Skip to main content
Institute of Health Sciences Education - Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
  1. Institute of Health Sciences Education
  2. Staff
  3. Institute of Health Sciences Education

Dr Robert Adalbert

Senior Lecturer in Medical Sciences

Profile

Robert joined Queen Mary Medical School in January 2023 as a senior lecturer. He is involved in teaching histology to students in year 1 and 2 of the MBBS course and the graduate entry programme (GEP). Robert is also a problem-based learning (PBL) tutor for years one and two

Robert worked previously as an assistant professor at the University of Szeged Medical School in Hungary, where he had taught histology and anatomy. Prior to lecturing, he conducted postdoctoral research projects in the field of neurodegenerative diseases and ageing, first at the University of Cologne, and later at the Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge and the Royal Veterinary College London.

Teaching

Robert teaches histology on the Fundamentals of Medicine, Locomotor, Metabolism, Brain & Behaviour and Human Development modules. He is PBL tutor on different modules and supervisor for the Anatomy SSC.

Research

Research Interests:

Robert’s current research is focussed on the role of axon pathology in neurodegenerative diseases (ALS), ageing, chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and equine recurrent laryngeal neuropathy.

Publications

Adalbert R, Cahalan S, Hopkins EL, Almuhanna A, Loreto A, Pór E, Körmöczy L, Perkins J, Coleman MP, Piercy RJ (2022). Cultured dissociated primary dorsal root ganglion neurons from adult horses enable study of axonal transport. J Anat. 241(5):1211-1218.

Gould SA, White M, Wilbrey LA, Pór E, Coleman MP, Adalbert R (2021). Protection against oxaliplatin-induced mechanical and thermal hypersensitivity in Sarm1-/- mice. Exp Neurol. 338:113607.

 

Dembny P., Newman AG., Singh, M., Hinz M., Szczepek M., Krüger C., Adalbert R., Dzaye O., Trimbuch T., Wallach ., Kleinau G., Derkow K., Richard BC., Schipke C., Scheidereit C., Stachelscheid H., Golenbock D., Peters O., Coleman M., Heppner FL., Scheerer P., Tarabykin V., Ruprecht K., Izsvák Z., Mayer J., Lehnardt S. (2020). Human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K(HML-2) RNA causes neurodegeneration through Toll-like receptors. JCI Insight. 9;5(7)

Adalbert R., Kaieda A., Antoniou C., Loreto A, Yang X., Gilley J., Hoshino T., Uga K., Makhija MT., Coleman MP (2020). Novel HDAC6 Inhibitors Increase Tubulin Acetylation and Rescue Axonal Transport of Mitochondria in a Model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 2F. ACS Chem Neurosci. 11(3):258-267.

Adalbert R., Milde S., Harwell C., Ando K., Stygelbout V., Gould S., Brion JP., Coleman MP (2018). Interaction between a MAPT variant causing frontotemporal dementia and mutant APP in the effects on axonal transport. Neurobiology of Aging. 68:68-75. 

White W., Kim E., Duffy A., Adalbert R., Phillips B., Peters O., Stephenson J., Yang S., Massenzio F., Lin Z., Andrews S., Segonds-Pichon, A., Metterville J., Saksida L., Mead R., Ribchester R., Barhomi Y., Serre T., Coleman M.P., Fallon J., Bussey T., Brown R. Sreedharan, J. (2018). Tardbp knock-in mouse shows gain of TDP-43 function and yields modifiers of cognitive impairment. Nature Neurosci, 21(4):552-563.

Clark DE., Waszkowycz B., Wong M., Lockey PM., Adalbert R., Gilley J., Clark J., Coleman MP. (2016) Application of virtual screening to the discovery of novel nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) inhibitors with potential for the treatment of cancer and axonopathies. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 26(12):2920-2926.

Milde S*., Adalbert R*., Elaman M.H., Coleman M.P. (2015) Axonal transport declines with age in two distinct phases separated by a period of relative stability. Neurobiol Aging 36: 971-981.

*equal contribution

Back to top