Dr Sian Genoud

Dr Sian Genoud, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University.

Sian was awarded her BSc (Hons I) in 2015 and PhD in 2020 at The Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney. Her project investigated the role of biometals in neurodegenerative pathways in the Parkinson's disease brain and ALS spinal cord. She then worked as a clinical Research Officer at the Cancer Institute NSW before joining the Dementia Research Centre at Macquarie University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Prof Thomas Fath in February 2021. Sian's current research focuses on cellular and molecular processes underlying neuropathology and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease.

Forefront Group:

  • Macquarie University Dementia Research Centre (DRC) Dementia Research Group

Expertise:

  • Neuropathology
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Molecular biology

Affiliate Organisations

Macquarie University, Sydney University ForeFront

Neurodegeneration of interest:

AD, FTD, MND, PD

Specific Skills:

  • Human and murine tissue preparation
  • Primary neuronal cell culture
  • Western blotting
  • Immunofluorescence imaging
  • Synchrotron XFM

Projects:

Unravelling the molecular mechanism of tau spread in Alzheimer’s disease