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Profile – Dr Beth Eyre, The University of Edinburgh

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01/01/2021

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Dr Beth Eyre

Name:

Dr Beth Eyre

Job title:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Place of work / study:

University of Edinburgh (UKDRI)

Area of Research:

My research focuses on how certain proteins, such as amyloid build up in the brain and accumulate around blood vessels. My current research investigates how this protein is cleared from the brain in a disease called cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).

How is your work funded?

BHF-UKDRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research and Leducq Foundation

Tell us about yourself?

I’ve always been mesmerised by the brain, even in my GCSE psychology classes I was always interested in how our brains helped us make decisions and made us who we are. When I was at school I didn’t really know much about PhDs or what a research career would involve but once I started my MSc, I knew I wanted to pursue a research career. I’m currently a postdoctoral researcher at the university of Edinburgh. My main research focus investigates a disease called cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). In CAA, amyloid (one of the main proteins involved in Alzheimer’s disease) is deposited in the walls of blood vessels. I’m currently very interested in how our brains clear waste and how CAA may impact brain clearance.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself:

I am incredibly good at watching TV.

Why did you choose to work in dementia?

Like many people, I’ve seen how diseases that cause dementia can impact whole families. There is still so much we don’t know about the brain and the more people researching dementia the more likely we are to be able to find cures for the diseases that cause dementia. It’s a real privilege to work in this field and I hope that in the near future we are able to provide society with effective treatments that not only protect our brains but also allow people to have a better quality of life.