About
Mahmoud Bukar Maina, PhD · FRSA
Neuroscientist, educator & researcher at University of Sussex, UK. Decoding tauopathies across ancestries — bridging Sussex Neuroscience and African science capacity.
Mahmoud leads dual-continent research capacity from the United Kingdom and Nigeria — serving United Kingdom, Nigeria, Africa through the Maina Lab and science leadership roles.
- Group Leader, Maina Lab
- Research Fellow, Sussex Neuroscience
- Special Adviser for Science, Yobe State Government, Nigeria
- EMBO Global Investigator Network
Journey
Origins · University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
Human Anatomy & clinical roots
BSc Human Anatomy; early neuroscience curiosity shaped by teaching psychiatry nursing and medical sciences in northeastern Nigeria.
2011 → · University of Sussex, UK
Sussex training arc
MSc Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience, then PhD in the Serpell Laboratory on tau and amyloid-β mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease.
Research · Serpell Lab · Sussex Neuroscience
Tau, nucleolar stress & structure
Published foundational work on nuclear tau, dityrosine cross-links, and tau filament assembly — bridging biophysics and disease biology.
Outreach · Nigeria · Uganda · UK
Africa science ecosystem builder
Founded TReND in Africa Outreach and Science Communication Hub Nigeria; Royal Society of Biology Science Communication Award (2017); FRSA (2018).
Today · Sussex, UK · BioRTC, Yobe State University, Nigeria
Dual-continent Maina Lab
iPSC models from diverse African donors to study how ancestry influences tauopathy pathogenesis — linked to policy via Yobe State science advisory role.
Forward · EMBO GIN · Nature Communications · eLife
Global investigator · equitable neuroscience
Building the next generation of African neuroscientists while pushing tau research and open science onto the global stage.