Julia Edgar

University of Glasgow

Julia Edgar is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Staff Scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Goettingen.  She obtained her PhD in Developmental Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh and held a Multiple Sclerosis Society Fellowship, before becoming a member of academic staff at Glasgow University. Her research focusses largely on how the myelinating cells of the central nervous system support the function and survival of the myelinated axon.  She has expertise in several imaging methods including transmission electron microscopy and live cell imaging in vitro.