Claire Durrant
@clairedurrant1.bsky.social
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Group leader using human brain slice models to study Alzheimer’s disease at the University of Edinburgh. Race Against Dementia Dyson Fellow & Emerging Leader at the UK Dementia Research Institute. Mum, wife, nature lover. (Photo:Chris Watt)
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Fantastic coverage of our recent work using living human brain slices to study Alzheimer’s disease from @itvnews.bsky.social

www.itv.com/news/2025-04...
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dervissalih1.bsky.social
We are happy to seek 3 post-docs across Edinburgh Napier, Glasgow & UCL in an exciting project to investigate mechanisms linking glial ageing/longevity & neurodegeneration (MRC-funded). Info attached @nathanwoodling.bsky.social
@ukdri.ac.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
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annamallach.bsky.social
Last chance to apply to join my team at the UKDRI at Imperial investigating the interaction of glia cells in neurodegeneration, funded by ARUK! @ukdri.ac.uk @alzheimersresearchuk.org
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danineuro.bsky.social
Had a brilliant time speaking at @pintofscience.uk with my talk “Gold, Guns and Brain Cells” — exploring neurodegeneration and resilience in Alzheimer’s disease.
Huge thanks to everyone who came, asked thoughtful questions, and made it such a fun night! 🧠🍻 #pint25
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🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!

These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.

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britishneuro.bsky.social
🗓️ Tuesday 20th May | 🕓 16:00 - 17:00 (BST) | 💻 Online & Free

Are you interested in running your own lab? This webinar is perfect for those in electrophysiology or related fields

Register now and take the next step in your research journey 🥼
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Very excited to join, and help grow, this wonderful society journal! In particular, would love to encourage submissions from masters or mini PhD projects to publish as short reports. There are so many small, rigorous, studies that often remain unpublished. This work is valuable to the community!
britishneuro.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr @clairedurrant1.bsky.social as Co-Editor-in-Chief alongside @kbgenesbrains.bsky.social of Brain and Neuroscience Advances, our open-access #journal dedicated to cutting-edge research in the field of #neuroscience.

www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
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sorayam.bsky.social
Really privileged to be spending the week at the University of Eastern Finland, giving a talk as part of their course on electrophysiological techniques for human neuron function and also enjoying the wonderful location and weather.
A photo of a lectern that says university of eastern Finland and behind it is a slide that says electrophysiological techniques to measure and interpret human neuron function A picture of very blue sky some water and trees. A very pretty sparse landscape A picture of soraya by the water with very clear blud skies
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tspiresjones.bsky.social
I have absolutely loved my time as President of @britishneuro.bsky.social . And what an epic end giving a speech in the gorgeous Liverpool cathedral under an installation art piece of the sun. Thank you to CEO and buddy Laura Ajram and excellent exec team.
clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Was lovely to speak to you about our work Andrew! Thanks for such an excellent and detailed write up! 🧠
clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Thanks for the excellent genotyping! 😆🧬
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ukdri.ac.uk
Researchers led by @clairedurrant1.bsky.social have used living human brain tissue to show for the first time how a toxic protein in Alzheimer’s can damage synapses👏

The team hope the cutting-edge tool could help accelerate the development of new treatments👉 buff.ly/cXK2LIa
clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Fantastic coverage of our recent work using living human brain slices to study Alzheimer’s disease from @itvnews.bsky.social

www.itv.com/news/2025-04...
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clairedurrant1.bsky.social
So excited to see our work finally out today in Nature Communications! Brilliant summary by co-first author @sorayam.bsky.social below!
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britishneuro.bsky.social
🧠 Can we defeat dementia?

This week, BNA President @tspiresjones.bsky.social took the TEDx stage to explore the powerful neuroscience that could help us do just that.

🎥 Watch her talk here: youtu.be/hJMEAd9ODis

#TEDx #Neuroscience #Dementia #BNA
The neuroscience of defeating dementia | Prof Tara Spires-Jones | TEDxUniversityofStAndrews
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Such an honor to conduct Andrew’s viva. Was a great discussion and wonderful to hear all about his hard work! A credit to @kunathlab.bsky.social! One of the nicest post- viva receptions I’ve seen (I want to start a campaign that every institution have a tannoy announcement for new doctors!)
kunathlab.bsky.social
I'm so proud that Andrew Chai passed his viva with flying colours :-) Huge thanks to Prof Roger Barker and @clairedurrant1.bsky.social for being exceptional examiners 🙏
clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Yup! A scary proportion of the undergraduate writing I mark now has the tell tale signs of it. Breaks my heart a bit every time.
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samhalpert.bsky.social
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
clairedurrant1.bsky.social
100%. I am so worried about the impact ChatGPT will have on students ability to write in the future. 😞
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