Really enjoyed writing this ‘how to’ blog post on resting state fMRI data analysis with Ilona Lipp and Jeanette Mumford , and learned a lot. I’ll definitely be referring back to these OHBM educational videos as I proceed with my rs-fMRI analyses.

Did you see Selma Blair's Instagram post over the weekend? The actress revealed her #MS diagnosis to her followers, writing "I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things" We hope Selma's courage in speaking up about her MS will help raise awareness bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

MRC-funded PhD Studentship available with Parker and Nils Muhlert to work on MRI-derived network changes in #MultipleSclerosis. See research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/rese…

Interested in a PhD in Neuroimaging? Join Parker and me in a fully-funded MRC studentship using diffusion MRI and spectroscopy to understand the effects of network changes in multiple sclerosis on cognition. Get in touch! (and please RT!!) findaphd.com/search/Project…

One week to go until Chris Humphrey discusses careers AFTER your PhD! sign up: tinyurl.com/ybpq6mhm (20Feb 4-5pm Zochonis, cake & coffee at 3.30pm) @UoM_DAGSoc UoM Pharm & Opt PGRs Manchester BBSRC DTP Man Uni Careers Jobs @ManPGRCareers

Full house at the MRC Come and See with Chris Humphrey: what do you want to change after your PhD? You’re all experienced professionals with transferable skills! @ManPGRCareers

Heard the podcast this evening. Really fantastic episode about the development of humanised monoclonal antibodies, which have made a difference in so many immunological diseases, incl multiple sclerosis (natalizumab, alemtuzumab, ocrelizumab etc). Definitely worth a listen!

13 March 4-5pm: MRC Come & See Marc Abrahams discuss Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Prizes. We're delighted to be part of his Eurotour. Don't miss this chance, register here: goo.gl/zz3t1L

Great article on the significance of Selma Blair walking the Oscars red carpet with a walking stick. 'Selma Blair rocking a cane at the #Oscars will mean so much to millions living with multiple sclerosis' – Genevieve Edwards blogs huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/selma-bl…

In case you missed out on last week's UoM MRC DTP Keynote seminar by Chris Humphrey Here's a quick summary of his talk on how to market yourself in the non-academic sector! 📝💼📈 mrcdtpmanchester.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/car… FBMH Doctoral Academy 🌎 UoM Biology, Medicine and Health The University of Manchester CDT Regenerative Medicine, Manchester Manchester BBSRC DTP

Saw this a few weeks ago - excellent documentary, terrible research ethics. Definitely worth watching.

How do you protect yourself if you want to spend time with a grizzly bear? 300 people and many laughs & thinks at the Come&See with Marc Abrahams (thanks to UoM MRC DTP and my co-organizers Danka Jandric + Dr Jason Chu)

Research that makes us laugh and then think #ignobel 🔬😆 Gas masks bras, saliva as a cleaning agent, and lessons learned from a self-colonscopy Massive thanks to Marc Abrahams from Improbable Research for his fantastic keynote at with UoM MRC DTP FBMH Doctoral Academy 🌎 The University of Manchester

Just over a week to go until the MRC Come & See keynote with award-winning science journalist and author @AngelaDSaini . Weds 8th May, 4-5 pm, register here: tinyurl.com/y3bl5msn

Interested in brain connectivity in MS? Join me for a discussion on my OHBM poster on functional and structural connectivity changes linked with cognitive impairment: datalad-datasets.github.io/ohbm2020-poste…

Excited that one of my PhD studies is getting attention!

What an amazing Christmas gift from Danka Jandric: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

New paper out with Danka Jandric Dr Hamied Haroon Parker V Tomassini & Ilona Lipp : A tractometry PCA of white matter tract network structure and relationships with cognitive function in relapsing-remitting MS doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl…

A highlight of my PhD was collaborating with Ilona Lipp and I’m very excited about our second paper together.

Communicating Your Research to Experts in a 'Post-truth' Era - Our next UoM MRC DTP Keynote Event with the BBC's Giles Yeo on 18th April - register here: bit.ly/2HSV8rN