We are celebrating 75 years of research, innovation and education with global patient impact! Watch how Queen Square’s unique combination of research, clinical care and collaboration has shaped major neurological breakthroughs and continues to drive future treatments youtu.be/QbgSKrvgQXw

We’ve renewed the UCL–Eisai partnership for another 5 years (to 2030), accelerating treatments for neurodegenerative diseases incl. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & ALS. Proud to support translational research from lab to patient. Read more: tinyurl.com/4tua9kxr

We have two Research Fellow vacancies available to join @cheethamlab.bsky.social at @ucleye.bsky.social. The Research Fellows will explore molecular mechanisms of retinal degeneration and test potential therapeutic approaches. These positions close on 8 July. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Lovely, but very hot and sweaty Parkrun at Lordship Recreation Ground today 50th location 🥳 Ate a pastry as big as my head 🥐 Got recognised by two UCL colleagues I had only met briefly before and felt like a minor and very niche celebrity 🤣

Conference reminder! Abstract submission and early-bird registration to the 93rd Biochemical Society Harden Conference on "Endosomal-lysosomal network dysfunction in neurodegeneration" closes soon on the 1st July. Lots of speaker slots available from submitted abstracts so do come and join us!

A new documentary, 'Jon Snow: A Last Big Story', follows the former Channel 4 presenter as he navigates life with dementia and his participation in a key clinical trial run by @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCLH. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

There is a moth on the wall behind me…

Job klaxon 📣 UCL is hiring two NeuroAI / computational neuroscience specialists (Lecturer or Associate Prof) — a big part of the new NeuroAI centre we're growing in Biosciences. Do consider applying if it's relevant to you. JD & details: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRX021 Happy to take questions.

👉 Fully Funded PhD (UK Students Only) 👈 I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at UCL to investigate how alpha-synuclein condensates contribute to synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson’s, for details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #Neuroscience #Parkinson @ucl.ac.uk @uclnpp.bsky.social

This is brilliant news - a new GCSE in Natural History will bring #nature and its benefits to new generations of young adults in the UK 🍎 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Congratulations to Professor Erin Schuman, incoming Director of the @uclqsion.bsky.social, who is one of four scientists to receive the prestigious #KavliPrize in Neuroscience for 2026 👏

The FT has taken the paywall off Simon Schama's essay on Hockney. It's quite something www.ft.com/content/3862...

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A List of Things Eaten by Scientists 🧵

Away for 4 nights… 3 types of Yorkshire tea to see me through 🫖

Congratulations to four UCL academics – Sarah James, Dr Aida Suarez-Gonzalez, Dr Charlie Arber, and Dr Yazead Buhidma – who have been awarded Alzheimer’s Society fellowships supporting their work in interpreting the causes and mechanics of dementia. Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

Registration fees for both UK DNA Replication 2026 and the 93rd Harden Conference: Endosomal-lysosomal network dysfunction in neurodegeneration go up after #midnight tonight! Book before the end of the day to save £100 on all reg fees: 🧪 bit.ly/4tNatj4 & bit.ly/4dMwUPE

Clinical Lecturer or Associate Professor role at UCL supporting Queen Square Brain Bank research, neuropathology diagnostics and neurodegenerative disease expertise. Closing date: 22nd June www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Hear from @mcmillanlab.bsky.social, @lysoluis.bsky.social, @brettcollins.bsky.social, @dgershlick.bsky.social, @mitodynamics.bsky.social and @selinawray.bsky.social at the 93rd Harden Conference: Endosomal-lysosomal network dysfunction in neurodegeneration. £100 off until Mon! 🧪 bit.ly/4dMwUPE

Researchers have identified superparamagnetic macrophages in the livers of rock pigeons to be crucial for magnetic sensing. The finding uncovers an unexpected role for immune cells in sensory perception and may fundamentally change our understanding of animal navigation. https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq

TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data. @sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...

The Dementia Frontiers Fund has selected 12 teams to compete for up to £1.5 million each! Led with Gates Ventures, and supported by research partners Robertson Foundation and Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative, with support from Q Charitable Trust. www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/dementi...

The money I spent on the blue cooling mat for the cat was money well spent 🫠

We have broken into new territory with a maximum temperature of 35ºC at Heathrow and Kew Gardens within the last 15 minutes - the old May record gone by 2.2ºC and only 0.6ºC from the June record set in 1976. This should not be happening in late May, but it is.

Hot days call for frozen lick e lix

Bank holiday walkies

Genetic ablation of neuronal mitochondrial calcium uptake impedes Alzheimer’s disease progression John Elrod and colleagues link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Carol Jennings, who by volunteering as a research participant led to the groundbreaking discovery of the hallmark protein of Alzheimer’s disease, has been awarded a posthumous UCL honorary doctorate. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

A great morning at the Royal Festival Hall for @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclearinstitute.bsky.social graduation. #uclgrad 🎓🍾

We’re hiring! We are recruiting for a Lectureship in Global History of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/3R94V58 Closing Date: 9th June 2026 #WeAreSTS #Science #Historyofscience #Globalscience

Congratulations to all @uclbrainscience.bsky.social graduates! 🎓 Wonderful to celebrate with you today & wishing you every success for the future. Especially lovely to applaud two students I had the pleasure to co-supervise!

NEW-(ish) BOOK KLAXON. On its ten year anniversary, a major new updated anniversary edition, with 35k new words and shiny shiny gold on the cover. open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...

New low for the BBSRC @ukri.org this week - 596 ECRs put their blood, sweat, tears and Easter vacation into a -pretty involved- postdoc fellowship preapplication only for the ALL to be rejected because they *didn’t foresee* applicant numbers and will therefore impose institution caps. Not cool.

Imminent deadline(s) mean I’m good to work all weekend, except Parkrun which is non negotiable. So, 1) did a parkrun thats far away 2) did it slowly 3) stayed for two coffees 4) met a cute cat who got extra fuss. Now time to focus!

Two weeks post marathon is all the time I needed to decide to enter something stupid for next year 🙃

Got to see Sir Gary Oldman on stage this evening 😍😍

First PROTAC gains FDA approval, bolstering targeted protein degradation and induced proximity ambitions www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Another visit to the office for Lupin, who appears to enjoy it almost as much as we do!

Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉

UCL really does boast some of the best science communicators on the planet.

Big day ahead. First live-animal studies I've done in our lab for a while. Alpacas moving through our gait lab including over soil, rough terrain and pressure pad. Lots of tech. Bio-inspired robot foot design with Dr. Sara Abad-Guaman from UCL. Hopefully some alpaca pics and video to come...

It’s an “all-out” local election in Barnsley today & Reform are predicted to take control. I understand frustration with national leadership, but local government has been pretty good IMO and the town has transformed in the past 10 years. And reading about the Reform candidates is just depressing…

Join us! Research Fellow role at UCL @ukdri.ac.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social with me & @sj-marzi.bsky.social studying oligodendrocytes, genetics & epigenetics in ageing & neurodegeneration using multiomics/bioinformatics. Collaboration with Alexi Nott & @rikeshrajani.bsky.social Closing date: 2nd June

📢 New #publication from CRN Team Hardy! This study shows that GPNMB is secreted by macrophages in response to lysosomal stress via lysosomal exocytosis. 🔗 Read the full publication: bit.ly/4dalhTo

And v proud of Argyro from the group who worked so hard to organise the event together with Dimitrios & the EDI team 🤩

Great to attend the first IoN Research Technician Showcase this afternoon - celebrating the staff who are the driving force behind so much of what we do. And super proud that two of the fantastic techs from our group, Katie and Lucrezia, received the silver and bronze poster awards 🥳 🎉

Come and join our team @humantechnopole.bsky.social! We are recruiting a Senior Technician. You will be part of a collaborative and diverse team working on human stem cell biology, precise genome-engineering, and virology. More info: careers.humantechnopole.it/job/Senior-T... Please share.

Watch and read Molly’s brave and deeply timely thoughts. What a role model for us all in terms of how to use our platforms. 🤩

🎉 We’re pleased to announce that UCL has appointed Professor Andrew Dick as new Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

This is Obelix, a great name for an absolute unit of a boy. He’s started visiting our garden much to my delight and Billy’s horror (who is fairly sizeable himself but looks like a kitten in comparison!)