Biological materials
Investigating and learning from nature
The physics of healthy brain ageing
The naked mole-rat is resistant to cancer, doesn’t succumb to neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s), and has an usually long maximum life span. Our research focuses on understanding how the naked mole-rat brain resists disease from the point of view of underlying physics and chemistry. This involves identifying how the mole-rats avoid these diseases in addition to the role of electrical properties of both brain cells and nerves.
