Iain is a a Research Communications Officer at Alzheimer's Society. The main role of his job is to translate science into language everyone can understand. He completed his PhD in the laboratory of Professor Miles Whittington at University of York. This work involved examining the effect of oscillatory activity, or brainwaves as they are commonly known, on immediate early genes (IEG's). IEGs are the first genomic response to external stimuli and as such could be a great target for a variety of disease treatments. Iain was particularly interested in IEGs associated with learning and memory in diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. After this he completed a postdoc position at The University of Southampon.