Dr Olga Kopach is a Lecturer at the Neurosciences and Cell Biology Research Institute. After obtaining her PhD in Physiology, Olga started her postdoctoral research in the field of pain, working on the central mechanisms of persistent pain. She investigated the role of glutamate receptors in spinal cord nociceptive plasticity, exploring both pharmacological and genetic strategies to cure chronic pain. As a Research Fellow and later Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Olga studied synaptic plasticity in the brain, contributing to discovering several fundamental mechanisms of learning and memory through neuron-glial interaction. Her current research is focused on investigating the mechanisms of nerve cell dysfunction in ischaemia, dementia, and other neurodegenerative disorders, implementing electrophysiology and fluorescent imaging techniques in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Olga’s interests also include innovative drug delivery technologies to elaborate new methods for advancing targeted treatments in neurology.