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Nicola Hall
DPhil, MBiochem
Postdoctoral researcher
Gene expression in the human brain
Nicola Hall is a postdoctoral researcher in the Neural Correlates of Gene Function group. She is using her background in molecular biology and RNA sequencing to investigate gene expression in the human brain. Her current work focuses on alternative splicing of the calcium channel CACNA1C, implicated in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Nicola completed her PhD in 2017 at the University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry.
Recent publications
Roadblock: improved annotations do not necessarily translate into new functional insights
Long-read sequencing reveals the complex splicing profile of the psychiatric risk gene CACNA1C in human brain
Cellular calcium in bipolar disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis
Chapter - Long read transcript profiling of ion channel splice isoforms
Induced pluripotent stem cells in Psychiatry: an overview and critical perspective
Brain-enriched CACNA1C isoforms as novel, selective targets for psychiatric indications