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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · 15d

Excited to share we’ve been awarded £215k from NIHR @nihr.bsky.social to continue our research on #antipsychotic use in #dementia 💡

Next up: analysing trial data, electronic health records & lived experiences to optimise safe prescribing.

We’ll be recruiting soon - watch this space for adverts!

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · May 16

Excited to be heading to Stavanger this Sunday for Helse Stavanger’s International Research Day!

Photos from my last visit - 3yrs ago!

Sad to be missing the National Day and Eurovision there on Saturday, but thrilled to be reconnecting with collaborators.

🇳🇴🇬🇧

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Dr Paul Weightman Potter @drwp.bsky.social · May 9

Want to know more about how American Football impacts your brain health? I've got a study going and looking to recruit participants!

4 hours of your time and a little bit of blood, ideally in Exeter, but could also do Bristol, UK

Any questions? Please contact me by DM or email

#BrainHealth #TBI

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Apr 28

Just doing my bit to put Centre for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience @brunelpsy.bsky.social on the neuroscience connections map at #BNA2025

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Apr 28

In Liverpool today for #BNA2025 sharing our pilot study on #psychosis mechanisms in #Alzheimer as a case study on collaboration with Medicines Discovery Catapult. Great that they're prioritising psychiatric syndromes in dementia.

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Apr 24

Busy day this week running out SmartSocks study (testing new #healthtech for objective measurement of #agitation in #dementia). Started 3 participants in London before wrapping up for two residents in Berks after 4 weeks testing. Grateful to the care home staff for their insights!

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Sarah Marzi @sj-marzi.bsky.social · Feb 12

📢 Our lab is looking for a bioinformatics postdoc. We have lots of exciting projects to work on, including single cell (epi-)genomics, microglia xenotransplantations and nanopore long reads splicing analysis. Look out for the official advert next week and get in touch in the meantime 🧬🧠

The Marzi Lab in epigenetics band t-shirts

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Feb 12

🚨A brain DNA co-methylation network analysis of #psychosis in #Alzheimer's disease

- DNA methylation assessed in the prefrontal cortex.
- Enrichment in synaptic genes and excitatory & inhibitory neurons.
- Mechanistic links with #schizophrenia

dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz....

@brunelpsy.bsky.social

A brain DNA co‐methylation network analysis of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease

INTRODUCTION The presence of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is suggested to be associated with distinct molecular and neuropathological profiles in the brain. METHODS We assessed brain DNA .....

dx.doi.org

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Dr. Donna Wilcock @wilcocklab.bsky.social · Feb 8

Please see a collective response from an esteemed group of leaders in the dementia field to the NYT article and book “doctored” by Charles Piller. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Feb 6

*super food and also that'd be sunrise not sunset 🙄 - I blame the jet lag.

By for now, Sydney.

Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Feb 6

Powered up for the last day of the conference in Sydney where I chaired the first session. Apparently açaí is a super good though maybe not when it's got that much yoghurt and syrup in top 😋

And the sunset before heading home

Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Feb 6

Powered up for the last day of the conference in Sydney where I chaired the first session. Apparently açaí is a super good though maybe not when it's got that much yoghurt and syrup in top 😋

And the sunset before heading home

Very grateful to @drmoyramortby.bsky.social for making this happen 🙏🏻

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Feb 3

Great start to the Australasian #NeuropsychiatricSyndromes Symposium yesterday in Sydney. Great to connect with people from all over the world to discuss this important topic, and have the opportunity to present myself 😁

#ANNS
@istaart.bsky.social
@brunelpsy.bsky.social

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm in Sydney getting ready for the Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia conference.

Funded by @istaart.bsky.social this conference will bring together latest scientific advances and the applications to care delivery.

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Brunel Psychology @brunelpsy.bsky.social · Jan 21

📢 *Two new* 🤩 preprints out this month from @byroncreese.bsky.social on safer use of risperidone for agitation in dementia 🧠💊

Great to see Brunel University undergrads contribute to this research on placement while studying Psych and at the Brunel Medical School 💪

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Jan 13

Just remembered this - just flagging here in case you hadn't seen but I posted the links to the preprints (see my profile)

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Jan 10

Preprints linked to the below #antipsychotics in #dementia work now out:

A matched cohort study examining stroke risk across CVD subgroups:

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

A qualitative study of perceptions of residents, relatives and health and social care professionals

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Dec 3

Flanked by a sizable plate of pastries before getting started with our #antipsychotics in #dementia event today. >30 attendees from social care, NHS and members of the public.

Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Dec 3

Flanked by a sizable plate of pastries before getting started with our #antipsychotics in #dementia event today. >30 attendees from social care, NHS and members of the public.

Best practice approaches for severe agitation in dementia still stimulates insightful discussion. Work here not yet done.

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Nov 30

Sure, we should have a preprint up soon! Will post it here when it's available.

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James Catterson @scotsfriction.bsky.social · Nov 21

🧠 130 people now in this UK Dementia Starter Pack! 🧠
📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈

A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians.

Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋
go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Nov 25

🚨🚨 Registrations still open for our Alzheimer's Association funded event in Sydney, Australia 🌏🦘

Travel bursaries available and full details below! 👇👇

Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Nov 13

Very excited to be organising this event in Sydney colleagues from the US and Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧

Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘

Travel awards and registration available here:

anss.psy.unsw.edu.au

Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Nov 20

All about sharing our #NIHR-funded work on #antipsychotics in #dementia.

All welcome. Especially relevant to NHS, social care workers and academics.

Pastries for breakfast and lunch provided 🥐☕🍱

(Shared this when first on blue sky and had a network of about 3. Resharing now it's grown a bit 🙂)

Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Oct 30

Safer #antipsychotic prescribing in #dementia. Free event linked to our NIHR-funded study on whether cardiovascular disease screening helps make safer prescribing decisions.

Views of people with dementia and carers included. 👇🏻

NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk

Safer Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia: Latest information

Understand the latest research on antipsychotic safety in dementia and tools to incorporate this into clinical decision making.

NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sarah Marzi @sj-marzi.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hello World! New here, and a little bit scared of having to rebuild the Twitter network, but here we go:

I'm a group leader at UK DRI and @kingsioppn.bsky.social. My lab works on #epigenetics in neurodegenerative diseases, to understand non-coding genetic and environmental risk factors 🧬🧠

Photo of the Marzi lab in epigenetics themed t-shirts

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Nov 14

👇🏻Reminder registration is still open for our free event 3rd Dec (CPD credits available)

#antipsychotic safety in #dementia - results from our research on utility of screening on CVD to inform prescription decisions.
- update on the evidence based for first line non-pharmacological approaches.

Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Oct 30

Safer #antipsychotic prescribing in #dementia. Free event linked to our NIHR-funded study on whether cardiovascular disease screening helps make safer prescribing decisions.

Views of people with dementia and carers included. 👇🏻

NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk

Safer Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia: Latest information

Understand the latest research on antipsychotic safety in dementia and tools to incorporate this into clinical decision making.

NIHR-Brunel-Safer-Antipsychotic-Prescribing-Dementia.eventbrite.co.uk

Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Nov 13

What started with a routine Xmas (too early I know) listen to Stay Another Day has turned my train ride into a deep dive to find my other fav boy band songs (in no particular order):

1) It's Alright (E17)
2) Story of My Life (OneD)
3) Pray (TT)
4) The Right Stuff (NKOTB)
5) Larger than Life (BSB)

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Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social · Nov 13

Very excited to be organising this event in Sydney colleagues from the US and Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧

Australasian Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #dementia Symposium 3-5th Feb 2025, Sydney, #Australia 🦘

Travel awards and registration available here:

anss.psy.unsw.edu.au

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