Blog – Getting a Grant Funded: A View from the Panel
Professor Louise SerpellGetting a grant funded starts with knowing what the panel wants. Louise Serpell shares advice from the review board, summary to interview.
All posts by Professor Louise Serpell
Professor Louise Serpell is an Emerita Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Sussex. Her research focuses on how proteins misfold and form amyloid structures linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, using approaches from structural biology and molecular biophysics. Louise completed her DPhil at the University of Oxford and later established her own research group in the UK. Alongside her research career, she has been active in mentoring, public engagement, and supporting early career researchers.
Blog – Football, CTE & the Science Protecting Future Players
On World Cup final day, Louise Serpell explores football’s links to CTE—and how research, safer rules and better awareness could protect future players.
Blog – What’s in a name? Amyloid, Amyloid-beta, Beta Amyloid, Amy-Lloyd
Professor Louise Serpell on why ‘amyloid’ and ‘amyloid-beta’ are not the same word, and why the difference matters for Alzheimer’s research.
Blog – Alzheimer’s Disease Takes a Lifetime
Professor Louise Serpell explores why Alzheimer’s disease may begin long before symptoms, and why models, biomarkers and collaboration now matter.
Blog – From Academia and Beyond
After 34 years in academia, Prof Louise Serpell reflects on mentoring, burnout, and starting again. A story of science, students, and finding a new direction.
Blog – A Career in Alzheimer’s Research
Prof Louise Serpell reflects on a lifetime in Alzheimer’s research, from early nerves to building a collaborative career shaped by curiosity, setbacks & people
Blog – How not to win a Nobel Prize – do we need to reassess “success” in science?
What motivates you? Childhood ambition, making the world a better place? Professor Louise Serpell shares her own personal journey to becoming a scientist