Laura Carr

Laura Carr

School of Biomedicine

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

After completing an Bachelor of Psychological Science at the University of Adelaide, Laura went on to complete an Honours year and PhD working in the Cognition, Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease Laboratory  (CANDL) under the supervision of A/Prof Lyndsey Collins-Praino, graduating in 2025.
 
Laura is currently working part time at CANDL focusing on investigating risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases, specifically on how molecular changes induced by these risk factors may influence susceptibility to neurodegenerative processes. She is primarily interested in investigating the role that inflammatory mechanisms play in processes such as brain ageing, traumatic brain injury and viral infections, and hopes to gain an understanding of how the brain’s immune system can be targeted to promote healthy ageing and improve outcomes for neurodegenerative conditions. 

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 Carr, L., Mustafa, S., & Collins-Praino, L. E. (2025). The Hallmarks of Ageing in Microglia. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 45(1), 38 pages.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1
    2025 Carr, L. M., Guglietti, B., Wee, I. C., Musgrave, I. F., Mustafa, S., Corrigan, F., & Collins-Praino, L. E. (2025). Comparison of automated and manual approaches for microglial quantification and classification: A focus on the HALO digital pathology platform. Brain Pathology, 17 pages.
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    2024 Carr, L. M., Mustafa, S., Care, A., & Collins-Praino, L. E. (2024). More than a number: Incorporating the aged phenotype to improve in vitro and in vivo modeling of neurodegenerative disease. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 119, 554-571.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2024 Green, A. L., Cowell, E. C., Carr, L. M., Hemsley, K., Sherratt, E., Collins-Praino, L. E., & Carr, J. M. (2024). Application of diceCT to Study the Development of the Zika Virus-Infected Mouse Brain. Viruses, 16(8), 1330-1-1330-19.
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    2021 Guglietti, B., Carr, L., Ellul, B., Mustafa, S., Corrigan, F., & Collins-Praino, L. (2021). Fyn kinase inhibition using AZD0530 improves recognition memory and reduces depressive-like behaviour in an experimental model of Parkinson’s disease.
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  • Preprint
    Year Citation
    2024 Green, A., Cowell, E., Carr, L., Hemsley, K., Sherratt, E., Collins-Praino, L., & Carr, J. (2024). Application of diceCT to Study the Development of the Zika Virus Infected Mouse Brain.
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Practical demonstrator

Foundations of Human Neuroanatomy (ANAT SC 2006), Semester 1, 2021/2022

Tutor

Essentials of Neuroscience (HLTH SC 1001), Semester 2, 2021

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