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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · 13d

#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!

This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"

All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 22d

Parkinson’s is now the fastest growing neurological condition in the world.
In this podcast, Dr Sonia Gandhi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) shares more about her work to reverse that trend.
🎧 Listen now:

The Life Scientific - Sonia Gandhi on building model brains to tackle Parkinson’s disease - BBC Sounds

Sonia Gandhi on trying to tackle the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 20d

At UCL, AI is revolutionising dementia research; from faster Alzheimer’s diagnosis to tracking progression and developing new treatments.
This #WorldAlzheimersMonth, explore how our neuroscience experts are improving lives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQv...

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 26d

TOMORROW: Prof Selina Wray (@uclqsion.bsky.social‬) explores what’s next in dementia research at our free Lunch Hour Lecture.
Don't miss out! 👇
#DementiaResearch #WorldAlzheimersMonth

UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · Sep 9

🧠 What if we could watch dementia unfold in a dish—and stop it before it starts?

Join Prof @selinawray.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) on 18 Sept for a free UCL Lunch Hour Lecture exploring the future of dementia research.

📅 1–2pm | 💻 Online
👉 buff.ly/4pVcVhG

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · 26d

Delighted to finally be able to share this! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Super grateful to everyone who has supported me along the way @ukri.org @alzheimersresearchuk.org @parkinsons.org.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social - most of all my amazing colleagues and mentors at the DRC! Can't wait to get started!!

UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences researchers awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships

Dr Angelika Zarkali and Dr Mathieu Bourdenx have received the prestigious fellowship to lead vital research and develop their careers.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · Mar 13

New paper from our lab now in @nature.com . We show that our brains use basis functions or "building blocks" to navigate social interactions. Rather than tracking every individual separately, social information is compressed into patterns that can be flexibly combined. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex - Nature

A study combining group decision-making tasks with fMRI shows that the brain’s dorsomedial prefrontal cortex uses basis functions, similar to those in the visual, motor and spatial domains, to re...

www.nature.com

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · Aug 20

Lovely work Marco!

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · Aug 20

Really interesting study and a great showcase of how tUS can be used to probe mechanisms! 👏👏

Miriam Klein-Flügge 🧠 @mkflugge.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are super excited about the first human transcranial ultrasound study from our lab which is now on BiorXiv, showing the amygdala‘s role in processing ambiguous emotions and showing TUS changed resting-state connectivity and metabolite concentrations (GABA) in the amygdala - a huge team effort! 🥳🙏🏼

Johannes Algermissen @johalgermissen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)

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UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology @uclqsion.bsky.social · Aug 18

🧠 Study the science of the brain and mind in London & Paris with our international Brain and Mind Sciences MSc.
Apply now for a September start: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
@UCLBrainScience

Applications MSc Brain and Mind Sciences banner

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Peter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Mohamady El-Gaby @melgaby.bsky.social · Aug 7

Can we use what we’ve learned about cognitive maps to understand social cognition, including theory of mind?
If you’re interested in answering this question then this is a fantastic postdoc opportunity with @mkwittmann.bsky.social in collaboration with @summerfieldlab.bsky.social and my lab.

Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢

🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.

Please RT

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · Aug 8

New research from @angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues finds impaired glymphatic clearance (measured using diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space) is linked to poor cognitive outcomes in #Parkinsons
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · Aug 8

However, it is not the driver of the white matter macrostructural changes, grey matter atrophy or iron accumulation seen in those patients! Thank you to all co-authors @rimonaweil.bsky.social @naomihannaway.bsky.social @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social and others not on bluesky!

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · Aug 8

Great to see this published @movedisorder.bsky.social movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...: We found that DTI-ALPS (a proposed indirect proxy for glymphatic clearance) is lower in Parkinson's patients who progress to poor cognitive outcomes, and correlates with cognition. 1/2

Impaired Glymphatic Clearance, Measured Using Diffusion Tensor Image Analysis Along the Perivascular Space (DTI‐ALPS), is Linked to Poor Cognitive Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease

Background Impaired glymphatic clearance may contribute to pathological accumulations in Parkinson's (PD), but how it interacts with other processes causing dementia remains unclear. Diffusion tenso...

movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · Jul 25

Really beautiful work @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @smfleming.bsky.social! Finally the missing link between perception, imagery and expectations? Now we need a Parkinson's dataset to test ;-)

Nadine Dijkstra @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social · Jul 23

After five years of confused staring at Greek letters, it is my absolute pleasure to finally share our (with @smfleming.bsky.social) computational model of mental imagery and reality monitoring: Perceptual Reality Monitoring as Higher-Order inference on Sensory Precision ✨
osf.io/preprints/ps...

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osf.io

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · Jul 25

Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis - The Lancet Public Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

Although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active, 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a mor...

www.thelancet.com

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International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society® @movedisorder.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join the new Cognition and Lewy Body Diseases Study Group to collaboratively study and advance research related to Lewy Body Diseases and Movement Disorders. Learn more: https://loom.ly/eiJ9MEE

Cognition and Lewy Body Diseases Study Group

www.movementdisorders.org

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Jul 17

Human cortex organizes dynamic co-fluctuations along sensation-association axis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.14.660681v1

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Ben Fulcher @bendfulcher.bsky.social · Jul 15

New paper!

We introduce an efficient set of statistical features for fMRI time series (calibrated on mouse manipulation experiments and tested on mouse and human data): catchaMouse16.

Paper: doi.org/10.52294/001...

Code (python/Matlab/C): github.com/DynamicsAndN...

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Dr Lauren Byrne @drl-bo.bsky.social · Jul 10

I am unbelievably proud to have my first senior author paper published today! It was a long slog through multiple review cycles but we got there!

A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲

House of Byrne Lab @hob-lab.bsky.social · Jul 10

We are delighted to present the first publication out of the lab, available online today, titled ‘Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases’ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases - Journal of Neurology

Promising blood-based biomarkers of neuropathology have emerged with potential for therapeutic development and disease monitoring. However, these tools will require specialist tertiary services for in...

link.springer.com

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House of Byrne Lab @hob-lab.bsky.social · Jul 14

Here's an open access link to full text of our paper shared last week! rdcu.be/evKF9

Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases

rdcu.be

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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · Jun 24

More research on under-represented communities:
@angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues held focus groups with 17 people with #Parkinsons & their care partners from Black communities to better understand barriers & facilitators to participation in research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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angelikaza.bsky.social @angelikaza.bsky.social · Jun 20

Great work by @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social highlighting barriers and facilitators of Black communities in the UK to PD research participation! Thank you to @parkinsons.org.uk for the support in recruiting and disseminating! And of course to the amazing people with Parkinson's who took part!

Ivelina Dobreva @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social · Jun 20

Pleased to share our new work. Black communities face higher Parkinson’s disease burden, but we know they remain underrepresented in research.
We highlight the key barriers - distrust, stigma, and accessibility - and offer community-driven recommendations to increasing research engagement.

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Naomi Hannaway @naomihannaway.bsky.social · May 23

Thanks so much to brilliant co-authors @angelikaza.bsky.social, @rimonaweil.bsky.social, Rohan Bhome, @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social, George Thomas,
@ajh1269.bsky.social, Henrik Zetterberg, Irene Gorostiaga Belio & Katie Tucker for your help with this work!

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