Keele University
School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering
Research Associate based at Keele University (United Kingdom). Research interests include exploring the role played by metals in neurodegenerative disorders, particularly the transition metals iron and copper in Alzheimer’s disease. Specialising in utilising multidisciplinary methods for characterising the nanoscale chemical composition of biological specimens, with a focus on the application of advanced synchrotron x-ray techniques. Recent research highlights include: (i) the discovery of metallic elemental nanoparticles in Alzheimer’s disease amyloid plaques using nanofocus x-ray spectromicroscopy [Everett et al., Science Advances. 7, eabf6707 (2021). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abf6707]; (ii) label-free nanoimaging of neuromelanin in the brain by soft x-ray spectromicroscopy [Brooks and Everett et al., Angewandte Chemie. 59, 11984 (2020). doi.org/10.1002/anie.202000239]; (iii) demonstrating the chemical reduction of ferritin iron in the presence of aggregating β-amyloid (1-42) [Everett et al., Scientific Reports. 10, 10332 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67117-z].