Cristiana Tisca
Postdoctoral Researcher in Preclinical MRI
- Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College
Research
My research sits at the interface between neuroscience, medical imaging and genetics. I explore novel research paradigms to bring value to the brain imaging component of the UK Biobank (UKB) study, the largest human brain imaging study ever conducted. UKB data is used to link imaging measurements to genetic modifications and track brain development before and after disease onset.
During my DPhil, I developed a range of data acquisition protocols and software tools for MRI and microscopy, which I am now using to characterise mouse models with modifications in genes relevant to UKB.
Recent publications
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Protocol for tissue processing and paraffin embedding of mouse brains following ex vivo MRI
Journal article
Smart A. et al, (2023), STAR Protocols, 4, 102681 - 102681
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7,8-dihydroxyflavone enhances long-term spatial memory and alters brain volume in wildtype mice.
Journal article
Rawlings-Mortimer F. et al, (2023), Front Syst Neurosci, 17