Edinburgh Neuroscience
@edinunineuro.bsky.social
Edinburgh Neuroscience is a diverse community of world-class researchers in neuroscience, psychology & clinical psychology at the University of Edinburgh.
https://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/
https://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/
A quick post to celebrate before the week is out… our translational neuroscience PhDs had their last training session of the year this week. This tied in with some festive frolics and plenty of ceilidh dancing to get everyone properly in the mood for the rest of the season! 🧠🎄🎅🏼🏴💃🏻🕺
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A quick post to celebrate before the week is out… our translational neuroscience PhDs had their last training session of the year this week. This tied in with some festive frolics and plenty of ceilidh dancing to get everyone properly in the mood for the rest of the season! 🧠🎄🎅🏼🏴💃🏻🕺
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Autistic people with complex support needs are rarely included in research
This needs to change, but not without a clear-eyed look at the challenges of work in the service contexts where so many of these folks are supported.
Read our editorial to find out more.
This needs to change, but not without a clear-eyed look at the challenges of work in the service contexts where so many of these folks are supported.
Read our editorial to find out more.
📃New paper alert!📃
Editorial with @suereviews.bsky.social and @sarah595.bsky.social on doing research in high support needs autism services. We cover practical challenges, ethics, consent/assent issues, safeguarding, and the emotional burdens of research.
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Editorial with @suereviews.bsky.social and @sarah595.bsky.social on doing research in high support needs autism services. We cover practical challenges, ethics, consent/assent issues, safeguarding, and the emotional burdens of research.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Autistic people with complex support needs are rarely included in research
This needs to change, but not without a clear-eyed look at the challenges of work in the service contexts where so many of these folks are supported.
Read our editorial to find out more.
This needs to change, but not without a clear-eyed look at the challenges of work in the service contexts where so many of these folks are supported.
Read our editorial to find out more.
Tonight, we’re at the Edinburgh Futures Institute for our public Christmas lecture. We’ll be finding out about a unique research collaboration using living human brain tissue
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Tonight, we’re at the Edinburgh Futures Institute for our public Christmas lecture. We’ll be finding out about a unique research collaboration using living human brain tissue
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Really delighted to share that our curriculum for teaching young children about neurodiversity is being adapted for use in Australia!
This joins a forthcoming Dutch translation as our second authorised international LEANS programme!
reframingautism.org.au/leans-austra...
This joins a forthcoming Dutch translation as our second authorised international LEANS programme!
reframingautism.org.au/leans-austra...
World-Leading, Evidence-Based Neurodiversity Education Program to Launch in Australia - Reframing Autism
Autistic-led education organisation, Reframing Autism is proud to announce that it is bringing the internationally acclaimed Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS) program to Australia in 202...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Really delighted to share that our curriculum for teaching young children about neurodiversity is being adapted for use in Australia!
This joins a forthcoming Dutch translation as our second authorised international LEANS programme!
reframingautism.org.au/leans-austra...
This joins a forthcoming Dutch translation as our second authorised international LEANS programme!
reframingautism.org.au/leans-austra...
VIDA is a multi-institutional partnership between Alzheimer’s Society and four world-leading research sites. Projects focus on the importance of vascular and immune mechanisms in dementia. Fully-funded and cohort based! Search "VIDA" on FindAPhD.com and apply before 9 January 2026.
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
VIDA is a multi-institutional partnership between Alzheimer’s Society and four world-leading research sites. Projects focus on the importance of vascular and immune mechanisms in dementia. Fully-funded and cohort based! Search "VIDA" on FindAPhD.com and apply before 9 January 2026.
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We're starting to announce our #AAICNeuro ECR Plenary Speakers & Lightening Speakers
1st is @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh "Remote Cognitive Assessment: Investigating the Impact Of Device Type On Cognitive Test Performance"
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
1st is @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh "Remote Cognitive Assessment: Investigating the Impact Of Device Type On Cognitive Test Performance"
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 – Manchester, UK
AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 Manchester, UK HUB. Uniting researchers and clinicans interested in new and developing biomarkers for the diagnosis of Dementia.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We're starting to announce our #AAICNeuro ECR Plenary Speakers & Lightening Speakers
1st is @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh "Remote Cognitive Assessment: Investigating the Impact Of Device Type On Cognitive Test Performance"
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
1st is @cfawnsritchie.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh "Remote Cognitive Assessment: Investigating the Impact Of Device Type On Cognitive Test Performance"
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
Well done to Johnny for his short and effective video, explaining his research on using digital speech biomarkers to both monitor MND in patients and enhance their experience (for a non-scientific audience). edin.ac/43V4eQs
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December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Well done to Johnny for his short and effective video, explaining his research on using digital speech biomarkers to both monitor MND in patients and enhance their experience (for a non-scientific audience). edin.ac/43V4eQs
🎬🏆🎉
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Batten disease is a rare childhood dementia with no effective treatment options. This collaboration between Spark Therapeutics and a number of Edinburgh teams explores a novel gene therapy with the potential to slow or halt this devastating disease. Full paper: edin.ac/48JIs4H
AAV-delivered PPT1 provides long-term neurological benefits in CLN1 mice and achieves therapeutic levels in sheep brain - PubMed
CLN1 disease is a fatal neurodegenerative condition caused by deficiency in palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1 (PPT1), for which no disease-modifying therapy exists. The disease affects the entire central nervous system (CNS), necessitating widespread delivery of therapeutics to the brain and spinal c …
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December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Batten disease is a rare childhood dementia with no effective treatment options. This collaboration between Spark Therapeutics and a number of Edinburgh teams explores a novel gene therapy with the potential to slow or halt this devastating disease. Full paper: edin.ac/48JIs4H
An important new study in the field of #delirium from Vasilis Raptis and colleagues. The results provide insight into delirium’s etiology and may guide further research on clinically relevant biomarkers. Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
An important new study in the field of #delirium from Vasilis Raptis and colleagues. The results provide insight into delirium’s etiology and may guide further research on clinically relevant biomarkers. Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Permanent post at Royal Holloway - closing is date Monday 👇
🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Research & Teaching)
Full-time, PermanentApplications are invited for a post of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, starting 1 April 2026. The post is open to ambitious, researc...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Permanent post at Royal Holloway - closing is date Monday 👇
7 funded PhD projects in MND research 👇🏼
⭐️Funded PhD studentships in motor neuron disease #MND #ALS #SMA research ⭐️
Applications are now open, deadline 22nd Jan 2026.
7 diverse project topics - 3 Universities in Scotland - join our 250+ network!
➡️Find out more and apply: euanmacdonaldcentre.org/phd-scheme
#science #PhD #PhDscholarship
Applications are now open, deadline 22nd Jan 2026.
7 diverse project topics - 3 Universities in Scotland - join our 250+ network!
➡️Find out more and apply: euanmacdonaldcentre.org/phd-scheme
#science #PhD #PhDscholarship
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
7 funded PhD projects in MND research 👇🏼
Last few places remaining for our Christmas lecture!
Join us for our annual lecture! We have a fantastic line-up this year: a consultant neurosurgeon and two discovery scientists will discuss how they are redefining biomedical methods - using living human brain tissue - bringing us closer to curing major neurological diseases.
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Edinburgh Neuroscience Public Christmas Lecture 2025
A brain surgeon and two discovery scientists unwrap the story of their unique collaboration using living human brain slices.
edin.ac
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Last few places remaining for our Christmas lecture!
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Two studentships available, one with me and Sam Booker and the other with me and Paul Donlin-Asp- do apply!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EASTBIO Subcelllular compartmentalisation of eEF1A paralogous proteins in neurons across the lifespan at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO Subcelllular compartmentalisation of eEF1A paralogous proteins in neurons across the lifespan at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Two studentships available, one with me and Sam Booker and the other with me and Paul Donlin-Asp- do apply!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Lots of neuro projects on this fully-funded cohort based programme! Be part of a team and complement your PhD with advanced scientific training, getting the best preparation for your career in bioscience: edin.ac/48l82Ma
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Lots of neuro projects on this fully-funded cohort based programme! Be part of a team and complement your PhD with advanced scientific training, getting the best preparation for your career in bioscience: edin.ac/48l82Ma
🧠 Prof Nathalie Rochefort (2024 WiNUK winner) embodies inspired science, from mentoring future researchers to uncovering how the brain processes visual information.
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@becky-pope.bsky.social @rochefortlab.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
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@becky-pope.bsky.social @rochefortlab.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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UCL has a vacancy for the position of Dean for the Faculty of Brain Sciences - leading research education and collaboration across neuroscience psychology psychiatry and clinical innovation. Closing date: 7th January
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/dean-of-...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/dean-of-...
Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
UCL has a vacancy for the position of Dean for the Faculty of Brain Sciences - leading research education and collaboration across neuroscience psychology psychiatry and clinical innovation
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
UCL has a vacancy for the position of Dean for the Faculty of Brain Sciences - leading research education and collaboration across neuroscience psychology psychiatry and clinical innovation. Closing date: 7th January
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/dean-of-...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/dean-of-...
We’ve been touring MS labs and facilities. 4 hours flashed by in the blink of an eye! We covered a whole campus and met 5 teams. We have so many researchers and support staff working on so many different aspects of this disease, every day advancing therapies and striving to reverse symptoms of MS.
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We’ve been touring MS labs and facilities. 4 hours flashed by in the blink of an eye! We covered a whole campus and met 5 teams. We have so many researchers and support staff working on so many different aspects of this disease, every day advancing therapies and striving to reverse symptoms of MS.
Amazing news! We are delighted @sorayam.bsky.social will continue to make such an important contribution at Edinburgh!!! 🧠🧫🥼🔬👏🏼🎉
🚨Meet the latest early career researchers awarded Race Against Dementia Fellowships🚨
These rising stars are challenging old ideas and driving bold new approaches to speed up progress @RichardTaylor @sorayam.bsky.social @HelenRowland
These rising stars are challenging old ideas and driving bold new approaches to speed up progress @RichardTaylor @sorayam.bsky.social @HelenRowland
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Amazing news! We are delighted @sorayam.bsky.social will continue to make such an important contribution at Edinburgh!!! 🧠🧫🥼🔬👏🏼🎉
TODAY at 2pm 👇🏼
⏰Register for this afternoon's webinar⏰
Prof David Hunt is one of the panel members in this joint webinar between The Lancet Group & Cell Press. The panel will examine the importance of innate immunity in the development of neurological diseases.
Register👉https://tinyurl.com/2p9npehy
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Prof David Hunt is one of the panel members in this joint webinar between The Lancet Group & Cell Press. The panel will examine the importance of innate immunity in the development of neurological diseases.
Register👉https://tinyurl.com/2p9npehy
@ukdri.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
TODAY at 2pm 👇🏼
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme (edin.ac/43YnL2g)
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme (edin.ac/43YnL2g)
Data from this study by Isabel Bravo-Ferrer and colleagues paves the way for future studies to investigate how region-specific blood-brain barrier dysfunction may contribute to disease-associated regional vulnerability in the brain.
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Data from this study by Isabel Bravo-Ferrer and colleagues paves the way for future studies to investigate how region-specific blood-brain barrier dysfunction may contribute to disease-associated regional vulnerability in the brain.
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme. Take a look! usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme. Take a look! usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
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Research Assistant Neuronal Cell Biologist at DPAG Oxford working on lysosomal function in Parkinsons disease using stem cell culture and neuronal assays. Closing date: 5th December
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Assistant: Lysosomal function in Parkinson’s
Research Assistant Neuronal Cell Biologist at DPAG Oxford working on lysosomal function in Parkinsons disease using stem cell culture and neuronal assays.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Research Assistant Neuronal Cell Biologist at DPAG Oxford working on lysosomal function in Parkinsons disease using stem cell culture and neuronal assays. Closing date: 5th December
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Phd alert 👇🏼
We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
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Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility | Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme | Usher Institute
Precision Medicine Project - Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility
usher.ed.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Phd alert 👇🏼
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Although I'm horrified to see a massive landscape picture of my head here, this is a really important piece about the maturation of scholar-led, non-profit publishing. As I write, chaos is coming but there are enormous opportunities to quit the big 5
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards
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November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Although I'm horrified to see a massive landscape picture of my head here, this is a really important piece about the maturation of scholar-led, non-profit publishing. As I write, chaos is coming but there are enormous opportunities to quit the big 5
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...