How deaf aware are you at work? Whether you are in the office or on the shop floor, check out these simple tips this #DeafAwarenessWeek to help you communicate with deaf people and people with hearing loss: rnid.org.uk/information-an… #BeDeafAware

Work in university in a non-academic role? Want to take part in research about class inequality at work and social mobility? See below. Please share UNISON - UK's largest union HRMOS_RHUL @MuseumAsMuck tinyurl.com/3jbez2cb

I am very excited to draw your attention to the special issue on Women in Microscopy in JournalofMicroscopy!! Hats off to @michellepeckham , Ulla Neumann, and Dr Siân Culley for their efforts. The issue includes great science !! and also an editorial from me onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652818/2…

Abstract submission is open for the Neurobiology of Aging GRS (grc.org/neurobiology-o…). We would love to see a diverse group of trainees represented in Spain next summer to discuss mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease!

We are hiring in the dementia space. See information for anyone interested in these 2 posts at Neuroscience Institute jobs.ac.uk/job/DCN794/pro… jobs.ac.uk/job/DCO013/lec…

…and it’s OUT!! ⚡️I’m very happy to share our last paper nature ! Amazing team effort to unveil a mechanism of inactivation on kv2.1 relevant for other K+, Na+ and Ca2+ channels. Thanks to Kenton Swartz Xiaofeng Tan & Chanhyung Bae. Check it out➡️ nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are excited to announce the launch of the National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP) – the UK's first national total-body PET imaging platform for drug discovery research. Find out more: eu1.hubs.ly/H05CdxD0 Medicines Discovery Catapult Medical Research Council Innovate UK #Innovation #UKLifeSciences #NPIP

📢 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴: the UK's first total-body PET platform for drug discovery. We are proud to work alongside our partners Innovate UK & Medical Research Council to deploy new total-body PET infrastructure across the UK through the National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP). 🔗🧵👇

We invite PET imaging researchers from across the UK to join the new NPIP community and use our cutting-edge total-body PET technology to accelerate their programmes and discoveries. 🔗: eu1.hubs.ly/H05Cgq70 #NPIP

Register for the online workshop on UK Bioimaging Hardware Infrastructure Weds 8 Nov, 1300-1630 GMT forms.gle/MA2QtPR6sUYmEQ… The output will be a short white paper on national bioimaging infrastructure Topics: 1) Widening Facility Access 2) Tech Dev All welcome! Pls share!

Expression of interest: Adolescent Health Study call for study sites. £30m available to fund 4-7 sites across the UK. More: orlo.uk/6hWGz Economic and Social Research Council

Funding Opportunity: Adolescent Health Study call for study sites. UK Research and Innovation Council intends to fund approximately four to seven study sites across the UK ukri.org/opportunity/ad…

One week to go until our sold out #UKBiobank #Scientific conference! You can still join us online to hear our packed agenda covering the 500K #data release of whole #genomes #dementia #research & #health records linkage! Register here: ow.ly/Avxt50QfYT0

Happy festive season! I no longer get to play with microscopes but here's something from a few years ago. The "candles" are heminodes (immature/developing nodes of Ranvier) taken using airyscan UCL Ear Institute ZEISS Microscopy

Pleased to announce that Liverpool will be the new home of the Cell Physiology Workshop. #FormerlyPlymouthWorkshop The 39th course will be run in August this year, and applications will be open shortly! #CPW_Liverpool Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @CPW_Plymouth

Do you do research in Sepsis? This year for our Seedcorn awards we are teaming up with Sepsis Research (FEAT)  to co-fund selected projects in the important area of sepsis. We will continue to accept projects from all areas of biomedical research, alongside sepsis. #StopSepsisNow

Our Mental Health Award will fund projects that use neuroscience to understand the symptoms of anxiety, depression and psychosis. Find out more ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

We're delighted to welcome Prof Cathie Sudlow OBE as newly appointed Director of the Adolescent Health Study. The study aims to understand the biological and societal influences that shape the health and wellbeing of adolescents. orlo.uk/rdjXG UK Research and Innovation

📆If you’re involved in longitudinal population studies, you might like to attend one of the workshops hosted by Population Research UK - Population Research UK (PRUK). Next up, Edinburgh on 5 November, Bristol on 7 November and London on 13 November. Discover more: bit.ly/3UtMIhs