🧠 Our latest newsletter is out today! ☕ Read it here: @dns-uom.bsky.social @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social @uom-dcs.bsky.social mailchi.mp/8f2fc944c32c...

Did you watch The Surgeon on Channel 5 last night? Only one week left until the episode featuring Salford Royal neurosurgeon and Centre strategy lead Omar Pathmanaban airs 📺 🔗 ow.ly/nZgo50YlK5L The countdown is on... 📆 Wednesday 4 March at 9pm

On 26 May, Kandeel, an Oncology Research Nurse @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social is climbing Snowdon to raise funds for our brain tumour research🧠 Please consider donating💙 #Glioblastoma #Research #Fundraising Read more on our website: gjbrainresearch.org/2026/02/19/c...

💜 Today on International #EpilepsyDay we’re highlighting some recent research from our epilepsy theme - including next‑generation tools like the flexible microfluidic mAxialtrode that helps us understand how seizures start. Read more 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...

The next seminar in our series is on Thursday 26th February at 1pm, in collaboration with @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social. Presented by by Prof Susanne Van Veluw of @edinburghuni.bsky.social and hosted by prof Cath Lawrence. Registration via QR code below. All welcome! 🧠#strokeseminar

Last week was the 5th Annual SVD@The Jeff meeting. An amazing day showcasing ECRs research into vascular contribution in dementia from across Manchester and Sheffield. Also inspirational lectures from Dr Mohamad El Amki and Prof Craig Smith. @uom-bhfcre.bsky.social @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social

🧠 New research reveals how #stroke and the ‘fight-or-flight’ response can weaken the immune system. People who have had a stroke have fewer of a specific type of immune cell called B cells, which normally produce antibodies to fight off infections. 🔗https://shorturl.at/ZrNKQ

Consultant Orthoptists Dr @clairehowardvision.bsky.social and Dr @laurenhepworth.bsky.social have developed a new guideline on Orthoptists' responsibilities in delivering driving advice and reporting concerns to the DVLA. lnkd.in/eBT5hX-3 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Another exciting opportunity to join the Brough lab! We're looking for a research technician to work on mechanisms of inflammation. Apply now: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Congratulations to MRI radiographer Alex Tam from our Imaging theme on receiving an NIHR Pre application Support Fund award - Alex is exploring how perfusion-based MRI techniques could provide earlier and more informative biomarkers of #dementia gjbrainresearch.org/2026/01/07/n...

📢Exciting opportunity here to join the Brough lab as a PDRA for 3 years studying the NLRP3 inflammasome. 🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @dns-uom.bsky.social

🌟A BIG thank you as we wrap up the week to our partners, donors & fundraisers for supporting our research 💙 5 donor funded projects are unlocking breakthroughs that wouldn’t happen otherwise Wishing happy holiday!🎄 🎯 Planning to fundraise in 2026? shorturl.at/biv8O

🎉 BIG News! 🎉Our Imaging Theme have secured funding for a @brukercorporation.bsky.social Maxwell 7T MRI scanner – the first of its kind in the UK! This transformative upgrade has been made possible through an £800,000 MRC equipment grant with matched funding from UoM. 🔗https://shorturl.at/SEmJW

“Philanthropy is a catalyst - it pump‑primes research and unlocks breakthroughs” - Prof Stuart Allan. Ep 7 of The Brain Fix Podcast: Philanthropy in neuroscience and UoM's #ChallengeAccepted. 🎙️Listen: the-brain-fix.transistor.fm/episodes/cha... 🎞️Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/BqICX9EgAHw?...

Members of our Rehab Theme recently attended the @ukstrokeforum.bsky.social and contributed a range of presentations and posters, highlighting their work in stroke rehab and psychological support... and came back with two big prizes!🎉🏆 #UKSF25 Read more 👇 shorturl.at/weBw0

As this year draws to a close, we wanted to recap and celebrate our people, partnerships, and pioneering research at the Jeff. Stay tuned this week, as we spotlight a different theme, achievement, or story from across our research community. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🚨 Funded PhD opportunities at @officialuom.bsky.social Join VIDA DTC to tackle dementia: 🔍 Focussed ultrasound to treat Alzheimer’s 👉 shorturl.at/3tgD3 💡 Repurposing drugs for small vessel disease 👉 shorturl.at/rI4Sd Apply now! #PhDOpportunity #DementiaResearch

Dr Abdurrahman Islim from our brain tumour theme has co-led an international study creating IMPACT, a tool that predicts if meningiomas will grow or cause symptoms, helping personalise care & avoid unnecessary scans. #braintumourressearch #neurosurgery gjbrainresearch.org/2025/11/20/n...

#ChallengeAccepted @officialuom.bsky.social has launched its first global fundraising & volunteering campaign This short campaign clip features Fiona Moss, Director of NKMT & supporters of our research & Prof Petra Hamerlik from our brain tumour research theme www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXCD...

We're extremely grateful to Prof Jackie Carter and her colleagues & friends for their support. As Jackie leaves her role at UoM she's asked for contributions to fund brain tumour research in memory of Laura Nuttall & in support of her own son, Huw. shorturl.at/p4xAl @shitscaredmum.bsky.social

📢Our latest newsletter is out now! It’s full of updates, upcoming events, and stories from across our research themes. A great way to catch up on what’s happening at the Centre. ☕ Take a look when you get a moment... shorturl.at/aCpsp @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social

🚨 The previous link was broken — here’s the correct one: gjbrainresearch.org/2025/11/03/a...

A new academic year brings fresh energy to the Centre and we thought we would introduce some of our newest postgraduate researchers joining us across our research themes. Here’s what a few of our students had to say… 👉https://gjbrainresearch.org/2025/11/03/a-warm-welcome-to-our-new-phd-students/

This #NationalPathologyWeek, explore the vital work of Manchester Brain Bank and our brain pathology theme at GJBRC - advancing research into neurological diseases. 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/q6oTq #BrainHealth #Neuroscience #Pathology #stroke #dementia #Parkinson's #Braintumours #ResearchMatters

🧠 Thanks for joining us this #WorldStrokeDay! From research breakthroughs to patient involvement, and clinical trials, we’ve shared how we’re shaping the future of stroke care. 📖 Read the full roundup here: linkedin.com/posts/geoffr... #StrokeResearch #GJBRC #StrokeCare

🪥Can better oral health reduce pneumonia risk after stroke?The CHOSEN trial tested enhanced oral care in stroke patients with dysphagia across 4 NW stroke units. ✅ 91% adherence ✅ Safe & feasible 🧑‍⚕️ Lays groundwork for a full-scale trial www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

🧠 A new clotbuster drug-caADAMTS13-shows promise for treating platelet-rich brain clots in stroke. 🧪 In mice, it outperformed therapies like rtPA & TNK. 👏 Developed by @manchester.ac.uk researchers & funded by @thebhf.bsky.social & @uomif.bsky.social 📄 shorturl.at/piVBQ

Cognitive problems after stroke are common—but full assessments take too long 🕒 StrokeCog-15: a 15-min test battery validated in 2 stroke cohorts, outperforming longer tools 👏Developed by Stroke IMPaCT researchers and funded by Fondation Leducq #WorldStrokeDay 🔗https://shorturl.at/f6hb0

PCPIE is central to research at the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre. 💬 Our Stroke Group - made up of stroke survivors & those with lived experience - helps shape studies that matter most. #WorldStrokeDay

🧠 Every five minutes, someone in the UK suffers a stroke. 🔬 Our researchers are working across discovery science, experimental medicine, and clinical care to change that. 👉 Read on to see how their work is shaping the future of stroke prevention, treatment and recovery. #WorldStrokeDay

🎉Dr Yolanda Ohene is a finalist for the EDI Award at the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social Awards 2025! Nominated by her colleagues for her inclusive research culture. Good luck in November🌟 🔗http://bit.ly/3WVE1NA

🧠 The latest Prevent the Preventable podcast from The Natalie Kate Moss Trust features Olivia Murray from our imaging theme, exploring how AI and imaging are transforming recovery predictions for brain haemorrhage patients. 🎙️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA5q...

🧠New from our brain tumour theme in Neurosurgery. Insights into surgery after bevacizumab (a tumour-slowing drug) in NF2-related vestibular schwannoma. Study highlights how timing & dosage can help reduce bleeding risks and guide safer treatment planning shorturl.at/E9c92 #NeuroOncology #research

ICYMI: Hear Prof Adrian Parry-Jones (Northern Care Alliance, @fbmh-uom.bsky.social & @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social) talking about important #stroke research, esp #ICH, in GM on Radio Manchester - it starts at 12.31 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🧠 Tune in this morning to BBC Radio Manchester to hear Prof Adrian Parry Jones from our #stroke theme talk with Mike Sweeney about our work to improve diagnosis and care. 🔊 Listen live: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social

🚨 We're hiring! Join Prof Petra Hamerlik’s Brain Tumour Biology Lab as a Research Assistant - supporting cutting-edge multi-omics work on brain tumours. #CancerResearch #ManchesterJobs @uom-dcs.bsky.social 👉https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?isPreview=Yes&jobid=33559&advert=external

🎓 Exciting PhD Opportunities in Stroke, Dementia & Brain Health! 🧠 We’re thrilled to announce a wave of new Medical Research Council (MRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) - funded PhD studentships at the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre... www.linkedin.com/posts/geoffr...

🎉Good news Friday!🎉 Dr Daniel Lewis has been awarded funding from Cancer Research Horizons part of @cancerresearchuk.org to help turn advanced imaging software into a clinical tool for brain tumour care. Early steps in transforming DCE-MRI analysis for real-world impact 👇 🔗 shorturl.at/sj0RO

🧠Exciting news! Further funding for pioneering approach to slow or stop Parkinson’s... Dr Roy Ng, our preclinical dementia lead joins @parkinsons.org.uk funded project with Cellestial Health to explore astrocyte-targeted therapies for Parkinson’s. 👉https://shorturl.at/O28cN

Prof Petra Hamerlik, part of our Brain Tumour theme, is leading research funded by #StandUpToCancer (from @cancerresearchuk.org & @channel4.bsky.social) exploring how tear fluid could offer early warning signs of brain tumours. A simple eye test could be a game-changer. 🧪 🔗 shorturl.at/KQxK5

Join the Dyer Lab (Dr @douglaspdyer.bsky.social) as a Research Associate in Neuro-Immunology & Extracellular Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix). 🔬 Focus: chemokines, glycocalyx & inflammatory disease 📍 Cutting-edge biochem, biophysics & in vivo biology Apply now 👉 shorturl.at/jEQ6G

From a 2015 pilot at Salford Royal Hospital to a nationwide NHS rollout in 2025 - the ABC Bundle led by @adrianpj1 is transforming stroke care, cutting deaths by 30% within a month after brain haemorrhage. #KnowYourNumbers Week. 🔗 www.nataliekatemoss.co.uk/blog/researc...

🧠 High blood pressure doesn’t just affect your heart – it can also drive dementia + stroke. During #KnowYourNumbers Week, researchers in the Microvascular @ Manchester group are uncovering how. 👇

Today we’re celebrating two Professorial Inaugural Lectures at @manchester.ac.uk Congratulations to Prof Catherine Lawrence and Prof Matt Hepworth from our stroke and dementia and inflammation themes. 🔗https://shorturl.at/sVZw5/

1 in 3 people in the UK have high blood pressure – and half don’t know it. This #KnowYourNumbers Week, take 5 minutes to check yours and help prevent strokes & brain haemorrhages. 👉 Read more: shorturl.at/4wd5u #StrokePrevention #BloodPressure

In the latest Natalie Kate Moss Trust podcast, our Co-Director Prof Stuart Allan talks brain haemorrhage - its impact, new research, and why awareness matters. Who’s really at risk? Let’s look at the numbers 👉 youtu.be/LbZCp9K8bh0?... @dns-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

🧠 Healthy volunteers wanted! Join a vital study into how brain and skull-based tumours develop. 📍 Salford Royal Hospital 🧪 One 45-min clinic visit ✅ Aged 18+, no history of cancer or neurological conditions Help our researchers shape future diagnosis and treatment. shorturl.at/VbGdh

Huge congratulations to Miss Tina Karabatsou, consultant neurosurgeon at Salford Royal Hospital and part of our brain tumour research theme. Appointed MAHSC Honorary Clinical Chair—well deserved! #Neurosurgery #BrainTumourResearch

🎉 Congrats to PhD student Zewen Lu on receiving 6 months of funding from @nihr.bsky.social Pre-Application Support Fund. This award supports Zewen’s transition to an independent postdoc researcher. 💡 Read Zewen’s top tips on applying for funding 👉 shorturl.at/CIH9G

New podcast out now! Prof Rob Lucas from @fbmh-uom.bsky.social shares his insights into biological timing and discusses the biology behind how your body tells the time. 🎙️Available on YouTube with captions for improved accessibility: shorturl.at/xHkPk