Congratulations Mohamed Elsharkasi! It's been a joy to have been part of your PhD journey. Thanks to Work Research group and Steven Patterson for examining. #proudsupervisors Williams Blood Cancer Research Group Gillian Hunter & ann graham GORRE,JAYSON CUBIO

We are pleased to announce the UCL MRes Biosciences Scholarship (2024-2025) to support UK Black, Asian and ethnic minority students - you can apply for this scholarship for the MRes in Ageing and Age-Related Disease. ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-f…

Delighted to see Martyna Nowosielska receive her Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition Award at ENU Applied Sciences graduations yesterday! CBGH-ENU Samantha Sharron Vass

A great primary supervisor and environment with Prof Wendy Noble and opportunities for collaborations with myself and María Jimenez-Sanchez in London 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🥼🧪🔬 #synuclein #lewybodydementia Apply now!

We're hosting a workshop at the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Curious Festival! 🌟 Join Dr Terry Quinn💙, Prof Joanna Wardlaw, and our expert panel to explore how we can influence policymakers, research funders, and the public to prioritise brain health🧠 Book here 👉 bit.ly/3YhFcsr

Earlier this year, you may have seen Brain Health ARC hosted a range of webinars to provide support to early career researchers in their professional and career development. Access the recordings of these, as well as clip highlights, on the SDRC website sdrc.scot/ecr-resources/…

The third round of the Alzheimer Scotland Student Research Programme will fund two Masters projects relating to the SDRC theme of “Living with Dementia”🏠Including: 👩‍🎓fees 💷stipend 🛍️consumables Alzheimer Scotland Applications open until 7 October. More info⬇️ sdrc.scot/alzheimer-scot…

Hurry and get your applications in quick! Only a few days left to apply for an exciting postdoc position in my lab harnessing structural #proteomics to better understand neurodegenerative disease Centre for Medicines Discovery University of Oxford. tinyurl.com/mshnw9j9

The Scottish Neurological Research Fund is open! 📝 This is an opportunity for researchers to test ideas that may otherwise be difficult to fund within the causes, prevention and management of neurodegenerative conditions More info and apply 👇 sdrc.scot/funding-opport…

📢 The Scottish Neurological Research Fund round 3 is open! An opportunity for researchers working across academic centres to test ideas while researching the causes, prevention & management of neurodegenerative or neurodevelopmental conditions 🧠 👉 bit.ly/4eyL1qu

For over a year, l've been working on something really personal. My Dad has dementia and we’re losing him. Please watch Anna Richardson: Love, Loss and Dementia Channel 4 on Oct 2 10pm. Dementia is the UK's biggest killer, and yet no one’s talking about it. Let’s change that.

🎓 | The chief executive of the human rights charity Enable has been awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier for devoting her career to improving the life chances of people with learning disabilities. Theresa Shearer FRSE was presented with the honour during a graduation

If you are interested in functional genomics, glia/neurodegeneration and bioinformatics, Dervis Salih @NathanWoodling and I will soon be recruiting for our new team. Please get in touch for more details ([email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected])

Our new paper is online: Human longevity and Alzheimer’s disease variants act via microglia and oligodendrocyte gene networks. academic.oup.com/brain/advance-… Brain UK Dementia Research Institute UCL Brain Sciences UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Dr Jing Qiu Jing Qiu within the Edinburgh Centre of UK Dementia Research Institute UK Dementia Research Institute is seeking a Postdoc to work on Nrf2 in brain endothelial cells as a novel therapeutic strategy against Vascular Dementia. Closing date: 20th February dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoctor…

If you work with neuron-astrocyte co-cultures, you will want to our new article. We show that common neuronal media can induce astrocytic Nrf2, masking drug effects. Fiona Kerr #Neuroscience #Astrocytes #Nrf2 #CellCulture journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…