Dr Daniel Fulton

• Postgraduate certificate in Higher Education (Distinction), 2020
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• PhD Neuroscience, 2003
• BSc Zoology, 1999

Daniel obtained his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Sussex in 2003 where his thesis focused on the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory. Following his PhD he pursued postdoctoral research at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where he continued to work on synaptic plasticity and learning and memory. In 2007 he joined the lab of Anthony Campagnoni (also at UCLA) where he begun his work on glial biology. Daniel’s work as a Research Neuroscientist in the Campagnoni lab focused on the physiological properties of oligodendrocytes and the expression of novel myelin proteins within striatal neurons.

In 2010 Daniel was awarded a Senior Fellowship with the Science City Research Alliance and in 2011 he obtained a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant. Using these fellowships Daniel returned to the UK to pursue independent work at the University of Warwick investigating the role of neuronal activityin oligodendrocyte development and myelin formation. In July 2013 Daniel moved to the University of Birmingham to take up a Birmingham Fellowship, and more recently a Lectureship in Glial Biology, within the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing where he is leading the Oligodendrocyte and Myelin Research Group.

• Module lead: Neurotrauma: Degeneration & Regeneration, Year 3 BSc Biomedical Science
• Neuroscience component lead: Neuroscience, Endocrinology and Reproduction, Year 2 BSc Biomedical Science
• Module lead (deputy): Cellular Neurobiology, Year 3 BSc Biological Sciences

• Simon Foale, B.Sc., M.Sc. MRC funded Ph.D. Title ‘The role of amphoterin induced gene and open reading frame 3 (AMIGO3) in the pathogenesis of inflammatory demyelination’. Graduated July 2019.
• Sayed Muhammed Rassul, B.Sc., M.Sc. PSIBS Ph.D. title ‘Single molecule imaging of myelin proteins’. Graduated July 2019.
• Majed Almutairi, B.Sc. M. Sc. PhD Fellowship funded by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. 'Exploring the role of amphoterin-induced gene and open reading frame (AMIGO) proteins in oligodendrocyte function' 
• Natasha Bestall B.Sc. MRes project 'Investigating the influence of myelin integrity on neocortical circuit function'. Graduated July 2023. 
• Narek Manukjan, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Research), Ph.D. Title 'White matter really matters in cerebral small vessel disease: role of hypoxia signalling in oligodendrocyte precursor cells and its cross-talk with endothelial cells'
• Olivia Grech, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Research), Ph.D. Title 'Mechanisms and treatments for headache in raised intracranial pressure'
• Rahatil Chowdhury, M.Sc., Ph.D. Title 'Investigating the metabolism of the microglia and its implications in glioblastoma'

Research Interests

• Oligodendrocyte and myelin plasticity
• Live-imaging oligodendrocyte development and myelination
• Single particle tracking of myelin proteins
• Modelling oligodendrocyte development, injury and repair in brain slice culture models

Current Projects

• Modelling complement-mediated myelin injury in the CNS

For further details, please visit the Oligodendrocyte and Myelin Research Group pages.

• Local Group Representative (University of Birmingham) British Neuroscience Association
• Academic Integrity Lead, BSc Biomedical Sciences programme
• PGT Lead, Inflammation and Ageing