
BrainInflammationGrp
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Brain Inflammation Group (BIG), University of Manchester. Researching the role inflammation plays in brain disorders, such as stroke.
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http://www.braininflamelab.org 27-07-2011 14:34:01
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We're delighted & very proud to see @sccrilly nominated for this Rising Star award🌟Siobhan was a PhD student, post doc, and fellow with BrainInflammationGrp at the GJBRC, before moving this year to Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway to start her own lab with a prestigious MEDTRAIN+ Marie Curie fellowship

Brilliant talks from the Manchester group at #neurorepair2024 #neuroprotection KasherLab Kieron South Emily McMahon @victor_tapia_o


Two more excellent talks from Manchester by Nima Geemon and Abigail Bennington at #neuroprotection conference!! BrainInflammationGrp GJBrainResearch


PhD opportunity: If you're interested in how astrocytes and the meninges talk to each other and how this is affected in dementia come do your PhD with us in Edinburgh (cc: Horsburgh Lab and Ingo Schiessl)! findaphd.com/phds/project/v…

Interested in pursuing a PhD with Ben Dickie, Harry Pritchard, and me to explore the role of mural cells in Alzheimer’s disease? Feel free to apply or share this opportunity widely! findaphd.com/phds/project/v…

We have a Alzheimer's Society VIDA DTC PhD studentship using the UK Biobank and physiological techniques to study the links between hypertension and dementia. A collaboration with James Eales, Prof Wardlaw and Dr Chappell from The University of Edinburgh. findaphd.com/phds/project/v…

🧠 Blood flow & immune response are key to understanding dementia. The Alzheimer's Society funded VIDA DTC unites 4 UK institutions to train future leaders tackling these challenges. 9 PhD's available, 14 projects to choose from. Apply by 20 Dec dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/phd-studentshi…



Check out this new paper from Lowri Evans, alongside other members of the BIG group. Congratulations to all involved, starting 2025 strong! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mi…

BIG congratulations to Dr Grace Gregory for passing her viva on Friday!! 🎉 Grace's PhD, which was funded by NF2 BioSolutions UK & Europe, aimed to help people with the rare disease #NF2. GJBrainResearch





Listen to Sarah Ryan speak about her Dementia Leader Fellowship from Alzheimer's Society

Check out this educational resource, made by an undergraduate student at The University of Manchester. Please support by watching their educational videos on how #malaria causes damage to the brain 🧠🦟 & share widely for as many responses as possible! milliewalsh16.wixsite.com/website

Check out Ep 2 of #TheBrainFix podcast – How We Perceive Light 💡 Dr Nina Milosavljevic chats with Prof Robert Lucas about photobiology, animal photopigments & optogenetics - exciting potential future therapies to restore vision. 🎧 Listen now: share.transistor.fm/s/bbbb2465 Division of Neuroscience

Thrilled to share our latest paper, now OA in JCBFM! 🎉 A collaborative effort by 3 postdocs from BrainInflammationGrp, dissecting the specific role of microglial IL-1α in stroke. Still so much to uncover about the nonredundancy of IL-1α and IL-1β in stroke! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…