Overview

Janou is a PhD student at the University of Exeter, under the supervision of Dr Katie Lunnon (University of Exeter), Dr Daniel van den Hove (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), and Dr Liz Coulthard (University of Bristol). Prior to starting a PhD at Exeter, Janou obtained a BSc in Psychology and completed a two-year MSc in Fundamental Neuroscience at Maastricht University (the Netherlands). During her research internship at the universities of Maastricht and Exeter, she developed a particular interest in the epigenetics of Alzheimer’s disease. 

Qualifications

• BSc Psychology

• MSc Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (track: Fundamental Neuroscience)

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Research

Research interests

In 2016 Janou was granted a GW4 BioMed MRC DTP studentship, for her PhD project titled ‘Identifying novel blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease’. During her PhD she will integrate genome-wide genetic, epigenetic and gene expression measures in blood from patients with detailed clinical, epidemiological and neuroimaging data with the aim to identify unique biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease.

Publications

Devall, M., Roubroeks, J., Mill, J., Weedon, M., & Lunnon, K. (2016). Epigenetic regulation of mitochondrial function in neurodegenerative disease: new insights from advances in genomic technologies. Neuroscience letters, 625, 47-55.

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