David Dickens

@davidsdickens

Principle Investigator. Research interests include membrane transporters, psychopharmacology, genetics & the blood-brain barrier (BBB)

University of Liverpool researchgate.net/profile/David_… Joined October 2012

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David Dickens @davidsdickens Jan 23, 2025

Our review is now out in Lancet Neurology on "Crossing the Blood–Brain Barrier: Emerging Therapeutic Strategies for Neurological Disease". We highlight several pioneering strategies that show promise for safely bypassing this barrier. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kUHI5FFzL0E…

David Dickens @davidsdickens Nov 3

Are you ready to tackle one of the most pressing safety challenges in immune-oncology? We are offering a fully funded MRC NW-DMS CASE PhD studentship in the Dickens, in collaboration with AstraZeneca. Decode how the #BloodBrainBarrier is compromised & explore ways to protect it

David Dickens @davidsdickens May 15

Excellent UCB PhD studentship day yesterday, showcasing the ongoing work with academia and UCB to support future R&D .
Andrew Sellin is a 2nd year PhD student in the Dickens lab funded by UCB working on advanced cellular models of the blood-brain barrier

David Dickens @davidsdickens Apr 16

I would like to welcome a new PhD student to the Dickens Lab. Kader is funded by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Education and is working on a project entitled: The Effect of Microbiome Metabolites on the Blood-Brain Barrier in Brain Cancer: In Vitro and Computational Studies

David Dickens @davidsdickens Mar 31

Dickens Lab PhD researchers Andrew and Jo showcased their latest work on advanced in vitro models of the blood–brain barrier at the Pharmacology Research Away Day.