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Dr Sarah King
Name:
Dr Sarah King
Job Title:
Reader in Behavioural Neuroscience
Place of work / study:
University of Sussex / University of Osaka
Area of Research:
Molecular and Behavioural Neuroscience
How is your research funded:
University of Sussex / ARUK / Leverhulme Trust
Tell us a little about yourself:
I am a single parent to a young teenager, live in Brighton and work at Sussex University and am abou to head to Osaka in Japan.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
I have recently been awarded a fellowship to work in Osaka University for the next academic year, so me and my son are off to Japan!
Why did you choose to work in dementia research?
I am fascinated by how genes cause risk for disease and I could not resist trying to work out what’s going on with APOE4. My Grandma also had Alzheimer’s at the end of her life so I have some idea of how the disease affects whole families.
What single piece of advice would you give to an early career researcher?
Do stuff you enjoy
What book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?
The Dawn of Yangchen (from Avatar the Last Airbender – watched the TV series with my son – it is fantastic, and got into reading all the back stories of previous avatars!)
Favourite ways to unplug and unwind?
Lying down!
Favourite film of all time?
Come back to me on that one
Professor Louise Serpell