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Chief Scientist, MND Association
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Longitude Prize on ALS
18 days ago
We had the pleasure of catching up with Dr Brian Dickie MBE (
@bd365.bsky.social
), Chief Scientist at the
@mndassoc.bsky.social
, the principal funder of the £7.5M Longitude Prize on ALS. 📖 Read the full Q&A here:
bit.ly/3KTi1Ap
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Longitude Prize on ALS
3 months ago
🌍 Be part of the global effort to tackle
#ALS
. The £7.5m (~$10m)
#LongitudePrizeOnALS
is searching for innovators in
#AI
,
#data
,
#biotech
, and
#neurology
. 🧠 Meet the teams already registered, and find out how you can partner with them below. 🔗https://bit.ly/4mdHxxX
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Timothy Caulfield
3 months ago
I’ve spent decades studying how health and science are represented in the public sphere. And it has never been as bad as it is right now. Here are my current top 10 concerns
thewalrus.ca/before-you-s...
via
@thewalrus.ca
Soon: chatting on 680 CJOB about this mess!
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You’re Not Imagining It. Health Misinformation Is Everywhere | The Walrus
And yes, some of it has probably gotten to you
https://thewalrus.ca/before-you-share-that-health-tip-read-this/
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Dementia Researcher
4 months ago
The Isaacs Lab
@adrianisaacs.bsky.social
at UCL, London, seeks a Senior Research Technician to assess CRISPR gene therapy for FTD/ALS in C9orf72 mice, lead assays, and manage lab research on neurodegeneration. Closing date: 30th July
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-r...
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Senior Research Technician - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
The Isaacs Lab at UCL, London, seeks a Senior Research Technician to assess CRISPR gene therapy for FTD/ALS in C9orf72 mice, lead assays, & manage lab research
https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-research-technician-7/
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Longitude Prize on ALS
4 months ago
Check out this article from Dr Brian Dickie (
@mndassoc.bsky.social
), exploring how
#AI
and quality data can transform treatment progress—and how the £7.5M
#LongitudePrizeonALS
aims to support
#innovation
through global collaboration. 🧠 Read here:
bit.ly/4nqi4lN
#ALS
#MND
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Motor neurone disease affects one in 300, but hope for treatment is growing
One in 300 of us will develop motor neurone disease in our lifetime. It is a hideous disease that robs a person of their dignity and eventually their life.
https://bit.ly/4nmYqr3
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MND Research
5 months ago
Are you an early career researcher working in
#MND
#ALS
in the UK❓ Why not apply for the new @mndassoc Rob Burrow Early Career Researcher Prize? 🏆 Find out more and apply⬇️
www.mndassociation.org/research/for...
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MND Research
5 months ago
🚨 Less than 1 month to go! 🚨 If you want to share your research with the global
#MND
#ALS
research community, make sure you submit your abstract for
#alsmndsymp
by 10 July! More info:
symposium.mndassociation.org/abstracts/
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Nicol Birsa
5 months ago
Very excited to share our latest preprint! We looked at loss and gain of function, innervation, reinnervation, and in vivo axonal transport in a FUS-ALS mouse model!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@uclqsion.bsky.social
@beccasimkin.bsky.social
@andrewtosolini.bsky.social
@frattalab.bsky.social
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MND Research
7 months ago
💥 Applications now open! 💥 We are now accepting applications for
@mndassoc.bsky.social
research grants: 🔬 PhD Studentships 🩺 Healthcare projects 🧪 Non-Clinical Fellowships 🗓 Deadline: 25 April Learn more ⬇
www.mndassociation.org/research/for...
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MND Research
6 months ago
💥Registration and abstract submission now open! 💥 Join us at the 36th International Symposium on
#ALS
#MND
to connect, network and collaborate with the global community. 📆 5 – 7 December 2025 📍San Diego, USA 👉 More details:
symposium.mndassociation.org
#alsmndsymp
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Abraham Acevedo
6 months ago
Our new review on the challenges of modelling TDP-43 pathology in mice is just out:
rdcu.be/ejZ5a
As usual, together with Lizzy Fisher. Thanks to Jose Brito and
@lucastaoro.bsky.social
from the lab for putting the data together for the comprehensive tables.
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Challenges of modelling TDP-43 pathology in mice
https://rdcu.be/ejZ5a
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Oxford MND Research
7 months ago
🚨Come and join us! Postdoc position here at
@mndoxford.bsky.social
@ndcnoxford.bsky.social
, working on local subcellular dysfunction in synapses of neurons from
#ALS/#FTD
patients using multi-omics with
@ruxandradaf.bsky.social
. Check out the details below:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV265/p...
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Postdoc Research Associate at University of Oxford
Discover Postdoc Research Associate jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV265/postdoc-research-associate
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Dementia Researcher
7 months ago
Applications open for @mndresearch MND Association Junior & Senior Non-Clinical Fellowships, nurturing future MND research leaders. Apply by 25 April 2025.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/mnd-...
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MND Non-Clinical Research Fellowships - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
Applications open for MND Association Junior & Senior Non-Clinical Fellowships, nurturing future MND research leaders. Apply by 25 April 2025.
https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/mnd-non-clinical-research-fellowships/
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Polymenidou Lab
8 months ago
Happy to share our new study that was just published in Neuron!
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Seeded aggregation of TDP-43 induces its loss of function and reveals early pathological signatures
TDP-43 pathology characterizes neurodegenerative diseases. Scialò et al. use in vitro-generated and patient-derived TDP-43 aggregates as seeds to show that seed-induced TDP-43 cytoplasmic aggregation ...
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(25)00180-1
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Dementia Researcher
8 months ago
Vacancy for a Lecturer in Neuroscience at The University of Manchester focusses on Sensory & Motor Systems, Circadian biology, Brain Disorders and Neuroinflammation. Closing date: 3rd April.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/lecturer...
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Lecturer in Neuroscience (Teaching and Research)
Vacancy for a Lecturer in Neuroscience at University of Manchester focusses on Sensory & Motor Systems, Circadian biology, Brain Disorders and Neuroinflammation
https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/lecturer-in-neuroscience-teaching-and-research/
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UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
8 months ago
Join us for the next talk in the UCL Neurology Society x Queen Square Lecture Series! 4th March 2025, 5.30pm Featuring Dr. Oliver Ziff, a neurologist and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at UCL, specialising in neuromuscular diseases.
app.medall.org/event-listin...
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Great to catch up earlier today with some of our MND Association funded researchers at SITraN, doing great work to understand and treat
#ALS
#MND
8 months ago
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Dementia Researcher
8 months ago
The University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Fellow to to lead the MND Alert Project and contribute to the expanding Better Outcomes in
#MND
research group. Closing date: 13th March.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Fellow: MND Alert project - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
The University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Fellow to to lead the MND Alert Project and contribute to the expanding Better Outcomes in MND research group.
https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research-fellow-mnd-alert-project/
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Adrian Isaacs
9 months ago
Check out our new review of C9orf72 ALS in
@thelancetneuro.bsky.social
with Sarah Mizielinska, Rosa Rademakers and others! Was fun to co-write but tough to collate such incredible progress into a one article:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1ke765FFzL...
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MaRtiNA Hallegger
9 months ago
Great opportunity for clinicians to gain early-career experience in a fully-funded, translational medicine programme in Oxford. If you know anyone interested, please share this link. There is a wide range of projects, including mine. Deadline Fr 14 March 2025
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
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DPhil in Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (Oxford-GSK) | University
About the courseThe DPhil in Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (Oxford-GSK) aims to address an unmet need among clinicians for training in data science and translational medicine. The course provides
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/dphil-biomedical-and-clinical-sciences
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