Research project

Circulating miRNAs as a diagnostic test for asthma and to identify asthma severity risk

Research groups:

Nanophotonics Group
Lead researcher:

Dr Ramesh Kurukulaaratchy
Other researchers:

Professor Hasan Arshad,

Dr Collin Sones,

Professor Tilman Sanchez-Elsner
Research funder:

Asthma and Lung UK
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Ramesh Kurukulaaratchy

Associate Professor

Research interests

The natural history of asthma and allergy across the lifecourse.Identification of risk factors for asthma and allergy across the lifecourse.Development of risk prediction scores and new diagnostics for asthma.Prevention strategies for asthma and allergy.Phenotyping and endotypic understanding of difficult-to-treat asthma.Understanding the multimorbidity framework of difficult-to-treat asthma.Developing multimodal interventions for difficult-to-treat asthma.

Connect with Ramesh

Email: r.j.kurukulaaratchy@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Hasan Arshad

Prof in Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Connect with Hasan

Email: s.h.arshad@soton.ac.uk

Dr Collin Sones

Principal Research Fellow

Connect with Collin

Email: cls@orc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Tilman Sanchez-Elsner

Professor of Molecular Medicine

Connect with Tilman

Email: t.sanchez-elsner@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.