Congratulations to Prof Dario Alessi, Director of the MRC PPU in UoD Life Sciences, who has been awarded the michaeljfox.org Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research, recognising his exceptional research contributions to the disease buff.ly/3G54ZK5

Cells produce ‘stress granules’ when their membranes are damaged, but the purpose of these granules has been unclear. Researchers have shown that the granules actually patch up holes in the membranes to help keep infections under control 🩹crick.ac.uk/news-and-repor…

We're excited to present our latest work on the specific detection of alpha-synuclein aggregates in conditioned media and CSF. Beccy Saleeb Kunath Lab Gandhi_Lab Clarke Group Margaret Sunde UCB News Chemistry Edinburgh dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…

Gandhi_Lab is recruiting a postdoctoral scientist interested in spatial transcriptomics to understand mechanisms of Parkinson’s and dementia in human brain tissue and organoids. Apply to join Team Wood ASAP collaboration The Francis Crick Institute TeamWood ASAP CRN UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl

News from The Francis Crick Institute - supporting the development of new commercial biotech lab space in the Kings Cross neighbourhood Helping the area become a life sciences hub crick.ac.uk/news/2024-02-0…

There is a crisis in clinical academia in the UK. We talk of the need to expand medical schools, embed research into the NHS to improve care, & the importance of a vibrant life sciences sector for the economy of the UK, & yet we seem unable to tackle the underlying issues 1/9

A new music album based on the tremors of people with Parkinson’s has been launched by a team of UCL researchers, in order to help provide relief for people with the condition. Learn more about this beautiful project: ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/mar/…

👂Listen to Dr Christian Lambert Christian Lambert @uclion discuss an exciting new project that uses the power of music to “highlight and bring attention to the hidden face of Parkinson’s” on BBC Radio 4 Today (from 48 mins) bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Exciting job opportunity in Multiscale science & #Parkinsons: Combining in vitro neural dynamics Gandhi_Lab with whole brain in vivo histology @WCHN_UCL measured in the same person to help understand the mechanisms of progression See link for details: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Scientists at UCL and Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG), including Dr Jenny Hallqvist, Professor Kevin Mills & Prof Kailash Bhatia, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology have developed a blood test that uses artificial intelligence to predict #Parkinsons up to seven years before the onset of symptoms ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jun/…

Exciting multiscale post-doc opportunity in #Parkinsons @WCHN_UCL & The Francis Crick Institute: Combining individual specific cell models Gandhi_Lab with longitudinal qMRI in the same person to define mechanisms of progression  See link for details: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… OHBM #OHBM2024

There are still spots left for the Neuroscience in the Era of Generative AI workshop hosted by NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre on 20th Sept! Learn how UCL neuroscience researchers apply generative AI in their work. Learn more & register for free! onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-an…

There is 1 day left to register for the Neuroscience in the Era of Generative AI workshop hosted by NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre! Learn how UCL neuroscience researchers use generative AI in their research. Register your spot now on the Online Store onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-an…

Congratulations to our director Paul Nurse, who has been elected as the next president of the @RoyalSociety! 🥂 Paul will take up the role in December 2025, after he stands down as director of the Crick next summer. crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10-1…

We know that air pollution contributes to neurodegenerative diseases, but we still need to find out how. Find out more about the new collaborative project by Swanton Lab and Gandhi_Lab supported by @RacingDementia and Rosetrees Trust ⤵️ theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

Researchers UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL Cancer Institute and The Francis Crick Institute, including Imran Noorani, Professor Sonia Gandhi Gandhi_Lab and Professor Charles Swanton, have embarked on a new project named RAPID, to establish a causal link between air pollution and #dementia ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/…

💡 This week, the Government's Chief Medical Officer, Prof Chris Whitty, published his 2024 annual report, 'Health in Cities' 🏙️, outlining a broad range of health opportunities and challenges for city populations. Commenting on the report, Prof Nick Fox, Group Leader, UK DRI

Check out out new paper on live super-resolution imaging in cells! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pr… Haresh Bhaskar Chemistry Edinburgh Institute for Regeneration and Repair