Join the UKDRI at UCL in the Salih Lab to explore how glial-specific longevity genes affect ageing and Alzheimer’s, using iPSC models, genomics, and molecular biology UK Dementia Research Institute Dervis Salih Closing date: 26th June dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research-f…

Slightly burned my brioche rolls, tastes ok

Resident doctor pay: How do different methods affect how pay changes appear? Thanks to Nuffield Trust for their analysis in The Sunday Times this week: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/resi…

Leaks from ⁦The Leng review⁩ suggest PAs to revert to Assistants Let’s see what the review finds on training, scope and supervision theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

A novel 8-octapeptide repeat insertion in PRNP causing Huntington disease-like 1 in a Chinese family: a case report and literature review | Journal of Medical Genetics jmg.bmj.com/content/early/…

Iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Two cases linked to childhood cadaveric dural transplantation for different intracranial pathologies, diagnosed using the simplified Edinburgh computed tomography criteria surgicalneurologyint.com/surgicalint-ar…

Are all the academics going to come back to X now if Elon Musk is forgiven?

I’ve just learned that my amazing school science partner and our lovely chocolate supporter #Fabandwicked know each other and are friends since 20 years. London is a big village 😂 At Great Exhibition Road Festival in South Ken.

To take note in news about boosts to science and research….

I love this little clearing in Ashridge forest. Feels a bit hidden rarely see anyone here. SP 97355 14352

It is my great pleasure to share our most recent work on α-synuclein strains: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. This study was led by Raphie☆ (she/her) and represents an amazing collaboration with Gunnar Schröder's lab.

Looking over to Pitstone Hill from Steps Hill.

Agree with Hillary Evans here, nice quote ⁦TeamARUK⁩. It’s a shame we couldn’t have found some way to start using these drugs in the UK and perhaps help learn where they are most safe and effective, whilst we await the inevitable incremental improvements in this approach.

Ok just looked at the weather forecast and I’m going to root out the portable aircon unit

Bringing more clinical trials to the UK population is to be welcomed, but raises the question of who’ll be designing, developing and overseeing these trials. Delivering such work requires more than Digital platforms & AI technologies. 1/

Our paper on the diagnostic and prognostic value of alpha-synuclein SAA kinetics in Parkinson’s disease is out now The Lancet Neurology. Thank you to our patients and collaborators! Medical Research Council The PSP Association MovementDisordersUCL UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Parkinson's UK michaeljfox.org thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

Our PhD student Katie Hill presented her work on prions and multielectrode arrays at UCL Neuroscience symposium 2025. If you have questions she is on social media here: linkedin.com/in/katie-hill21