Personal statement
I am a Chancellors Research Fellow, examining the role of mitochondria in the normal function of cells of the brain (neurons, glia and cerebrovasculature), as well as the role that mitochondria play in protecting or contributing to neurodegeneration or dysfunction in disease. Current particular areas of focus include alterations in mitochondrial motility and functionality due to amyloid-β or hyperglycaemia.
Find out more about neuroscience research at Strathclyde and view our MSc Neuroscience & Mental Health programme.
Expertise
Has expertise in:
I am the University representative for The Physiological Society (https://www.physoc.org/) - please do contact me with any queries relating to membership, grant applications, conferences or any other aspect of support that the Society offers.
Core lab techniques and capabilities include:
- primary neuronal / glial / smooth muscle cell isolation and culture
- live-cell fluorescence imaging (Ca2+, organelle transport, ROS etc)
- image analysis & quantification
Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
PhD (Dundee / Buck Institute for Age Research, CA)
BSc (Hons) (Aberdeen)
Teaching
I teach on both the Biomedical Sciences and MPharm degree programs and am course coordinator for the in MSc Neuroscience & Mental Health, as well as module coordinator for year 3 MPharm Management of Cardiovascular Conditions. I host Masters students in the lab - MSc, MSci and MRes projects, in addition to supervising/co-supervising 2 PhD students and 2 EngD students.
Find out more about neuroscience research at Strathclyde and view our MSc Neuroscience & Mental Health programme.
Research interests
My primary research interest is in mitochondria, with a particular focus on the involvement of these small organelles with calcium signalling processes and the changes associated with age and diseases. I use high-speed and timelapse fluorescence imaging to visualise and modulate mitochondria and calcium signals within live cells and tissue.
Professional activities
- Using storytelling to recount the untold narratives of breast cancer
- Contributor
- 15/12/2022
- Recounting the Untold Stories of Breast Cancer: Narratives from the Patient, Clinician and Scientist Perspective
- Contributor
- 2/8/2022
- Automated tracking of mitochondrial motility using image processing and epifluorescence microscopy
- Contributor
- 25/11/2020
- Career Carousel: opting for a career in science
- Speaker
- 3/10/2019
- Explorathon 2019 European Researchers Outreach Event
- Presenter
- 23/9/2019
- Day of Science @ Strathclyde - SIPBS: Cat Allergy Simulation and STEM activity stands
- Contributor
- 9/5/2019
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Projects
- Recounting the Untold Stories of Breast Cancer: Narratives from the Patient, Clinician and Scientist Perspective
- Rattray, Zahra (Principal Investigator) Rattray, Nicholas (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) Chalmers, Susan (Co-investigator) MCFADDEN, Yvonne (Co-investigator)
- £5700 awarded to develop a series of storytelling events
- 14-Jan-2022 - 13-Jan-2023
- Development of novel, automated analyses for the quantification of cellular and sub-cellular dynamics from fluorescence video-microscopy
- Chalmers, Susan (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Campbell, Andrew John (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 11-Jan-2021
- Mitochondrial amplification of local calcium entry and vascular contraction in hypertension
- McCarron, John (Principal Investigator) Buckley, Charlotte (Co-investigator) Chalmers, Susan (Co-investigator) Wilson, Calum (Co-investigator)
- Mitochondrial control of voltage-dependent calcium entry in hypertension
- 03-Jan-2020 - 08-Jan-2024
- Home Office Project Licence P73667397
- Chalmers, Susan (Principal Investigator)
- Examining the role of mitochondria in neurodegeneration and vascular disorders
- 11-Jan-2019 - 11-Jan-2024
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices and Health Technologies | Lachendro, Flynn James
- Coupaud, Sylvie (Principal Investigator) Reid, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Chalmers, Susan (Co-investigator) Lachendro, Flynn James (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 22-Jan-2022
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Kim, So Jeong
- Chalmers, Susan (Principal Investigator) Sandison, Mairi (Co-investigator) Kim, So Jeong (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 01-Jan-2020
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