assistant Professor
Dr Bhandare promoted to an Assistant Professor effective from August 2023.
Biochemical Society's travel bursary
Dr Bhandare received Biochemical Society's travel bursary to attend the Microglia and Neuroinflammation meeting
