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Lancaster University

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5.08/20/2025

Inspires curiosity and a thirst for knowledge.

5.04/30/2025

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About Iain

Dr Iain Robinson serves as a Senior Lecturer in Lancaster Medical School at Lancaster University, part of the Faculty of Health and Medicine. He earned his PhD in Calcium Imaging in Adrenal Chromaffin Cells from the University of Liverpool in 1992 and a BSc in Physiology/Biochemistry Joint Honours from the University of Wales, College of Cardiff in 1989. The early phase of his research career centered on molecular and cell signalling events that regulate exocytosis and endocytosis. His expertise encompasses electrophysiology, neurobiology, synaptic plasticity, synaptic transmission, synapses, cellular neuroscience, neurodegeneration, neurotransmission, synaptic physiology, and exocytosis. Representative publications from this period include 'Active zone scaffolds differentially accumulate Unc13 isoforms to tune Ca2+ channel–vesicle coupling' (2016) and 'Dysregulation of ubiquitin homeostasis and β-catenin signaling promote spinal muscular atrophy' (2014).