Join us for our annual lecture! We have a fantastic line-up this year: a consultant neurosurgeon and two discovery scientists will discuss how they are redefining biomedical methods - using living human brain tissue - bringing us closer to curing major neurological diseases. Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk

Thanks to everyone who joined the 9th Annual SIDB Retreat! Two incredible days of inspiring science, great discussions, and vibrant collaboration. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Find out more on sidb.org or via linktree in our bio

SIDB recently featured in STV News. Using a GRIN2B rat model, Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser and Katerina Hristova showed an epilepsy drug can reduce seizures. Check it out ⬇️ edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1 @edinburghmedschool.bsky.social @patrickwildcentre.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social

🚨 New preprint! 🚨 Proud to have been a small part of this project RatDISCO is a simple & affordable tissue-clearing protocol that works in rodent brains and organoids. Enormous potential for imaging long-range projections and labelled neuron populations in the whole brain 🧠 👉 tinyurl.com/670723v1

Unsure about tissue clearing methods? Join our online workshop to learn about the soundest clearing protocols for your tissue, next Tuesday, 30th September, organised by BNA @britishneuro.bsky.social

Want to run your own lab one day? In our Postdoc to PI series with Scientifica, Dr Sam Booker shares practical tips on the 5 pillars of academic independence: Research, Funding, Teaching & supervision, Outreach and Balance Register: tinyurl.com/337ww4mc #PostdocLife #FuturePI #PhDLife

Our Scientific Ambassador @virsicas.bsky.social interviewed Robert Lees, an expert in multiphoton & light sheet microscopy at the 🐙 Octopus facility, part of Euro-BioImaging’s UK Node @bioimaginguk.bsky.social. 🔬Learn more about his role in the full interview🔽 www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/meet-ro...

🔬 New to #tissueclearing or unsure which method is right for your samples? Join our @miltenyibiotec.bsky.social sponsored workshop with @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social & Kirsty Craigie to learn the fundamentals, compare methods, and get expert advice. 👉 www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e... #microscopy

Happy to announce our new paper in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/eBpGY We show how CRH in the thalamic reticular nucleus modulates NREM sleep, helping to understand how stress impacts sleep Congrats to Loredana Cumpana and team, in work led by Simone Astori! @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social‬

RatDISCO, a tissue clearing and immunolabelling protocol for large rat brains. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670723v1

The Strathclyde Optical Micoscopy Course #SOMC25 kicked off today - 10 days of practical light microscopy training with 24 students from around the world! From fundamental & advanced lectures, to hands-on workshops with high end systems, & a field trip to the Isle of Cumbrae, it will be great! 🔬

🎉 Congrats to @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social for winning 1st prize in the BNA Photo Competition! Her image of a whole mouse brain labelled for tyrosine hydroxylase, captured with light-sheet microscopy, will feature in the BNA 2025/26 calendar @britishneuro.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social

Thank you @britishneuro.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity to share my work 🔬

What does everyday #neuroscience look like? We asked BNA members, and the results were truly inspiring. www.bna.org.uk/resource/exp... Congratulations to @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social as well as shortlisted images including @kmujmer.bsky.social @mickcraig.bsky.social and @dalmaijer.bsky.social

In April, SIDB researchers had a great time presenting at BNA 2025 - Festival of Neuroscience in Liverpool, UK. Find out more in our bio! @edinunineuro.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social @patrickwildcentre.bsky.social

Lets talk about brains, stem cells, and organoids with playdough and a crochet brain hat! @soapboxscienceedin.bsky.social

Heading to Liverpool for #BNA2025 - plus a chance to see my team to win the league!

#BNA2025 Symposium talk first, to The Cavern Club later! @britishneuro.bsky.social

I just received the price, thank you so much for all your work @womeninneurouk.bsky.social !!!

The Nolan lab at SIDB reveal new methods to provide a more detailed picture of how the brain forms and maintains spatial maps, which is important for memory and navigation. Read the news 🔽 sidb.org.uk/news-events/... @elife.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @edinburghmedschool.bsky.social

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This month, the Illingworth Lab inspired future neuroscientists with 'Slice of Science' at Castlebrae High School. This exciting series of monthly outreach events is organised by PhD student Lucy Doyle, and gives students a slice of science alongside a slice of pizza. sidb.org.uk/news-events/...

👏 Congratulations, Nathalie (@rochefortlab.bsky.social)! What an inspiration!

Congratulations, Katerina! We're so pleased for you, and look forward to seeing more of you as a postdoc.

Huge congratulations to @cristina-mtz-glz.bsky.social, awarded the Runner Up for the Scottish Microscopist of the Year Award 2024. This award celebrates inspirational and outstanding contributions to the Scottish Microscopy community. L - organid; R - rat heart.

Apply by the the 10th of January 📲 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Do you have experience in mechanical/electrical engineering, or a related field? Are you passionate about neurodevelopmental biology? 🚨SIDB is recruiting for a Research Support Engineer🚨

Congratulations Ying Sze for being awarded the presentation prize at the Scottish Pain and Research Community meeting. Her talk was on 'Affective Pain in a Rat Model of SYNGAP1 Haploinsufficiency'. > sidb.org.uk/news-events/... @edinburghmedschool.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social