📢Registration is NOW OPEN for the 36th annual Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar CNS2026! This meeting is open to neuroscientists of every discipline and all career stages, both from Cambridge and beyond! 🎟️Register: lnkd.in/dWEvgCzW 🧠Check out our programme: lnkd.in/dT2NnnnG 🤝Share📨 See you there!

Our new meta-analysis & Mendelian randomization study shows that substance misuse, particularly cocaine, amphetamines, and cannabis, are associated with increased risk of stroke. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @cambridgecardio.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social @vpd-hlri.bsky.social

New research from Cambridge has shown that menopause is linked to changes in key areas of the brain, increasing anxiety and depression and sleep disturbances. Hormone therapy and lifestyle can help reduce negative menopausal symptoms. >> bit.ly/3NR14Yx @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @camneuro.bsky.social

Do YOU live with joint pain? Do YOU experience poor pain management? Have you got 2-minutes to tell pain researchers about it? If yes 👉 forms.gle/7NTwma2gnVN1... We hope to gain insight into lived experience for those with joint pain & involve people in our #PainResearch 😃

If you're seeking an exciting opportunity to advance your research career, I highly recommend checking out this postdoctoral position advertised by my colleague @lpjlab.org .org at @camneurodept.bsky.social Don't miss your chance! Explore the details here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

Tell us about your dementia research. Expressions of interest are open for the Cambridge Dementia Research Day, 28 April 2026. From clinicians to curators, any Cambridge researcher can let us know about their project: www.clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/dementia-res...

📢Calling all @cam.ac.uk neuroscience students: Applications are still open to join our wonderful CamBRAIN team!🧠 This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in the committee of one of the largest student neuro societies in the UK! More details in the comments👇 Apply by 26/01: lnkd.in/eMZ3P286

Sponsorship Opportunity - exhibit your company at CNS2026 on 1st of April in Cambridge💫 Our speakers will attract an international audience of ~250 delegates: researchers and industry from the Cambridge innovation ecosystem🧠 Interested?🤝 Check out our website for more details: lnkd.in/enTHcdbt

We are delighted to be partnering with @camneurodept.bsky.social and hosting the Dementia Research Day on 28/04🧠 The day will celebrate many forms of dementia research at the University, and not just in neurosciences. Express your interest in attending/contributing and tell us about your research!

Delighted to have been part of this exciting project uncovering how MSC-derived extracellular vesicles modulate NGF-induced neuronal sensitisation. Don’t miss our new pre-print exploring the role of miRNAs and nanoparticle-based delivery! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Time Cells in the Human Brain Support Working Memory Maintenance www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

You still have two weeks to register for COGNESTIC, 14-25 September 2026. We provide training in state-of-the-art methods for neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking, especially for early-career researchers. For more info: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...

Congratulations the @campsydept.bsky.social prize winners!👏🌟

📢 CNS2026: SPEAKERS CONFIRMED - REGISTRATION OPENS SOON! This year’s theme is “Connections and networks across scales, species and time”. We'll showcase the breadth of interdisciplinary work that we do in Cambridge, and beyond 🧠 More info on our event website: neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...

We have a new funded #PhD opportunity available! This is supervised by Prof. Ewan St. John Smith, titled Regulation of neuronal excitability using IgG targeting of ion channels and GPCRs 🔬 The deadline to apply is on Thursday 26 February. Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

🚨New pre-print🚨 We found before that mesenchymal stem cell extracellular vesicles (MSC-EV) ⬇️ pain/neuronal sensitisation in 🐭 osteoarthritis (OA) See: x.com/psalmotoxin/... & acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Now we've an idea how MSC-EVs work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚀 Launching the Local Government AI Accelerator 🚀 We're offering grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept #AI projects developed in partnership with local authorities. Application deadline: 13 Feb 2026 www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/local-...

New @mrccbu.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social study by Alexa Mousley, Richard Bethlehem, Fang-Cheng Yeh & @duncanastle.bsky.social shows four pivotal ages during brain development bbc.com/news/article... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣 Don't miss out on this FREE, F2F, open event to learn more about paediatric research in big data, child mental health & childhood rare disease! 📣 20 Nov | Hexagon Room, CUH 📣 Talks 4pm & 6pm 📣 Poster exhibition & refreshments 5pm - 6pm 📣 Book: bit.ly/47EIvhV 📣 All Welcome! @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

Dr Luppi named a Rising Star in Neuroscience🌟Congratulations! 🎉

We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...

📢 Calling @cpft-nhs.bsky.social psychologists to join our #Research team! We're offering a 1 year, part-time internal secondment for a #psychologist to bring more research opportunities to people in our psychological services and help colleagues grow their skills: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacan...

🚨I am looking for a POSTDOC, LAB MANAGER/TECH and GRAD STUDENTS to join my new lab in beautiful Madison, WI. We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods. paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu #VisionScience #NeuroSkyence

We are proud to congratulate kbgenesbrains.bsky.social, Co-Editor-in-Chief of our society #Journal Brain and #Neuroscience Advances, who has been awarded the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social Leading Researcher of the Year Award for #Cognition and #Neurodevelopment. www.bna.org.uk/resource/dr-...

🚀 We're hiring ! 🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations. 🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e 🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌

Submit your Painhack project for the 2026 World Congress on Pain in Bangkok, Thailand. During the Painhack, interdisciplinary teams will collaborate to develop new ideas and methods to address key challenges in pain research and management. Submission Deadline: 21 November. bit.ly/4nB9tM7

Here's the lineup of #sfn25 artist exhibitors all on one page

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Wed, 1st of April 2026 for the annual Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar #CNS2026 🧠 📍Queen's College, Cambridge, UK An exciting programme is under way✍️🤩 🔔Stay tuned for further updates! See the last year's event details here: CNS2025 lnkd.in/eSKxr7Df

🚨Scientists have identified a rare brain cell that may drive inflammation in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) 🔎This important discovery could pave the way for more effective therapies 🔗 For more info: bit.ly/48xJvW1 @cuh.nhs.uk @camneuro.bsky.social @camneurodept.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

Mapping Open Science in Neuroscience - A collaborative initiative with FORRT @forrt.bsky.social ReproducibiliTea Bordeaux Team invites you to contribute to this project! More details: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please share.

A big thank you to Professor Carol Brayne for giving our A.V. Hill Lecture on 'Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies' on Monday. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social

TWCF grantee @duncanastle.bsky.social at @camneuro.bsky.social has discovered a common neural signature in a large developmental sample drawn from the ABCD cohort that suggests a gene-environment correlation within the brain in the development of mental illness. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This work is now out in Nature Communications! 🎉 Computational signatures of uncertainty are reflected in motor cortex excitatory neurochemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64702-6 Huge thanks to our amazing team! @beckyneuro.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social

Register now for next week's Cambridge NeuroWorks NeuroTech Unconference and contribute to shaping the future of neurotechnology 🧠🚀 luma.com/0svos13q

Join us for a Free, In-Person, Open Event highlighting Translational Research in infants, children and young people 🗓️Thurs 20th Nov 📍Frank Lee Centre,CUH ⏲️Talks 4-5pm or 6-7pm 📊Poster exhibition & refreshments Book via: bit.ly/CYPafterEve @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @dphpc.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social

Interested in postgrad neuroscience opportunities?🧠 Join us next week 28th Oct for an evening of fun and networking, while you learn all about the postgraduate application and admissions process. Open to all - Cambridge and beyond! Register for free now: neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...

🚨 Last week to apply for the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowships! @cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff with great ideas for technology to transform brain & #MentalHealth care can bid for support to turn them into reality. Check the guidance & apply here by Monday 13 October: ➡️ cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes

Can mood disorders be driven by inflammation? Published today in @natcomms.nature.com, @staceykigar.bsky.social & colleagues found that chronic stress may release immune cells from bone marrow in the skull, potentially contributing to depression. buff.ly/xAz0oiS @cam.ac.uk

📢 Deadline for Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship extended till 13th Oct 2025! 12 fellowship awards available, ~£117k each, for individuals from any sector in the UK or globally, with ideas at any stage to advance treatments for neurological conditions 🧠💡 Info: cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...

📢 Deadline THIS Wednesday 1st October for the expression of interest for the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme! This is a fantastic opportunity for innovators from UK and globally who aspire to revolutionise neurotechnology🧠🚀 Apply on the Connect: Health Tech platform: lnkd.in/efPc-cfj

📢 New hope for MS patients as Cambridge trial suggests drug combination may repair nerve damage 📢 Findings reveal diabetes drug and antihistamine can help repair myelin To find out more >> bit.ly/4nR5b3E @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @camneuro.bsky.social @cuhpartners.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social

Session Six featured fantastic talks by Prof. Vendeuscolo from the Dept. of Chemistry @cam.ac.uk, Prof. Peruzzotti-Jametti from the Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences @cam.ac.uk, and the Andrew Huxley Plenary Lecture by our special guest Prof. Studer from the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY #CNS2025

Session Five featured exciting talks on neurostimulation, neuromedical devices and Huntingdon's Disease from Prof. Voon from Dept. of Psychiatry, Prof. Malliaras from Dept. of Engineering @cam.ac.uk, Prof. Cattaneo visiting from the University of Milan, and Prof. Denison visiting from @ox.ac.uk

🤔No plans this eve? Join in to listen to an exciting discussion panel!👇

Day 2 of the 'Interventions & Recovery' conference has begun with fantastic talks from Dr Arseni from @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, Dr Karatt-Vellatt from Maxion Therapeutis, Prof Shaw from IoPPN @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, and Dr Scott from the Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences @cam.ac.uk

TODAY Join us for a Public Panel discussion on Current & Future Treatments for Dementia, featuring experts in the field 🧠 No need to register - just come along and spread the word! 📢 📍West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge 🗓️11th Sep 5pm-6:30pm BST neuroscience.cam.ac.uk Sponsored by Beckman Coulter

The last session of Day 1 featured exceptional talks by Prof. Liston from the Dept. of Pathology at @cam.ac.uk, Prof. Bance from the Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences at @cam.ac.uk, and the Alan Hodgkin Plenary Lecture delivered by our special guest Prof. Arnsten from the Yale University!

Fantastic 2nd session has just ended with talks from Prof Belin - Dept. of Psychology @campsydept.bsky.social, Prof Upthegrove - Dept. of Psychiatry @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social, Prof Kullmann - Institute of Neurology @ucl.ac.uk and Dr Vickers - Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences @cam.ac.uk #CNS2025

Session one wrapped up! Thank you to our brilliant speakers: Prof Horvath from Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences, Prof O'Rahilly from the Institute of Metabolic Sciences, Prof Káradóttir from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Prof Barker from Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences🧠

Fantastic Plenary Lecture celebrating the founders of Cambridge Neuroscience Alastair Compston and Trevor Robbins delivered by Sir Stephen O’Rahilly #CNS2025