*New week, new film* - join me & take time to focus in support of resilience. Make a neat origami pencil & feel joy in starting a new chapter for a new 'school year'. UCLH @SupportAndInfo UCLH Charity Cancer Fund Prof Alice Roberts💙 youtu.be/d5DgijHXzgw?si… #Origami

Nagihan Ozsoy, is a PhD student from Mark Dallas’s laboratory at University of Reading was recently awarded a Sophion research grant. You can also expand your research! Apply for a Sophion research grant here: sophion.com/sophion-academ…

Some of our researchers are running in the Oxford Half Marathon 2024 on 13 October. We are fundraising for this event for Parkinson's UK . Help us to raise essential funds for this wonderful charity Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, Oxford Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) DPAG Researcher’s Society DPAG Athena Swan bit.ly/3BeZh9A

Always good to see #ECR taking advantage of #Sophion's #ResearchGrants, furthering their own work using our #automatedpatchclamp platforms & experts in our labs. #ionchannels #microglia #inflammation #immunology #EarlyCareerResearchers #PhD #postdocs

A reminder to all to come along to our Open Day tomorrow, Saturday 28th September, and see some of the important dementia research going on in the Thames Valley Network. Alzheimer's Research UK #ForACure

nature and Nat Rev Neurology present The history of Alzheimer's disease, a Nature Milestones with an interactive timeline that explores the major breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research since the first description of the disease. Free to access here: go.nature.com/3ZMOeym

Revolutionary drug for schizophrenia wins US approval. The medication is the first in decades to have a different mode of action than do current drugs. go.nature.com/3XX4qvR

Need a power/sample size calculation for a study or upcoming grant? Led by Emil Hodzic-Santor, we built a simple, free, and pain-free (!) shiny app. feedback welcome plz share with interested parties. check it out: powercalc.ca 🦾🤓 Michelle Sholzberg Kieran Campbell Lianne Jeffs

What exactly is a cell type? Ask a dozen researchers and you’ll get as many different answers. A feature in nature outlines how it’s difficult to group cells despite having more information than ever on how they differ. go.nature.com/3Bn7GrD

Nice work Patric Vaelli 🦑🦎🧬🔬 & colleagues in Bruce Bean's lab Harvard University - congratulations #ephys #electrophysiology #patchclamp #planarpatch #Ionchannels #QPatch #QPC

The NIH's research integrity scandal involving neuroscience chief and #Alzheimer’s/#Parkinson’s scientist Eliezer Masliah is of an extraordinary scale. It might be useful to follow one thread of the investigation involving the experimental drug prasinezumab from Prothena Corporation.

"Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough." - Richard Feynman✨

Which scientific publishers/journals are worst affected by fraudulent or dubious research papers, and which have done least to clean up their portfolio? A science-integrity startup says it has answers - here's an exclusive look at the figures nature 🧵/1 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Looks to be a great conference on all things #bioelectricity, #ionchannels, etc #patchclamp #ephys #electrophysiology #electroceuticals

Cool paper on the role of overactive TRPM8 mutations in corneal pain after LASIK surgery: neurology.org/doi/10.1212/NX…

Public trust in scientists and their research gets a boost when scientists are humble and admit they don’t have all the answers go.nature.com/4129oJH

An immunologist and his illustrator friend reveal tips and tricks to help scientists to reach peak performance and creativity go.nature.com/3COf7sy

Monday motivational quote by Bruce Lee 🧠🌿 #GrowthMindset

*CALLING ALL ION CHANNEL RAPPERS, RHYMERS, POET PLAYERS & WORD-SLAYERS* Announcing the 2nd #IonChannel #RapBattle Write lines, verses, bars everyone's favourite #ionchannels to be crowned GRANDMASTER PATCH Drop your mad science here - t.ly/GiXes #ephys #hiphop

JCI - C2230, a preferential use- and state-dependent CaV2.2 channel blocker, mitigates pain behaviors across multiple pain models jci.org/articles/view/…