Personal profile
Biography
Dr Usmari Moraes has years of experience in the field of redox biochemistry and metabolic dysregulation in neurodegeneration. With previous work showing the metabolic changes in type 2 diabetes involved in Alzheimer's development, her research now focuses on understanding signaling mechanisms surrounding thrombus formation and Parkinson's disease.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Biochemical Society - Early Career Member (2021 - Current)
British Society for Research on Ageing - Member (2024 - Current)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Metabolic dysregulation and the role of the BCAT protein - implications for type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, University of the West of England
2018 → 2023
BSc, Distribution of the BCATm, BCKDH E1a and GDH in the human brain and their role in neurometabolism, University of the West of England
2013 → 2017
Keywords
- QP Physiology
- Thrombosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Platelets
- Endothelial cells
- Neuroinflammation
- Alzheimer's disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Neurodegeneration
- Redox Biochemistry