
Ahad Rahim
@profahadrahim
Developing new therapies for childhood neurodegenerative diseases. All views are my own...
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http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/academic-research-staff-profiles/ahad-rahim 05-04-2015 18:04:21
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Check out our new pre-print; "Gene therapy prevents hepatic mitochondrial dysfunction in murine deoxyguanosine kinase deficiency" 🧬🐭biorxiv.org/content/10.110… UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health GGM_ICH Simon Waddington Juan Antinao Díaz Riccardo Privolizzi BSGCT ESGCT UCL Translational Research Office

New study in EMBO Mol. Medicine investigating mechanisms of how #peptide #GLP1 receptor agonists trigger neuroprotection in models of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy 🎉embopress.org/doi/full/10.10… Amy Geard Dr Claire Thornton Action Medical Research UCL Faculty of Life Sciences UCL School of Pharmacy #repurposing

Also online today 👉Diabetes drugs activate neuroprotective pathways in models of #NeonatalHypoxicIschemicEncephalopathy. #GLP1 By L. Poupon-Bejuit, Amy Geard, A. Rahim & colleagues UCL School of Pharmacy UCL Faculty of Life Sciences 🗞️doi.org/10.1038/s44321…


New publication examining dysregulated Wnt and NFAT signaling in a knock-in mouse model of #LRRK2 #ParkinsonsDisease 🎉 Kirsten Harvey Michael Hughes Tristan McKay Simon Waddington et al. UCL School of Pharmacy UCL Faculty of Life Sciences rdcu.be/dJqYo

A great day watching busy hands and minds engage with #genetics and #genetherapy (and make #DNA bracelets!🧬). Come see us CheltSciFest in the #DiscoverZone 🔬🧪 #CheltSciFest BSGCT Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Innovation Hubs for Gene Therapies LifeArc Medical Research Council Raj Karda


Yay new paper out - preclinical gene therapy for urofacial syndrome. Peripheral nervous system defect Raj Karda Ahad Rahim BSGCT UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health Medical Research Council UCL Child Health Kidney Lab doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… eLife - the journal

Exceptionally pleased to announce our latest paper now published in 🥳Biomaterials, led by the brilliant Hulya Bayraktutan in collaboration with Scancell. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


Many congrats to Simon Waddington - no more deserved winner of the first services to the society award!!



Deadline approaching… Five more days left if you are looking for a postdoc in the field of brain cancer immunotherapy and RNA therapeutics in our lab King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine King’s jobs Brain Research UK


Excited to start this new research journey! We aim to develop a robust #invitro platform to expedite the translation of more effective and safer genetic therapies to the clinic. Thanks to AnimalFreeResearchUK for the support 🙌🏼 UCL School of Pharmacy BSGCT International Gaucher Alliance

Delighted to share the latest publication from the Nesbeth lab, my second first-author manuscript. We engineered suspension HEK cells to express a secretory nuclease which reduced DNA impurities and (serendipituously) increased AAV yields! doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm… Darren N. Nesbeth


We have a Postdoc position available to study the impacts of early life stress on brain function. Come join us to work in the heart of London UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health @UCL Please share 🙏 #Postdoc #SingleCellGenomics #Neuroscience #EarlyLife #MentalHealth ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…





We have a new post-doctoral position open in my team. Pre-clinical gene therapy treatment for a rare neurological disorder. 🧬🧬🧬Please apply below; ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health UCL Translational Research Office UCL Juan Antinao Díaz Ellie Chilcott

🚨Job alert🚨 Looking for an experienced RA to support a translational mRNA study in mice to treat inherited manganese transporter defects. Excited to be working with Ahad Rahim and JulienBaruteau . Come and join @GGM_ICH - amazing place to work! ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…


We have a new post-doctoral and research assistant positions open in my team. Pre-clinical gene therapy treatment for a rare neurological disorder. 🧬🧬 Please apply below; ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… Ellie Chilcott UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health UCL Translational Research Office