Welcome to Episode 1 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Jess Chadwick who is a third year PhD researcher at Imperial College London. She is doing her PhD in molecular neuroscience, investigating the molecular mechanisms of axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury. Jess talks to us about how axonal injury in the spinal cord usually results in no regeneration, but how in the peripheral nervous system, neurons can re-grow and regenerate to a certain extent. Jess explains how her research aims to study the regenerative mechanisms in peripheral neurons, and identifying which molecular targets need to be activated to achieve regenerative effects, which become promising targets for boosting spinal cord regeneration. We also discuss the role that epigenetics plays in this neurological research. Jess predominantly works in the mouse nervous system, and she discusses with us some of the limitations, ethical considerations and benefits of a mouse model for this line of research. Jess will welcome any questions or feedback so we have provided her contact information below. Hope you all enjoy our first episode! (See below for links)
Jess's twitter: https://twitter.com/Jess_Chadwick
Jess's email: j.chadwick17@imperial.ac.uk
Jess's academic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neuro.genomics.jess/