NTU Neuro
@ntuneuro.bsky.social
#Neuroscience Research Theme in the Centre for Systems Health and Integrated Metabolic Health (SHiMR) at Nottingham Trent University, UK
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/groups/integrative-neurophysiology
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@ntuneuro.bsky.social
· Jan 8
We've made it to bluesky! Follow us to find out about all the Integrative Neuro research we're doing at Nottingham Trent 🤓
Congratulations to Shreyasi Chatterjee and PhD student Sri Nithya Parachuri on their recent publication on a novel potential tauopathy drug in Drosophila and cells! 🧠🪰 In collaboration with colleagues from @robertgordonuni.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #Tau
🤓 Read more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Alzheimers #Tau
🤓 Read more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evaluation of the toxicity and efficacy of a multi-target polymer-drug nano-polyplex in SH-SY5Y cells and Drosophila model of tauopathy - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Evaluation of the toxicity and efficacy of a multi-target polymer-drug nano-polyplex in SH-SY5Y cells and Drosophila model of tauopathy
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Congratulations to Shreyasi Chatterjee and PhD student Sri Nithya Parachuri on their recent publication on a novel potential tauopathy drug in Drosophila and cells! 🧠🪰 In collaboration with colleagues from @robertgordonuni.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #Tau
🤓 Read more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Alzheimers #Tau
🤓 Read more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Travelling north to give a seminar talk and meet with colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social tomorrow 🏴 @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Travelling north to give a seminar talk and meet with colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social tomorrow 🏴 @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
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We were delighted to host Prof Delphine Boche ( #SouthamptonUni) for our #SHiMR_NTU Seminar! She shared insights into #neuroinflammation in #Alzheimer’s disease and innovative methods to study #microglial cells in the human brain. Thanks to Dr Shreyasi Chatterjee for hosting! @ntuneuro.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We were delighted to host Prof Delphine Boche ( #SouthamptonUni) for our #SHiMR_NTU Seminar! She shared insights into #neuroinflammation in #Alzheimer’s disease and innovative methods to study #microglial cells in the human brain. Thanks to Dr Shreyasi Chatterjee for hosting! @ntuneuro.bsky.social
💡Big questions and bigger ideas at Friday's Neuroscience-metabolism Journal Club! Hosted by Alex Wilson-Slomkowski, sparking lively debate on how much data is enough for a paper? Brilliant insights, great company and of course, cake 🍰 #NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #Metabolism #JournalClub #ScienceChat
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
💡Big questions and bigger ideas at Friday's Neuroscience-metabolism Journal Club! Hosted by Alex Wilson-Slomkowski, sparking lively debate on how much data is enough for a paper? Brilliant insights, great company and of course, cake 🍰 #NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #Metabolism #JournalClub #ScienceChat
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This week we welcomed new team member Maisie Smedley on placement from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social BSc Neuroscience who will be working on tissue clearing and mapping hypothalamic networks. We were all busy in the lab this week! @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
www.Dumbell-lab.com
www.Dumbell-lab.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This week we welcomed new team member Maisie Smedley on placement from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social BSc Neuroscience who will be working on tissue clearing and mapping hypothalamic networks. We were all busy in the lab this week! @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
www.Dumbell-lab.com
www.Dumbell-lab.com
A great start to our joint journal club with @ntumeta.bsky.social, looking forward to more discussion and ideas between us... And maybe more cakes..?🎂🧠🔬🤓
Restarting neuro/metabolism #JournalClub with a cake! Will it turn into baking club? (I hope so)
@marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
@marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A great start to our joint journal club with @ntumeta.bsky.social, looking forward to more discussion and ideas between us... And maybe more cakes..?🎂🧠🔬🤓
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This week @helferlab.bsky.social and I had a great and productive day visiting @mrcharwell.bsky.social to help get set up for my @acmedsci.bsky.social funded animal study. Really excited to be moving forward! 🐭🧠🍔🔬
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This week @helferlab.bsky.social and I had a great and productive day visiting @mrcharwell.bsky.social to help get set up for my @acmedsci.bsky.social funded animal study. Really excited to be moving forward! 🐭🧠🍔🔬
📸 Here’s #PhD student Jack from the Hulse Group presenting his poster at #NeuroDiab2025 in Bucharest!
🧬 His work focuses on the role of hypoxia in diabetic neuropathy — an exciting area with big implications for understanding disease mechanisms.
#Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch #NTU #SHiMR
🧬 His work focuses on the role of hypoxia in diabetic neuropathy — an exciting area with big implications for understanding disease mechanisms.
#Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch #NTU #SHiMR
September 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
📸 Here’s #PhD student Jack from the Hulse Group presenting his poster at #NeuroDiab2025 in Bucharest!
🧬 His work focuses on the role of hypoxia in diabetic neuropathy — an exciting area with big implications for understanding disease mechanisms.
#Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch #NTU #SHiMR
🧬 His work focuses on the role of hypoxia in diabetic neuropathy — an exciting area with big implications for understanding disease mechanisms.
#Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch #NTU #SHiMR
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🎤Honoured to present at the 35th Annual #NEUROdiab Meeting in Bucharest!
Explored how spinal cord vasculature contributes to diabetic neuropathy using spatial transcriptomics🧬
🙏Thanks to the organisers + my colleagues in the Hulse Group, #NTU & #SHiMR.
#NeuroDiab2025 #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
Explored how spinal cord vasculature contributes to diabetic neuropathy using spatial transcriptomics🧬
🙏Thanks to the organisers + my colleagues in the Hulse Group, #NTU & #SHiMR.
#NeuroDiab2025 #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
September 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎤Honoured to present at the 35th Annual #NEUROdiab Meeting in Bucharest!
Explored how spinal cord vasculature contributes to diabetic neuropathy using spatial transcriptomics🧬
🙏Thanks to the organisers + my colleagues in the Hulse Group, #NTU & #SHiMR.
#NeuroDiab2025 #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
Explored how spinal cord vasculature contributes to diabetic neuropathy using spatial transcriptomics🧬
🙏Thanks to the organisers + my colleagues in the Hulse Group, #NTU & #SHiMR.
#NeuroDiab2025 #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
🌍✈️The Hulse Group is heading to Bucharest for the 35th Annual #NEUROdiab Conference (Sept 11–14)!
Global leaders in diabetic neuropathy — from biomarkers & AI to emerging therapies. Excited to share our work + learn from the best.
🔗 2025.neurodiab.org
#NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
Global leaders in diabetic neuropathy — from biomarkers & AI to emerging therapies. Excited to share our work + learn from the best.
🔗 2025.neurodiab.org
#NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
September 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌍✈️The Hulse Group is heading to Bucharest for the 35th Annual #NEUROdiab Conference (Sept 11–14)!
Global leaders in diabetic neuropathy — from biomarkers & AI to emerging therapies. Excited to share our work + learn from the best.
🔗 2025.neurodiab.org
#NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
Global leaders in diabetic neuropathy — from biomarkers & AI to emerging therapies. Excited to share our work + learn from the best.
🔗 2025.neurodiab.org
#NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch
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📢👩🔬Researchers, are you wondering how resources like UK Biobank can support your project?
This helpful guide from @natureportfolio.nature.com explains what biobanks are, how they work, and compares some of the global options available 🔽
This helpful guide from @natureportfolio.nature.com explains what biobanks are, how they work, and compares some of the global options available 🔽
Using biobanks to boost research: a how-to guide
Nature - From large national databases to bespoke sample collections, biobanks offer a wealth of avenues for scientific enquiry.
www.nature.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢👩🔬Researchers, are you wondering how resources like UK Biobank can support your project?
This helpful guide from @natureportfolio.nature.com explains what biobanks are, how they work, and compares some of the global options available 🔽
This helpful guide from @natureportfolio.nature.com explains what biobanks are, how they work, and compares some of the global options available 🔽
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The best meetings involve puppies! One of the perks of @bsneuroendo.bsky.social Comms meetings #DogsOfBluesky 🐶
@isadoracfurigo.bsky.social
@isadoracfurigo.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The best meetings involve puppies! One of the perks of @bsneuroendo.bsky.social Comms meetings #DogsOfBluesky 🐶
@isadoracfurigo.bsky.social
@isadoracfurigo.bsky.social
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Well done Sam! Great to see NTU neuroendocrinology highlighted and winning prizes 🏆 #BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
Congratulations to the poster prize winners @Tianyi Lu (Cambridge), Samuel Bennett (NTU) @ntumeta.bsky.social, @heleneachus.bsky.social (Aston) #BSNbradford2025
A tight competition and excellent work on all posters presented at the meeting!
A tight competition and excellent work on all posters presented at the meeting!
September 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Well done Sam! Great to see NTU neuroendocrinology highlighted and winning prizes 🏆 #BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
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What a great conference @bsneuroendo.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025 with team NTU (and Annabelle not in the photo). Showcasing Neuroendocrine NTU!
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science
September 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What a great conference @bsneuroendo.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025 with team NTU (and Annabelle not in the photo). Showcasing Neuroendocrine NTU!
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science
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The #DumbellLab on tour! #BSNbradford2025 left-right it's me, Bharat, Marwa @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social and Annabelle. Posters might be over but chat to us about our work here at the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting!
www.Dumbell-lab.com
@ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
www.Dumbell-lab.com
@ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The #DumbellLab on tour! #BSNbradford2025 left-right it's me, Bharat, Marwa @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social and Annabelle. Posters might be over but chat to us about our work here at the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting!
www.Dumbell-lab.com
@ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
www.Dumbell-lab.com
@ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
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In this afternoon's poster session come and meet Bharat Muthukumar talk about ZFHX3 #metabolic effects and Sam Bennett on mice divergently selected for metabolic differences and altered behavioural #rhythms.
#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social
#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In this afternoon's poster session come and meet Bharat Muthukumar talk about ZFHX3 #metabolic effects and Sam Bennett on mice divergently selected for metabolic differences and altered behavioural #rhythms.
#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social
#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social
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A great session this morning, thank you to my co-chair Stephen Manchishi and all the speakers Jonathan Johnton, Beatrice Filippi, Chris Coyle and Szilvia Vas and great discussion from the audience. 🧠🎤🍔🕘🐭
September 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A great session this morning, thank you to my co-chair Stephen Manchishi and all the speakers Jonathan Johnton, Beatrice Filippi, Chris Coyle and Szilvia Vas and great discussion from the audience. 🧠🎤🍔🕘🐭
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An inspiration to women in science and scientists in general. @denisebelsham.bsky.social starts with a fitting tribute to Alison Douglas and her support for early career scientists #ShowUpAsYouAre #BSNbradford2025
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
An inspiration to women in science and scientists in general. @denisebelsham.bsky.social starts with a fitting tribute to Alison Douglas and her support for early career scientists #ShowUpAsYouAre #BSNbradford2025
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Day 2 of #BSNbradford2025 I'm co-chairing session 1: #Rhythms and Hormonal interactions 9am. Looking forward to talks on #Chrononutrition, #astrocytes and metabolic control, retinal ganglion cell-> #SCN rhythms, and brainstem regulation of #GnRH pulse generator. 🕘🕥🍔🧠 @bsneuroendo.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Day 2 of #BSNbradford2025 I'm co-chairing session 1: #Rhythms and Hormonal interactions 9am. Looking forward to talks on #Chrononutrition, #astrocytes and metabolic control, retinal ganglion cell-> #SCN rhythms, and brainstem regulation of #GnRH pulse generator. 🕘🕥🍔🧠 @bsneuroendo.bsky.social
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Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025
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Great day to be travelling to Bradford for the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting! See you there? 🤓😎🧠
August 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Great day to be travelling to Bradford for the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting! See you there? 🤓😎🧠
Congratulations to Gareth Banks and colleagues on their recent publication in @dmmjournal.bsky.social on a mouse knock-in model of frontotemporal #dementia / #AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #ALS & colleagues from @mrcharwell.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @utoronto.ca
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
Multi-modal comparative phenotyping of knock-in mouse models of frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Summary: We report side-by-side behavioural and sensory phenotyping data of two knock-in next-generation mouse models of aspects of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia disease sp...
journals.biologists.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Congratulations to Gareth Banks and colleagues on their recent publication in @dmmjournal.bsky.social on a mouse knock-in model of frontotemporal #dementia / #AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #ALS & colleagues from @mrcharwell.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @utoronto.ca
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
🧠 New Research Alert!
Dr. Gareth Banks' latest study in Translational Psychiatry highlights the role of the murine ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcc5 (MRP5/cMOAT) in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation, and glutamatergic signalling.
📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Dr. Gareth Banks' latest study in Translational Psychiatry highlights the role of the murine ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcc5 (MRP5/cMOAT) in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation, and glutamatergic signalling.
📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🧠 New Research Alert!
Dr. Gareth Banks' latest study in Translational Psychiatry highlights the role of the murine ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcc5 (MRP5/cMOAT) in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation, and glutamatergic signalling.
📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Dr. Gareth Banks' latest study in Translational Psychiatry highlights the role of the murine ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcc5 (MRP5/cMOAT) in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation, and glutamatergic signalling.
📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...
🧠🔬A new era of 3D imaging!
The Miltenyi BLAZE lightsheet microscope is transforming how we visualise large tissues with stunning clarity.
📸Image from the Hulse group shows spinal cord vasculature — a glimpse of how BLAZE advances neuroscience research.
#SHiMR #NTU #LightsheetMicroscopy #Neuroscience
The Miltenyi BLAZE lightsheet microscope is transforming how we visualise large tissues with stunning clarity.
📸Image from the Hulse group shows spinal cord vasculature — a glimpse of how BLAZE advances neuroscience research.
#SHiMR #NTU #LightsheetMicroscopy #Neuroscience
July 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🧠🔬A new era of 3D imaging!
The Miltenyi BLAZE lightsheet microscope is transforming how we visualise large tissues with stunning clarity.
📸Image from the Hulse group shows spinal cord vasculature — a glimpse of how BLAZE advances neuroscience research.
#SHiMR #NTU #LightsheetMicroscopy #Neuroscience
The Miltenyi BLAZE lightsheet microscope is transforming how we visualise large tissues with stunning clarity.
📸Image from the Hulse group shows spinal cord vasculature — a glimpse of how BLAZE advances neuroscience research.
#SHiMR #NTU #LightsheetMicroscopy #Neuroscience
🎓 Big congratulations to our amazing Neuroscience PhD graduates Laura and @jessica-bates.bsky.social today! 🧠
We're proud to be celebrating alongside our friends in @ntumeta.bsky.social
Here's to all who are graduating today—your hard work has paid off. 👏
#PhDGraduation#NTU#Neuro#ClassOf2025
We're proud to be celebrating alongside our friends in @ntumeta.bsky.social
Here's to all who are graduating today—your hard work has paid off. 👏
#PhDGraduation#NTU#Neuro#ClassOf2025
July 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🎓 Big congratulations to our amazing Neuroscience PhD graduates Laura and @jessica-bates.bsky.social today! 🧠
We're proud to be celebrating alongside our friends in @ntumeta.bsky.social
Here's to all who are graduating today—your hard work has paid off. 👏
#PhDGraduation#NTU#Neuro#ClassOf2025
We're proud to be celebrating alongside our friends in @ntumeta.bsky.social
Here's to all who are graduating today—your hard work has paid off. 👏
#PhDGraduation#NTU#Neuro#ClassOf2025