Rare Research for Radical Results
A neuroscience research lab specializing on brain metabolism and energetic with a particular focus on rare epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders.
What Feeds Our Brain Energy?
Started in September 2022, Dr. Chan currently leads a research group at University of Birmingham in Birmingham, UK. The primary aim of the group is to understand more about brain metabolism and energetic. We want to know more about physiological brain metabolism; but also how it goes awry in disease states, particularly in epilepsy.
Dr. Chan believes in fully-integrated neuroscience research; collaborating actively and openly with academics, clinicians, industries, and the patient community.
Dr. Chan also champions mentoring and is passionate about nurturing next-generation neuroscientists by providing them bespoke career and research mentorship.
Dr. Chan advocates for positive research culture and endeavour to create a diverse and inclusive lab environment in his research.
“As cliche as it sounds, what we feed our body does feed our brain and so is important for brain diseases”
Our Area of Interests
Our Specialties
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD)
Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (MTOR) Signaling
Mitochondrial Epilepsy and Mitochondrial Disease
Rare genetic epilepsies
Metabolomics (Targeted and Untargeted)
Transcriptomics (RNA-Sequencing)
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
In Vitro and In Vivo Electrophysiology
Mitochondrial Biology and Assays (Including Seahorse)
Neuropathology and Histology
Genetics and Gene-Editing (Including CRISPR-CAS9)
“We will go to any field of study using any techniques or approaches as long as the data tell us so”
Want to join our team?
We are constantly looking for potential PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and technicians to join the team.
Please reach out to Dr. Chan for an informal discussion!
Contact Us
We are always happy to hear queries and comments about our research.