My research focuses on understanding cognition in neurodevelopmental disorders. Contact type Person First name Antonis Surname Asiminas Title Dr Role Postdoctoral Research Fellow Awards PhD Organisation 1 1 George Square Organisation 2 Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ Work phone +44 (0) 131 650 4353 Email a.asiminas@ed.ac.uk Personal profile 2016 PhD in Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. 2012 MSc in Biochemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2009 BSc in Biochemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Research The aim of my work is first to investigate the neural basis of the behavioural and cognitive impairments in rat model of intellectual disabilities, and second to investigate the therapeutic potential of candidate treatments. To do that I use validated and novel behavioural tasks as well as in-vivo electrophysiology in awake and behaving animals. Image Recent publications Till, S.M., Asiminas, A., Jackson, A.D., Katsanevaki, D., Barnes, S.A., Osterweil, E., Bear, M.F., Chattarji, S., Wood, E.R., Wyllie, D.J.A and Kind, P.C. (2015)Conserved hippocampal cellular pathophysiology but distinct behavioral deficits in a new rat model of FXS. Human Molecular Genetics, 24(21):5977-5984. Asiminas, A.*, Jackson, A.D.*, Louros, S.R.†, Till, S.M.†, Spano, T., Dando, O., Bear, M.F., Chattarji, S., Hardingham, G.E., Osterweil, E.K.‡, Wyllie, D.J.A.‡, Wood, E.R.§, and Kind, P.C.§ (2019) Sustained correction of associative learning deficits after brief, early treatment in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome. Science Translational Medicine, 494(11):eaao0498 *,†,‡,§ equal contribution. This article was published on 2022-10-17
Contact type Person First name Antonis Surname Asiminas Title Dr Role Postdoctoral Research Fellow Awards PhD Organisation 1 1 George Square Organisation 2 Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ Work phone +44 (0) 131 650 4353 Email a.asiminas@ed.ac.uk
