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Dr Daniel Erskine

Dr Daniel Erskine is Senior Lecturer in Neurodegenerative Pathology at Newcastle University, where he leads a research programme dedicated to understanding Lewy body diseases and related conditions, such as sphingolipidoses, with an active research programme studying disease mechanisms of metachromatic leukodystrophy and Krabbe disease. Dr Erskine’s research primarily uses post-mortem brain tissue but combines these studies with mechanistic studies in cell models and a novel in vitro platform of organotypic human brain slice cultures donated by neurosurgical patients. His work has been recognised by the awarding of two Alzheimer’s Research UK Fellowships (2019 and 2022) and the Rising Star in Lewy Body Dementia Research Gold Award from the International Lewy Body Dementia Consortium in 2022.

Further information can be found at: Staff Profile | Faculty of Medical Sciences | Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)