Personal profile
Summary of Research Interests
My research is focused on how neuroinflammation can be a driver for the progression of dementia-related neurodegenerative diseases.
Learning and Teaching Interests and Activities
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (course leader, 2024-present)
BSc (Hons) Human Biology (course leader, 2023-2025)
SCI1018 Pathology (module leader, 2022-present)
SCI3047 Human Ageing and Disease (module leader, 2023-present)
SCI2063 Bioethics (module leader, 2025-present)
SCI1024 Animal Welfare (module leader, 2024)
SCI3051 Science Research Project (2022-present)
SCI4014 Advanced Biological Aspects of Disease (2022-2023)
SCI4013 Life Science Research Project (2022- present)
External Roles and Professional Activities
Frontiers in Neuroscience - Editorial Board member (Review Editor)
Molecular Neurobiology - Reviewer
Animal Cognition - Reviewer
Dementia Researcher - Content Writer
External positions
Local Group Representative, British Neuroscience Association
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Differential perivascular microglial activation in the deep white matter in vascular dementia developed post-stroke
Hase, Y., Ameen-Ali, K., Waller, R., Simpson, J., Stafford, C., Mahesh, A., Ryan, L., Pickering, L., Bodman, C., Hase, M., Boche, D., Horsburgh, K., Wharton, S. & Kalaria, R. N., 24 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Brain Pathology. e13101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detection of astrocytic tau pathology facilitates recognition of chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathologic change
Ameen-Ali, K., Bretzin, A., Lee, E., Folkerth, R., Hazrati, L.-N., Iacono, D., Keene, D., Kofler, J., Kovacs, G., Nolan, A., Perl, D., Priemer, D., Smith, D., Wiebe, D. & Stewart, W., 11 Apr 2022, In: Acta neuropathologica communications. 10, 50.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The 3Rs in zebrafish research
Ameen-Ali, K. & Allen, C., 30 Sept 2024, Zebrafish: A practical guide to husbandry, welfare and research methodology. Allen, C. & Mocho, J.-P. (eds.). CABI International, p. 226-250Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Concussion leads to widespread axonal sodium channel loss and disruption of the node of Ranvier
Song, H., McEwan, P., Ameen-Ali, K., Tomasevich, A., Kennedy-Dietrich, C., Palma, A., Arroyo, E., Dolle, J.-P., Johnson, V., Stewart, W. & Smith, D., 15 Sept 2022, In: Acta Neuropathologica.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collaborative Neuropathology Network Characterizing outcomes of TBI (CONNECT‑TBI)
Smith, D., Dolle, J.-P., Ameen-Ali, K., Bretzin, A., Cortes, E., Crary, J., Dams-O'Connor, K., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Edlow, B., Folkerth, R., Hazrati, L.-N., Hinds, S., Iacono, D., Johnson, V., Keene, D., Kofler, J., Kovacs, G., Lee, E., Manley, G. & Meaney, D. & 8 others, , 1 Mar 2021, In: Acta neuropathologica communications. 9, 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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In Conversation: New directions in dementia research
28/06/22
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How testing drugs on mice could actually DELAY life-saving breakthroughs - and the reason we may soon no longer need live animals
24/12/24
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Nature article interview "For Alzheimer's studies, animal model selection is everything"
7/07/22
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University sharing knowledge for research into dementia
Young, J., Smulders-Srinivasan, T., Khundakar, A. & Ameen-Ali, K.
26/01/24
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For people with dementia, smell could be the key to peace
13/10/24
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