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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 19h

Missed last month’s Lunch Hour Lecture with Professor @selinawray.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social)?
Discover the future of dementia research in this thought-provoking talk — now on YouTube!
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKiu...
#DementiaResearch

Lunch Hour Lecture | World Alzheimer’s Month: The future of dementia research

In this lecture, Professor Selina Wray shows how stem cell models reveal early Alzheimer's changes using patient neurons and how this may help the development of new treatment. About the…

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 3d

Motor neurone disease progresses at a different rate in each individual, @ucl.ac.uk’s Prof Andrea Malaspina tells @skynewsrss.bsky.social following the news that former England rugby captain & World Cup winner Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with the condition @uclbrainscience.bsky.social

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 24d

Join Royal Society Ferrier Prize winner Professor Gillian Bates FRS on 06 October at the Royal Society as she unravels the molecular basis of Huntington's disease: royalsociety.org/science-even...

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UK Dementia Research Institute @ukdri.ac.uk · 6d

Recording now available from this week's 'Rethinking neurodegeneration' research webinar with the brilliant Profs Sarah Tabrizi (UK DRI at UCL) and Gabriel Balmus (UK DRI at Cambridge) discussing DNA repair and Huntington's

Catch up now if you missed it 👉 youtu.be/cXsrYM2Fq7g?...

Rethinking neurodegeneration: Could DNA repair hold the key to treating Huntington's disease?

YouTube video by UK Dementia Research Institute - UK DRI

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 8d

We're very happy to announce that the winner of this year’s Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize is ‘Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain’ by debut author, clinical neurologist and neuroscientist Masud Husain. #SciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 7d

“This would have been such a massive deal for her."
Anna Sheahan's mum sadly died of Huntington's disease (HD) last year.
Anna speaks to The Observer about what @uclqsion.bsky.social's HD breakthrough means to families like hers:

Mum died of Huntington’s... this breakthrough changes eve...

A professor battling to slow the disease that killed writer Charlotte Raven shared his good news with her daughter

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 8d

Research Fellow Vacancy at @ukdri.ac.uk UCL in the Bartels Lab. Focus on gut-brain axis and neuro-immune interaction in Parkinson’s disease. One-year post from May 2026. Closing date: 30th October

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Research Fellow: Gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s

Research Fellow at UK DRI UCL in the Bartels Lab. Focus on gut-brain axis and neuro-immune interaction in Parkinson’s disease. One-year post from May 2026.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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HDClarity @hdclaritystudy.bsky.social · 8d

Following on from last weeks exciting news, please visit this link for more information on the AMT-130 gene therapy trial, which was found to slow disease progression in Huntington's disease by 75% eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News

Huntington's disease has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors. The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of dementia, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease. The new treatment is a type of gene therapy given during 12 to 18 hours of delicate brain surgery. An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #HuntingtonsDisease #Health #BBCNews

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 8d

A team involving @uclqsion.bsky.social scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson’s ‘trigger’ directly observed in human brain tissue for the first time

A team involving UCL scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease.

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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Quentin Huys @docqhuys.bsky.social · 8d

New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. 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).

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 8d

Researchers from the Crick, @ucl.ac.uk, @cam.ac.uk and @polymtl.bsky.social have directly observed the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease in human brain tissue, developing a new technique that could support future diagnostics and treatments.

www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...

Parkinson’s ‘trigger’ directly observed in human brain tissue for the first time

A team of scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease. Their new technique, published today in Nature Biomedica...

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 8d

A team involving @uclqsion.bsky.social and @crick.ac.uk scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease, with a technique that could support the development of diagnostics and treatments for Parkinson’s in the future

Parkinson’s ‘trigger’ directly observed in human brain tissue for the first time

A team involving UCL scientists has, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease.

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

4/ 🧬 Gene therapy shows promise in slowing Huntington’s disease progression in trial led by @uclqsion.bsky.social researchers.
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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.

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

🧠 🧵 Our September news roundup is here!
It's been a month of incredible scientific breakthroughs at the Faculty of Brain Sciences.
Let's check out some of the stories making headlines around the world.👇 👇 👇

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UK Dementia Research Institute @ukdri.ac.uk · 10d

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Professor Karen Duff (UK DRI at UCL) has been awarded funding for frontotemporal dementia (FTD) research

From uncovering disease mechanisms to testing therapeutic strategies, Karen’s team aim to shed light on how FTD develops

Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/78f8fuxk

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 10d

Today is the last day of #WorldAlzheimersMonth. Read our research stories and find out how UCL is committed to dementia prevention, care & cure.

🔗 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
#UCLDementia

World Alzheimer's Month

This World Alzheimer's Month and Day (21 September), explore the incredible dementia research going on at UCL, and learn how our neuroscience experts are working to improve lives globally

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Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social · 13d

Former Academy SUSTAIN participant Dr Lauren Byrne, a Principal Research Fellow @uclbrainscience.bsky.social, speaks candidly about this week's Huntington's disease treatment breakthrough, given her close family experience of the disease.

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Huntington's disease breakthrough 'amazing' but with 'caveats'

The new treatment is a type of gene therapy given during 12 to 18 hours of delicate brain surgery.

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

#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 · 11d

🎧 @selinawray.bsky.social & @caswell.bsky.social are back with a new Brain Stories episode; this time with Prof @adrianisaacs.bsky.social from @ukdri.ac.uk.
They dive into Frontotemporal Dementia & the surprising role fruit flies play in research.
Listen: soundcloud.com/uclsound/bra...
#UCLDementia

Brain Stories - Episode 21: Professor Adrian Isaacs on Frontotemporal Dementia

Selina and Caswell chat with Professor Adrian Isaacs from the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL to talk Frontotemporal Dementia — from how fruit flies are helping, to the role of DNA repeat expans

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 13d

🎧 Listen to Prof @jmschott.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) on The Guardian Science Weekly podcast explaining how a new blood test could pave the way for exciting new treatments for Alzheimer's.

Is there hope on the horizon for patients with Alzheimer’s? – podcast

A trial is under way to find out if a £100 blood test could transform the way that the NHS diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia and diagnosis is currently…

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Russell Group @russellgroup.bsky.social · 14d

Amazing news from @ucl-hd.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk hitting the headlines this week. A new form of gene therapy has successfully treated Huntington's Disease for the first time ever, slowing the disease by 75%.

This university research is changing lives.

Read more on BBC News ⬇️

UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 15d

🧵 BREAKING: Gene therapy shows promise in slowing Huntington’s disease progression. A major milestone in neurodegenerative disease research. @uclqsion.bsky.social @ucl-hd.bsky.social
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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UK MND Research Institute @ukmndri.bsky.social · 14d

This is fantastic news and highlights the importance of consistently funding collaborative science in neurodegenerative diseases.

We are committed to doing the same for #MND/#ALS and finding new ways to successfully treat the disease.

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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UK Dementia Research Institute @ukdri.ac.uk · 14d

Very excited for Monday's research webinar with Profs Sarah Tabrizi and Gabriel Balmus discussing Huntington's disease and the role of DNA repair 🧬

Register for free and join us from 4-5pm (BST)!

👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/events/rethi...

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Peter Zeidman @corticalpete.bsky.social · 15d

I am delighted to welcome Josie Linnell @jlinnell.bsky.social as a new PhD student in the Neurovascular Modelling Group at the FIL! Josie will investigate the earliest stages of Alzheimer's using fMRI, together with Natalie Ryan's team at the UCL Dementia Research Centre @uclqsion.bsky.social

Research at ARUK @alzheimersresearchuk.org · 21d

Congratulations to PhD student @jlinnell.bsky.social and supervisor @corticalpete.bsky.social! Their project will use MRI scans to detect cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). #ARUKfunded

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