Elizabeth Fisher

Professor Elizabeth Fisher is a leading academic in Neurogenetics at the UCL Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, affiliated with the Faculty of Brain Sciences at University College London. She specializes in mouse models for human neurodegenerative diseases.

• Undergraduate: Physiological Sciences, University of Oxford (1978–1981)
• PhD: Mouse Molecular Genetics, St Mary’s Hospital Medical School (Imperial College) and MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit (Harwell) (1983)

Her research focuses on Down’s syndrome and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), using mouse models to investigate the neurological basis of these conditions. She collaborates extensively, including with Victor Tybulewicz since 1991.

Recent publications highlight her work in neurogenetics, mouse modeling, and neurodegenerative disease mechanisms, including studies on ALS, Down syndrome, and metabolic alterations in genetically modified mice.

Scientific recognitions include:

• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007)
• Member of EMBO (2009)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2010)
• Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator (with Victor Tybulewicz)

Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration and translational approaches, leveraging mouse genetics to address fundamental questions in neurodegeneration.