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kamila.szulc-lerch@ndcn.ox.ac.uk


ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-5227


She/Her

Mouse/rat lines to study sex differences

The following lines are currently available at the University of Oxford: 

If you are interested in using these models in your research please get in touch with me.

THE BRAIN CONFERENCE 2022 PRESENTATION

Multi-modal MRI characterisation of a mouse model of distal middle cerebral artery occlusion.

In Vivo MRI of the Developing Mouse Brain

Document describing details of the image registration methodology used to create the 4D atlas of mouse brain development (Szulc et al., 2015) shown above.

Vestibulo-cochlear organ reconstruction from MRI

Kamila Szulc-Lerch

Senior Research Associate

  • Principal Investigator
  • WIN MRI Graduate Programme Co-Organiser
  • FSL Course Co-Organiser

I obtained my MSc in Physiology and Neuroscience and PhD in Biomedical Imaging from New York University. My doctoral work focused on developing and applying novel preclinical MRI approaches to studies of brain development using mouse models of human neurodevelopmental disorders. In my studies I used the cerebellum as a model system for quantitative analysis of patterning processes taking place at early postnatal stages. 

Following my PhD, I undertook postdoctoral training, funded by a fellowship from Brain Canada and Kids Brain Health Network, at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Mouse Imaging Centre in Toronto. During this period, I worked on projects exploring the potential of pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to promote brain repair in children with brain tumours. I also worked with preclinical rodent models of radiation and hypoxia-ischaemia induced brain injury.

I joined the University of Oxford in the summer of 2019 to build my research programme in preclinical imaging of post-stroke brain recovery. I am principal investigator (PI) on a John Fell Funded study investigating sex differences in stroke recovery using novel Four Core Genotype (FCG)-like rat model. This project is run in collaboration with Art Arnold, Yvonne Couch, Tracy Farr, Thomas Okell and Stuart Peirson.

In addition to my preclinical work, I also have a strong interest in using big data in clinical neuroscience. I am PI on a UK BioBank project investigating the impact of metformin treatment on brain structure and function. More information about the project can be found here.

D.PHIL STUDENTS

Myrto Lavda (DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford)

M.SC. STUDENTS

Tien Ho (MSc in Clin. and Therapeutic Neurosci. University of Oxford)

Co-supervisor: Rogier Mars

FORMER

Katie Thompson (MSc in Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Claire Park (MSc in Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

Eugenio Graceffo (MSc in Neuroscience, University of Oxford)

D.PHIL PROJECTS / RESEARCH PLACEMENTS

To inquire about available placements, please email: kamila.szulc-lerch@ndcn.ox.ac.uk and include your CV along with a letter of intent describing your research interests. More information about the DPhil programme in Clinical Neurosciences at NDCN can be found here.

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Upcoming publications

Szulc-Lerch KU, Yeung J, de Guzman E, Egan S, Yee Y, Fernandes D, Lerch JP, Mabbott DJ, Nieman BJ. Exercise promotes growth and rescues volume deficits in the hippocampus after cranial radiation in young mice. (In Review)