Frances M Platt PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Platt’s research is currently focused in five main areas 1) therapeutic strategies for treating storage diseases involving the brain, 2) mechanisms of pathogenesis in storage diseases, 3) glycosphingolipid functions and presentation within the immune system, 4) the mechanism through which imino sugar drugs cause male infertility in mice and 5) the characterisation of a new severe epilepsy syndrome resulting from defective ganglioside biosynthesis.
Research Areas
Medical Sciences Division Themes
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Neuroscience
- Infection and Immunology
- Reproduction, Development and Genetics
- Health Evaluative Methodologies
- Immunology
- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
- Drug Discovery
- Ion Channels and Transporters
- Bioinformatics and Statistics
Neuroscience Sub-Themes
Neuroscience Keywords
- Autophagy
- Behaviour
- Birth Defects
- Brain
- Calcium
- Childhood Disorders
- Clinical Trials
- Cns Repair
- Epilepsy
- Genetic Disorders
- Ion Channels
- Membrane Traffic
- Microglia
- Mouse
- Neural Stem Cells
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathology
- Pharmacology
Techniques and Equipment
| Department | Department of Pharmacology |
|---|---|
| College | Merton College |
