Dr Clare Tweedy
- Position: Teaching Fellow in Biomedical Sciences
- Areas of expertise: Ageing and neurodegeneration; neurophysiology; neuropharmacology; cognitive neuroscience; behavioural neuroscience.
- Email: C.Tweedy@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 6.84 Manton
- Website: Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I achieved a PhD in Neuroscience from Newcastle University then moved to Leeds to work as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuroscience in 2018. I am now employed as a Teaching Fellow within the School of Biomedical Sciences, teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate modules with a focus on Neuroscience.
Responsibilities
- First Aider
Research interests
My PhD explored hippocampal network dysfunction in models of alpha-synucleinopathy using electrophysiological and histochemical techniques. I then worked as a Research Fellow in Neuroscience exploring changes in cognition and brain function during ageing. I have experience in models of neurodegenerative disease, electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, behaviour, and standard biomedical techniques.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD Neuroscience, Newcastle University (2014 - 2019)
- MRes Neuroscience, Distinction, Newcastle University (2013 - 2014)
- BSc Biomedical Sciences, First, Newcastle University (2010 - 2013)
Professional memberships
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)
- British Neuroscience Association (2016 - present)
- Physiological Society (2019 - present)
Research groups and institutes
- Neuroscience