Dr Eric Hill
Reader in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Areas of expertise
Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, stem cells, tissue engineering
Profile
Dr Hill’s research is focused on developing tissue engineering techniques to replicate and study how stem cells behave both in the formation of the brain’s neuronal networks and during the degeneration of nerve cells in neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia.
He undertakes a multidisciplinary approach to accelerate the development of methods that produce and characterise human neuronal cells, with the aim of advancing the development of medical treatments.
Dr Hill is also researching how human neuronal cells can be used in development of biological computers as part of a £3m ‘brain on a chip’ project called ‘Neu-Chip’.
He has also done some work on developmental disorders such as Rett syndrome and other degenerative disorders such as Huntington's to understand how diseases develop.
He has media experience, having appeared on the likes of BBC Radio 4 and East Midlands Today.
Dr Hill also gives talks on ADHD, the science of ADHD and inclusion, sharing his own experience of the condition.
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