Katherine Bonnycastle

Elucidating presynaptic dysfunction in various genetic preclinical models of intellectual disability.

 

Contact type
Person
First name
Katherine
Surname
Bonnycastle
Title
Dr
Role
Postdoctoral Researcher - Cousin lab
Organisation 1
Hugh Robson Building
Organisation 2
15 George Square
Organisation 3
Edinburgh, EH8 9XD
Work phone
+44 (0) 131 651 1131
Email
Katherine.bonnycastle@ed.ac.uk

Personal profile

  • 2018-present: Postdoctoral Research, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
  • 2014-2018: PhD Biomedical Sciences (Integrative Physiology), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
  • 2013-2014: MScR Biomedical Sciences (Integrative Physiology) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
  • 2010-2013: BA & BSc (Hons) Cognitive Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Research

My research focusses on elucidating presynaptic dysfunction in various genetic preclinical models of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy. Using live-cell imaging techniques, I am studying whether synaptic vesicle recycling is altered in any of these models.

Publications

Bonnycastle K, Davenport EC, Cousin MA. Presynaptic dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders: Insights from the synaptic vesicle life cycle. J Neurochem. 2020. doi: 10.1111/jnc.15035 [doi].