The group of Gaynor Smith (UK Dementia Research Institute, Cardiff) show COPI is required for mitochondrial function in Drosophila axons and human cells. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… A main site of action here is mito-ER contact sites (MERCS) for mito distribution & Ca2+ distribution

Our new Axon Review is available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/37…

Disrupting protein complex COPI involved in protein transport inside #nerve #cells causes #neurodegeneration. Image and research by Daniel C. Maddison et al UK Dementia Research Institute Cardiff University in Cell Reports. On bpod.mrc.ac.uk/archive/2023/8… Search the vast archive of #biomedical research images!

Delighted out lastest work has been published at Cell Death Discovery! We investigated the unusual role of Cdk12 in neurons. UK Dementia Research Institute Springer Nature nature.com/articles/s4142…

Thank you CDD press for the very insightful editorial on the role of cyclin dependent kinases (Cdks)! One carbon pathway relevant for dementia mechanisms UK Dementia Research Institute nature.com/articles/s4141…

👻🎃Spooky Drosophila Trivia🪰😱 🪰 Scientists working with #Drosophila are widely known for the creative names they assign to newly discovered #genes. 👻 Genes, such as spook, spookier, phantom, disembodied, shadow, and shade are not an exception.

Very exciting to be helping Nikoleta Daskoulidou Johanna Maninger Mateus Harrington and the skydiving team UK Dementia Research Institute co-hosting their fundraising lab livestream on the 13th June - set a reminder and give what you can. youtube.com/live/CT5hNB2Sj…