Dr Holly Spence

Dr Holly Spence
Dr Holly Spence
Dr Holly Spence

Research Fellow

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Email Address
holly.spence1@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address
3.20 Institute of Medical Sciences
Foresterhill Campus
Ashgrove Road West
AB25 2ZD

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School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Dr Spence is a research fellow who has worked extensively on the mechanistic relationship between brain iron, inflammatory processes, and cognition. Dr Spence completed her PhD at the University of Aberdeen investigating the links between brain iron, cognition and blood markers for iron and inflammation. She now works as a research fellow with a continued focus on heavy metals and lipid peroxidation in neurodegenerative diseases. 

 

Latest Publications

  • Associations between sex, systemic iron and inflammatory status and subcortical brain iron

    Spence, H., Mengoa-Fleming, S., Sneddon, A., McNeil, C., Waiter, G.
    European Journal of Neuroscience
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • RNA aptamer reveals nuclear TDP-43 pathology is an early aggregation event that coincides with STMN-2 cryptic splicing and precedes clinical manifestation in ALS

    Spence, H., Waldron, F., Saleeb, R. S., Brown, A., Rifai, O. M., Gilodi, M., Read, F., Nellany, K., Milne, G., Wilkinson, D., O'shaughnessy, J., Pastore, A., Fratta, P., Shneider, N., Tartaglia, G. G., Zacco, E., Horrocks, M. H., Gregory, J.
    Acta Neuropathologica, vol. 147, 50
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • SOP and tick-sheet for using TDP-43 RNA aptamer (TDP-43APT) to detect pathological TDP-43 in FFPE-preserved human tissue, as described in Spence and Waldron et al., 2024 (Acta Neuropathologica) v1

    Waldron, F. M., Gregory, J., Spence, H.
    protocols.io.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
  • RNA aptamer reveals nuclear TDP-43 pathology is an early aggregation event that coincides withSTMN-2cryptic splicing and precedes clinical manifestation in ALS

    Spence, H., Waldron, F. M., Saleeb, R. S., Brown, A., Rifai, O. M., Gilodi, M., Read, F., Roberts, K., Milne, G., Wilkinson, D., O’Shaughnessy, J., Pastore, A., Fratta, P., Shneider, N., Tartaglia, G. G., Zacco, E., Horrocks, M. H., Gregory, J. M.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
  • Associations between sex, systemic iron and inflammatory status and subcortical brain iron

    Spence, H., Mengoa-Fleming, S., Sneddon, A. A., McNeil, C. J., Waiter, G. D.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers

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