🎙️ Professor Sir John Hardy’s journey at @uclqsion.bsky.social reshaped Alzheimer’s research. Discover the thrill of gene-hunting and the future of brain science in Episode 5 of Faces of UCL: “The Neuroscience Rockstar”. 👉

A pleasure to give the career keynote talk at the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards last night… and to take the 🐭 shoes for an outing too 😍

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

Finally it’s here! 🌟⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer 1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes? 2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body. 3- Is it relevant to human diseases?

Look at these beautiful organoids grown by @sophie0g.bsky.social ! Who needs fireworks when we can look down the microscope at these stunners 😎

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Was out yesterday, so I left the lights & classic FM on so the fireworks didn’t stress him/make him jump with his dodgy ticker. Came home to find he’d moved himself to the dark room and was looking mad AF about having to listen to 4h of the radio 🙃

A wonderful article on the new rare dementia support Centre at UCL. This will make such a huge difference to those with young onset and atypical forms of dementia. ‘I see people with dementia in their 20s’: first centre for young patients www.thetimes.com/article/7bc1...

🧟This Halloween, explore how eerie experiments and 19th-century neuroscience shaped the darkest corners of gothic literature. Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories. 🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001 @uclqsion.bsky.social

In the mood for something sciency and spooky? How about the Halloween special of @uclbrainstories.bsky.social - where me and @caswell.bsky.social talk to @drjlange.bsky.social on some of the gothic stories in neuroscience! 👻 🧠 🎃 💀🧟‍♂️ spotify.link/2lHT9pLQRXb

Today with Gates Ventures we’re launching the Dementia Frontiers Fund, a game-changing initiative uniting experts from across the world to solve the most urgent and complex questions in dementia research. Find out more here: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...

The deadline for this fully funded (uk home fees rate) PhD is coming up soon (31 Oct) so please apply if you’re interested and spread the word if others on your network might be. Thanks!

Alector has announced results from its Phase 3 trial of latozinemab (AL001) for FTD-GRN. While the study did not meet its goals, it offers insight that will guide future FTD research. Thank you to all who participated and continue to advance FTD research. Learn more: ftdregistry.org/press/alecto...

Link to buy below. Even as a 43yo neuroscientist I enjoyed a lot! I mean… who wouldn’ love a book that has monkeys with robot arms & pirate kittens! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/insi...

New episode of @uclbrainstories.bsky.social is out! Me & @smfleming.bsky.social chat to our cohost @caswell.bsky.social & Lucy Unwin about their new book “Inside your Brain”. Have a listen & buy the book for any budding young neuroscientists in your life! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

He’s having a great Sunday

What a wonderful article ! A hereditary disease killed our mum. Can this scientist save us? www.thetimes.com/article/e182...

Research Assistant vacancy here at the @ukdri.ac.uk in Cambridge. We are looking for a new, energetic colleague up for protein handling and tissue culture!

Had a great time in Leuven at the VIB New Horizons in Neurodegeneration meeting. Sad I didn’t manage a cocktail here before leaving though!

We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions. Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research. Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Missed last month’s Lunch Hour Lecture with Professor @selinawray.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social)? Discover the future of dementia research in this thought-provoking talk — now on YouTube! 🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKiu... #DementiaResearch

2012 Nobel laureate John Gurdon has died. His work was central to both the development of animal cloning and the possibility of reprogramming cells to a different state. A giant of cell and developmental biology. www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Huntington’s disease, my family, and hope at last. I spoke to my good friend ⁦‪@helenpidd.bsky.social‬⁩ for this podcast. Spoiler alert: one of us cried. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Today is the 89th anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street when the people of the East End of London halted the march of Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts through Stepney.

I want someone to fund me to differentiate the chicken ones to see if the neurons make 5R tau pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12484758/

From finding a "universal language" in science, to comedy, conferences and following her passion, Prof Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu @ucllifesciences.bsky.social tells BBC World Service about her fascinating path to becoming a pioneer of pharmaceutical nanoscience and champion for race equality

Bit of present shopping for my friends kids today by my talented friend and podcast cohost @caswell.bsky.social ! Reading myself before it goes in the post….!

Detail will be important but this is an important announcement. Since Osborne’s abolition of grants we’ve had the invidious situation where the poorest students have been getting more indebted than richer ones, who are supported by parents. www.gov.uk/government/n...

🎧 @selinawray.bsky.social & @caswell.bsky.social are back with a new Brain Stories episode; this time with Prof @adrianisaacs.bsky.social from @ukdri.ac.uk. They dive into Frontotemporal Dementia & the surprising role fruit flies play in research. Listen: soundcloud.com/uclsound/bra... #UCLDementia

I felt very moved by this too. Not because we yet have a cure, but because of the reminder of the passionate and humane commitment that goes into such research, contrasted with the vicious idiocy with which medical research is being treated right now by the US administration.

Incredible!!!

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Sad to hear of the passing of Dickie Bird, a true Barnsley legend! This was taken in 2019 when we co-led the graduation procession for Barnsley college graduates through tarn - me as guest speaker at the ceremony, him receiving an honorary degree 🏏

Thank you @alzsocresearch.bsky.social and @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social for chatting with me about our recent paper. So grateful for all the coauthors and mentors who made this work possible. Certainly a team effort!

Calling all dementia researchers! 📢 Submit your nominations for the @alzresearchuk.bsky.social David Hague, Jean Corsan, De Laszlo, and Laura Pulford Prizes at #ARUK2025. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/nominate-now...

Some weeks being a PI feels like 70% (trying to do) worktribe and 30% filling out doodle polls 🫠

This World Alzheimer's Day, Dr Clíona Farrell reflects on progress and challenges in research, from blood biomarkers to new treatments. Read her blog now. #WorldAlzDay #WAD2025 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-world-a...

Today is #WorldAlzheimersDay, a moment to reflect on the global impact of Alzheimer's disease and #dementia. At UCL, our researchers are harnessing AI to drive breakthroughs in dementia research. Find out more: buff.ly/lhSFv6v #UCLDementia

The financial realities of university life for some students; how do we imagine this funding system is fair, or conducive to a positive university experience for many?

🎙️ New podcast: Prof @adrianisaacs.bsky.social discusses frontotemporal dementia: from how fruit flies are helping, to the role of DNA repeat expansions in disease, and why lipids might protect the brain. On UCL's Brain Stories pod - listen here ⬇️

Happening TODAY! Join [email protected] & Dr Ross Paterson for a Reddit AMA on r/iAmA. ⏰ 3–5pm BST 📍 Ask our experts questions about dementia research & care as part of #WorldAlzheimersMonth 👇 www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur… beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Check out UCL’s free Lunch Hour Lecture with Prof @selinawray.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) to learn more about the latest dementia research and promising future directions.

imagine thinking you’ve found the love of your life and then you find out he goes down to London with a big England flag to impress a 5’6 lad who doesn’t care if he lives or dies

🧠 What if we could watch dementia unfold in a dish—and stop it before it starts? Join Prof @selinawray.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) on 18 Sept for a free UCL Lunch Hour Lecture exploring the future of dementia research. 📅 1–2pm | 💻 Online 👉 buff.ly/4pVcVhG

Brainstories is BACK! It was fun to chat to @adrianisaacs.bsky.social about his research, have a listen here 👇🏻

🚨 New from our lab: Here we explored how aging contributes to harmful protein aggregation in diseases like Huntington’s & ALS. The culprit? An overlooked aging factor — EPS8 and RAC signaling. #Aging #Longevity #Proteostasis #ALSResearch 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Join Prof @selinawray.bsky.social and Dr Ross Paterson for a Reddit ‘ask me anything’ (AMA) on 18 September. You’ll have the chance to ask our experts questions about dementia research and care as part of #WorldAlzheimersMonth. Find out more: buff.ly/Y36GExF

Good name for a bank because this was my exact reaction checking my balance after 4 days in Switzerland 🇨🇭 🤣