I'm looking for a Project Administrator to support my NIH funded project "Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset". Based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh within @edinunilbc.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection Brain metabolomics in dementia and neurological disease I’m honoured to be serving as the collection’s Guest Editor and eager to read your submission. #CallForPapers @natureportfolio.nature.com Learn more about the collection: go.nature.com/41S5bI3

Worrying times 😔

Closing date to apply for the post-doc position to work on my NIH funded project "Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset" is this coming Monday, January 13th.

I'm delighted to announce that the Pharma Proteomics Project will commence full-scale proteomic profiling of the UK Biobank in 2025. We have selected the Olink Proteomics Explore HT platform and Ultima Genomics UG 100 sequencers for this unprecedented study. www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/learn-more-a...

The December issue of the Disconnected Mind Newsletter from Lothian Birth Cohorts is now available online with highlights of 2024 as well as our recent research and publications, and scientific and public engagement events from this Autumn: edin.ac/3DeEOCR @schoolofppls.bsky.social

Childhood vaccines have saved around 150 million children over the past 50 years. Estimates from a paper by Shattock and colleagues: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... I wrote about it here: ourworldindata.org/vaccines-chi...

Exciting grant news - @saraheharris99.bsky.social from @edinunilbc.bsky.social has been awarded a grant of around £3.7m to study blood-based protein biomarkers for early dementia detection in a joint project with Uni of Texas at Austin & @colorado.edu. Read more: edin.ac/4g7XC55 #psychology

Great PhD opportunity with fantastic supervisors.

Exciting post-doc position available working on my NIH funded project "Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset". Based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh within @edinunilbc.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

This year we celebrate two special anniversaries in the history of the Lothian Birth Cohorts studies: the 25th anniversary of the LBC1921 established in 1999 and the 20th anniversary of the LBC1936! The cohorts' data have contributed to over 700 publications on cognitive, brain and general ageing!

“Lessons we learned from the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936”: edin.ac/3YMksHV A new review of the main LBC findings on #brain and #cognitive #ageing (and much more!) by the founding and current Directors of the LBC1921 and LBC1936 Ian Deary and Simon Cox @schoolofppls.bsky.social

Excited to announce that our podcast is back for it's 2nd season. To mark UK #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in this week's episode PhD student Lucas Perry chats to @drmluciano.bsky.social about her work on the genetic links to dyslexia. Listen/Subscribe here: edin.ac/3YgfIeX #psychology #genetics #dyslexia