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Brain Infection & Inflammation Group @brainiigroup.bsky.social · 14d

The @brainiigroup.bsky.social is happy to welcome Anne Caroline from Brazil to join the lab for 6 months during her PhD on tropical medicine! 🌎🧠

✨ Welcome Anne! ✨

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 7d

🌍 WORLD MENINGITIS DAY 🌍 5 OCTOBER 2025

2025 is half way for @who.int Global Road Map to #DefeatMeningitis by 2030.

With improved funding, greater access to vaccines, faster
diagnostics and better treatment and support, we can save lives and protect futures.

www.meningitis.org/meningitis-i...

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 4d

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new low-cost blood test that could make it easier to detect Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier stage—helping patients receive treatment and support sooner.

Read the full story:
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/01/l...

Liverpool scientists create affordable, AI-powered tests for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease - University of Liverpool News

Liverpool scientists create affordable, AI-powered tests for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

news.liverpool.ac.uk

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Brain Infection & Inflammation Group @brainiigroup.bsky.social · 9d

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to @sarahaimeeb.bsky.social on her review paper in looking at Viral Infections and the Blood-Brain Barrier: academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

@benedictneuro.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @clairehetherington.bsky.social @immunecord.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 28d

A great example of interdisciplinary neuroscience research underway, led by Ali Bakhsh, Neurosurgery Resident & Doctoral Clinical Fellow, with @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social & THE GUARANTORS OF 'BRAIN' Research Fellowship: "Why do brain tumours cause fits (seizures) & how can we better treat them?"

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 25d

Minimal male fertility impact from epilepsy drug- new research, published today in Nature Communications.

Read more about this large-scale international study led by Dr Gashirai Mbizvo of @lincneurosci.bsky.social & funded by Epilepsy Research Institute UK

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/15/s...

Study finds minimal male fertility impact from epilepsy drug - University of Liverpool News

Study finds minimal male fertility impact from epilepsy drug

news.liverpool.ac.uk

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 25d

Deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates:

@lincneurosci.bsky.social Director Professor Benedict Michael's article published today in The Conversation UK

"Child dies from complications of measles years after infection – SSPE explained"

Read: theconversation.com/child-dies-f...

Child dies from complications of measles years after infection – SSPE explained

Why falling vaccination rates put vulnerable children at risk.

theconversation.com

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 25d

Watch
@encephalitisint.bsky.social

explain how important PPI is to research and the impact patients can have on studies
👉📺https://youtube.com/watch?v=m6z00F3f5zc
👉📑 Read the article: tinyurl.com/2s3d9r39

@thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

@livuniresearch.bsky.social

@brainiigroup.bsky.social

Integrating patient and public involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from COVID-clinical neuroscience study

tinyurl.com

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 23d

Parents share tragic story of their healthy toddler Lorelei Cowmeadow's death from encephalitis, to raise awareness of symptoms.
LINC's Director Ben contributed to the article, to explain encephalitis.
Symptoms: www.encephalitis.info/what-is-ence...
Article: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 23d

💫 Congratulations Dr Mbizvo💫 who won the platform prize for best presentation at @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social British Branch Meeting earlier this week. 3rd time he has won!

He presented the work on valproate and male infertility.

➡️ Paper in Nature Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · 18d

£1.7m grant awarded to study stress and chronic pain

Brilliant new study from LINC's Dr Andrew Marshall @liverpooluni.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Pain Neuroscience & Honorary Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social)

➡️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/22/1...

£1.7m grant awarded to study stress and chronic pain - University of Liverpool News

£1.7m grant awarded to study stress and chronic pain

news.liverpool.ac.uk

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Brain Infection & Inflammation Group @brainiigroup.bsky.social · 15d

What is the cost of delaying treatment of HSV Encephalitis in the UK? Read our latest paper to find out more about the impact on quality of life and cost to the NHS.
👉💷🧠 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40973386/

@benedictneuro.bsky.social @encephalitisint.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

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Prof Benedict D Michael FRCP PhD @benedictneuro.bsky.social · 24d

Tragic fatal case of encephalitis from 'flu.

Medical & scientific context from us:

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

@brainiigroup.bsky.social @lincneurosci.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @abn-info.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

Hours after getting flu, little Lorelei succumbed to brain condition

A healthy girl who doted on her cuddly Winnie-the-Pooh bear, Lorelei Cowmeadow seemed 'a bit under the weather' last November. She died a few days later - just before her second birthday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Brain Infection & Inflammation Group @brainiigroup.bsky.social · 25d

@benedictneuro.bsky.social highlights in @uk.theconversation.com how SSPE affects 1 in 600 infants that contract measles before turning 1. The sad death of a child in LA serves as a reminder that measles is not a benign childhood illness. #VaccineSaveLives

Read👉 theconversation.com/child-dies-f...

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · Sep 9

🧠 #Encephalitis is a deadly brain inflammation. Cases are rising due to climate change, vaccine gaps & population growth.

LINC Director & CPP Awardee @benedictneuro.bsky.social joined other experts, for @who.int to issue a global call to improve care.

➡️ Full WHO technical brief: shorturl.at/triO2

Encephalitis: global threats, trends and public health implications: a technical brief

Encephalitis is a serious, life-threatening neurological condition characterized by inflammation of the brain. Prioritizing encephalitis within global and national health agendas and promoting collabo...

shorturl.at

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · Sep 1

🎉 Congratulations to Callum Cook for winning 1st place poster prize for “How AI could be used in EEG analysis” at this summer’s annual showcase event for the Specialised Foundation Programme! 🎉

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Prof Benedict D Michael FRCP PhD @benedictneuro.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excellent 1st LINC #Neuroscience Seminar from Prof Jenkinson, Mr Nish Srikandaraja & Mr Ali Baksh on #Neurosurgery #research focusing on #meningioma & #spinal

Follow us for our monthly series: @lincneurosci.bsky.social

@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social

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Prof Benedict D Michael FRCP PhD @benedictneuro.bsky.social · Aug 29

@livuninews.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @liverpoolecho.co.uk @lincneurosci.bsky.social @meningitisnow.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social

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Prof Benedict D Michael FRCP PhD @benedictneuro.bsky.social · Aug 29

After years of campaigning by PATIENT groups &
@brainiigroup.bsky.social, the #chickenpox #vaccine is going to be offered on the #NHS.

No longer will this only be accessible to those able to afford it.

This will save lives from #Brain #Infection #Encephalitis

@encephalitisint.bsky.social

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Medical Research Foundation @medresfdn.bsky.social · Aug 7

🧠 #Encephalitis is a deadly brain inflammation. Cases are rising due to climate change, vaccine gaps & population growth.

Shaped by many experts, including CPP Awardee @benedictneuro.bsky.social, the @who.int has issued a global call to improve care.

➡️ Full WHO technical brief: shorturl.at/triO2

Encephalitis: global threats, trends and public health implications: a technical brief

Encephalitis is a serious, life-threatening neurological condition characterized by inflammation of the brain. Prioritizing encephalitis within global and national health agendas and promoting collabo...

shorturl.at

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · Jul 21

£2.7M for Liverpool-led trial investigating vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/16/2...

Computer image of a transparent human head with the brain and vagus nerve illuminated

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Brain Infection & Inflammation Group @brainiigroup.bsky.social · Jul 22

Join us as we come together today on #WorldBrainDay2025 to raise awareness of brain health and champion lifelong brain wellness through childhood, adulthood and into older age. 🧠🧑‍⚕️

📅22 July, 1pm UK time

Register for @wfneurology webinar: tinyurl.com/3zxvspxe

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · Jul 21

New MSc Neuroscience is launching in September 2026.

This programme will introduce students to the field of neuroscience through the lens of clinical disorders of the central nervous system.

Register your interest: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · Jul 18

Watch the LINC intro video: www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

WATCH | Last week marked the official launch of the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) - a world-leading research centre bringing together brain and mind expertise to address… | U...

WATCH | Last week marked the official launch of the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) - a world-leading research centre bringing together brain and mind expertise to address some...

www.linkedin.com

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LINC @lincneurosci.bsky.social · Jul 18

The LINC launch was reported on by The Liverpool Echo:
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

'It's the spirit of Liverpool that has made this possible'

LFC legend David Fairclough praised the initiative that is the first of its kind in the country

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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