Kenton P Arkill currently works at the Cancer and Stem Cells lab at the University of Nottingham. He is an Associate Professor of Endothelial and Vascular Imaging at the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences. Kenton runs a group: Endothelial and Vascular Imaging Laboratory. Being able to image the microcirculation is a key technology in the determination of vascular physiology; thus, his research focuses on developing 3D correlative microscopy techniques to better describe the microcirculation. His skills and
expertise include 3D reconstruction, histochemistry, staining, live cell imaging, immunofluorescence, 3D image processing, cell culture, electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry and microscopy.
Joseph R Yates is currently working as a Specialty Registrar in Neuropathology at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in the Department of Pathology. He has 30 publications and 158 citations (ResearchGate, 22 November). His skills and expertise include neuroscience, neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative diseases, molecular biology, neurobiology, brain diseases, cellular neuroscience, molecular neuroscience, neurological diseases, and Alzheimer's disease.
Orestis L Katsamenis is a materials scientist by training, with a Ph.D. in bioengineering and over 15 years of experience in biomedical imaging research. Currently, he is the Biomedical Imaging and X-ray Histology lead at the μ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre. He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Patras, Hellas, focusing on the preparation and characterization of calcium phosphate bone cement and the mechanical and physicochemical characterization of degenerated human menisci, respectively. In 2012, he was awarded the EPSRC's Doctoral Prize Award for his research project on osteopontin adhesion properties on biomedical-relevant surfaces, and soon after, he joined the μ-VIS center. He holds a Senior Research Fellow post at the University of Southampton and he is coordinating the centre's biomedical imaging projects. He takes a particular interest in μCT imaging for histology applications and since 2015 he has closely collaborated with colleagues from the Biomedical Imaging Unit at the University Hospital Southampton to advance this field.
Adam Ditchfield is a consultant neuroradiologist with subspecialty interests including brain imaging, skull
base disease (including the eye and pituitary), back problems caused by spinal disease, and cross-sectional imaging of the ear, nose, and throat. Ditchfield is an experienced diagnostic neuroradiologist, but his day-to-day practice includes interventional treatment of both emergency and elective patients with aneurysms and dural fistulae (abnormal connections between arteries and veins in the outer layer of the brain and spine). In patients who present urgently with a recent stroke, he performs intra-arterial clot retrieval, a procedure to restore critical blood flow to the brain. He joined University Hospital Southampton in 2002 and North Hampshire Hospitals in 2017.
Angela Darekar is the Head of MRI Physics and Lead Imaging Researcher at University Hospital Southampton (UHS) and has many years of experience in using, developing and enabling clinical MRI techniques in both clinical and research settings. Her role includes supporting both the clinical MRI service (e.g. service development, QA and MRI safety), and supporting research projects utilizing MRI, from both within UHS and the University of Southampton, thus covering a wide range of applications. She has a keen interest in facilitating and encouraging the translation of research MRI techniques into the clinical setting, working closely with clinical colleagues, and using her expertise in MRI physics to successfully enable this. She is also heavily involved in coordinating the imaging research program for UHS and the University of Southampton.
Roxana O Carare is a Professor of Clinical Neuroanatomy at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton. Initially trained as a clinical doctor, she specializes in the anatomy of the brain and holds a PhD in experimental neuropathology and neuroanatomy. She has received international recognition for discovering the lymphatic drainage pathways of the brain that are responsible for clearing waste from the brain and become clogged up as a result of Alzheimer’s disease. She heads the international Carare research group, which has conducted groundbreaking research on the clearance of beta-amyloid from the
brain. Her research is funded by several organizations, including BBSRC, EPSRC, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Stroke Association, and Rosetrees.
Ian Galea is a Professor of Clinical and Experimental Neurology, within Medicine at the University of Southampton. He leads the Southampton Clinical and Experimental Neurology Team (SCENT), a
multidisciplinary group of investigators studying inflammatory and haemorrhagic brain conditions. His research concerns the brain’s response to infections, inflammation, and haemorrhage, with implications for
diseases such as multiple sclerosis and subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Diederik Bulters is a neurosurgeon with specialist expertise in the treatment of vascular disorders of the brain and spine. He leads a large research team investigating ways to improve the surgical and medical treatment of these conditions and has been awarded grants by the European Union, Innovate UK, EPSRC, MRC, NIHR, Wessex Medical Research, Smile for Wessex and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and has published over 50 research studies. Bulters has an active research interest in vascular
neurosurgery and publishes the largest number of scientific articles in this field annually in the UK. His group’s two main themes relate improving risk prediction and treatment for patients with vascular lesions (cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and dural AV fistulae), and reducing the injury to the brain from blood to improve the outcomes of patients with intracranial and subarachnoid haemorrhage.
