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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 3h

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Very excited to share the first publication of Dylan Dunkwu who recently joined the Christie lab - nothing like your first paper moment 🍾🥂🍾

Inflammation modifies breathing phenotype in mice with epilepsy

Impaired CO₂ responsiveness in epilepsy can result in hypoventilation and hypercapnia and these respiratory disturbances are key contributors to Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). While mild...

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 7h

The time to carry out diagnostic MRI scans for dementia can be cut to one third of their standard length, finds a new study led by @uclqsion.bsky.social researchers with @uclengineering.bsky.social, who say it could at least double the number of dementia scans that can be done in one day

Faster MRI scans offer new hope for dementia diagnosis

The time to carry out diagnostic MRI scans for dementia can be cut to one third of their standard length, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 6h

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

Excellent work from Nick Fox, Geoff Parker and others

Faster MRI scans offer new hope for dementia diagnosis

The time to carry out diagnostic MRI scans for dementia can be cut to one third of their standard length, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

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NC3Rs @nc3rs.bsky.social · 3d

Join researchers, clinicians and neurosurgeons for an afternoon of expert insights and networking to discuss the practicalities and potential of using human brain tissue to replace animal models in neuroscience.

📅 Friday 7 November, 13.00 – 16.00
📍 UCL, London
Register: nc3rs.org.uk/events/using...

A brain tissue slice with cells stained and viewed under a microscope.

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Women in Neuroscience UK @womeninneurouk.bsky.social · 1d

Prof Selina Wray will join us as our careers keynote, sharing her journey from a working class background and part time work through to a professorship, and Dr Carole Torsney, our research keynote, will tell us about her preclinical research on sex & gender disparities in pain.

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adesmazieres.bsky.social @adesmazieres.bsky.social · Nov 15

Join the Glia community on bluesky go.bsky.app/Lyzro3M

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Amy Gleichman @amygleichman.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to share this work from my postdoc with Tom Carmichael, available online @ Neuron! Long story short: we find even more evidence that all reactive astrocytes are not equal, and we can take advantage of those differences to improve repair after stroke.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Regionally mapped astrocytic responses to cortical and white matter stroke show differential roles in astrocyte-induced vascular remodeling

Stroke is a major cause of disability. Astrocytes respond to stroke in a gradated manner, but details of that response and its consequences for tissue…

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 5d

"Reproducibility isn’t glamorous, but it’s essential."

@annechurchland.bsky.social speaks candidly in @thetransmitter.bsky.social about the obstacles to reproducibility and shares practical advice for other neuroscience labs.

🧠📈 www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...

Reproducibility is a team sport

Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience—with rigor and collaboration.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 4d

“Using Human Brain Tissue in Research”

NC3Rs supported @nc3rs.bsky.social

Date & time: Friday, 7 November 2025 13:00–16:00

Prof Maria Thom
Mr Martin Gillies
Mr Ciaran S. Hill

Location: UCL Institute of Advanced Studies
Registration (event is free): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networking...

Networking Event: Using Human Brain Tissue in Research

Networking event connecting researchers, clinicians & neurosurgeons to discuss practical and ethical aspects of human brain tissue research

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 5d

Research Assistant, UK DRI Cambridge. Join the McEwan lab studying protein aggregation and tau assemblies, producing samples for studies across the institute. Closing date: 2nd November @ukdri.ac.uk

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Assistant: Human Tau Assemblies platform

Research Assistant, UK DRI Cambridge. Join the McEwan lab studying protein aggregation and tau assemblies, producing samples for studies across the institute.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 5d

Research Assistant, SITraN Sheffield. Join a BMA-funded project with Dr Hina Khan, using qualitative methods to improve dementia diagnosis for South Asian and Black communities. Closing date: 4th November

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Assistant: Ethnographic Dementia Diagnosis Study

Research Assistant, SITraN Sheffield. Join Dr Hina Khan on a BMA-funded project using qualitative methods to improve dementia diagnosis in minority communities.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 6d

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College

Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 6d

when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 6d

Introducing CellTransformer, a new AI tool developed with UCSF that makes it easier to explore massive neuroscience datasets and identify important subregions of the brain. 🧵

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Sydney Floryanzia 👑 @neurochemequeen.bsky.social · 23d

🧠 Celebrating #OpenScienceWeek, by highlighting my favorite (and my most used!) open science tools from the Allen Institute 🐭🧠🌐 @alleninstitute.org

#neuroskyence #neuroscience #brain #microscopy

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 11d

At Climate Week NYC, the message was clear: progress is underway. While none of us can do this alone, the number of people who are committed to tackling climate together is growing every day.

Read on Mailchimp: shorturl.at/yXmnn
Read on LinkedIn: shorturl.at/bssRq

Climate action can't wait

NYC Climate Week: The world leans in, the U.S. checks out, and how to SHIFT into action

www.talkingclimate.ca

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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · 10d

If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

FindAPhD : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation

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Wendy Xin @droligo.bsky.social · 10d

Patch clamp friends, anyone have experience with the Digidata HumSilencer feature? Does it do anything?

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14d

Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience. You just need rigor, collaboration and the willingness to look your own practices in the eye, writes Anne Churchland.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...

Reproducibility is a team sport

Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience—with rigor and collaboration.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Nature @nature.com · 18d

Long-standing institutions are ill-equipped to cope with modern financial and political challenges

go.nature.com/46xZrVl

How universities came to be — and why they are in trouble now

What and who universities are for has changed considerably since the Second World War, leaving long-standing institutions ill-equipped to cope with current financial and political challenges.

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you for publishing this. It's very strange and stressful working in the university sector right now. It's great to see it explained

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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 20d

Applications are now open for the SWC Systems Neuroscience PhD Programme.

Join us in London!

🧠 World-class neuroscience training
💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme
🖥️ Close links to @gatsbyucl.bsky.social

Apply by 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 19d

PhD positions open:

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 20d

Applications are now open for the SWC Systems Neuroscience PhD Programme.

Join us in London!

🧠 World-class neuroscience training
💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme
🖥️ Close links to @gatsbyucl.bsky.social

Apply by 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 19d

A hugely exciting day for neuroscience and gene therapy

Well done to the scientists working on this project 👏🏻

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nature @nature.com · 25d

Repetitive head impacts trigger neuronal loss and disrupt blood vessels and immune cells long before the accumulation of neurotoxic tau protein

go.nature.com/4n8UwRQ

Years of hits to the head prime the brain for decline

Repetitive head impacts trigger neuronal loss and disrupt blood vessels and immune cells long before the accumulation of neurotoxic tau protein.

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