Barry McColl

Dr Barry McColl

Group Leader

Investigating the role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease

Biography

With expertise in neuroimmune biology and inflammation, Dr Barry McColl’s work aims to identify new treatment targets in this exciting field. Obtaining his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Glasgow in 2004, he went on to complete postdoctoral training at the University of Manchester, joining The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh in 2010 as a Tenure-track Fellow. He joined the UK DRI at Edinburgh in 2017 to lead a novel programme of research investigating how microglia influence resilience and susceptibility to neurodegenerative and vascular diseases that are causes of dementia.

News

Key publications

Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
Published
Perihaematomal Oedema Evolution over 2 Weeks after Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage and Association with Outcome: A Prospective Cohort Study
Authors
Neshika Samarasekera, Karen Ferguson, Adrian Robert Parry-Jones, Mark Rodrigues, James Loan, Tom J Moullaali, Jeremy Hughes, Laura Shoveller, Joanna Wardlaw, Barry McColl, Stuart M Allan, Magdy Selim, John Norrie, Colin Smith, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
Perihaematomal Oedema Evolution over 2 Weeks after Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage and Association with Outcome: A Prospective Cohort Study
Cell Reports Medicine
Published
Human astrocytes and microglia show augmented ingestion of synapses in Alzheimer's disease via MFG-E8
Authors
Makis Tzioras, Michael J.D. Daniels, Caitlin Davies, Paul Baxter, Declan King, Sean McKay, Balazs Varga, Karla Popovic, Madison Hernandez, Anna J. Stevenson, Jack Barrington, Elizabeth Drinkwater, Julia Borella, Rebecca K. Holloway, Jane Tulloch, Jonathan Moss, Clare Latta, Jothy Kandasamy, Drahoslav Sokol, Colin Smith, Veronique E. Miron, Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir, Giles E. Hardingham, Christopher M. Henstridge, Paul M. Brennan, Barry W. McColl, Tara L. Spires-Jones
Human astrocytes and microglia show augmented ingestion of synapses in Alzheimer's disease via MFG-E8

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