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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 14h

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 · 1d

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

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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.

www.magd.cam.ac.uk

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 18d

🧠 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 · 6d

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.

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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 · 5d

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

www.findaphd.com

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Wendy Xin @droligo.bsky.social · 5d

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

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 9d

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

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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 · 13d

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

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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 · 13d

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 · 15d

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 · 14d

PhD positions open:

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 15d

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 · 14d

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 · 20d

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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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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Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 20d

Nature Reviews Neuroscience has turned 25!

To mark the anniversary, the October issue features an expanded selection of Comments and Journal Clubs, and our first World View and Tools of the Trade articles. Check out the issue here: www.nature.com/nrn/volumes/...

#neuroscience #neuroskyence

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 20d

Join the Mitochondria 2026 Symposium. Explore mitochondrial bioenergetics, dynamics, signalling, communication, and their roles in metabolism, ageing, disease, and therapy.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/cell-s...

Cell Symposia: Multifaceted mitochondria

Mitochondria 2026 Symposium. Explore mitochondrial bioenergetics, dynamics, signalling, communication, and their roles in metabolism, ageing, disease, & therapy

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 20d

I have published a review article about the role of astrocytes in gases change

#neuroscience #glia #neuroskyence

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Astrocytes: Orchestrators of brain gas exchange and oxygen homeostasis

Abstract figure legend Oxygen and carbon dioxide enter the body via breathing; in the brain astrocytes play a key role balancing oxygen delivery with carbon dioxide removal.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21d

Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 21d

Excellent review article out last month

The BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research is already proving its worth

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The vascular contribution to cognitive decline in ageing and dementia - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Growing evidence suggests that reduced cerebral blood flow contributes to cognitive decline in ageing and dementia. Attwell and colleagues discuss the underlying mechanisms and functional consequences...

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 21d

Great 5 year job opportunity in Edinburgh 👇🏻

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Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow

As a senior post-doctoral researcher in the newly launched UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research the post-holder will develop and lead a program of high-quality research to improve our understa...

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UK Glia Network @ukglia.bsky.social · 21d

📢 2 PhD positions on the role of GLIA in brain function 📢

Neuronal Clues to Astrocytes in the Developing Brain https://
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Neuroimmune strategy to treat Alzheimer’s disease https://
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#opportunities #neuroscience #neuroskyence #graduates

Neuronal Clues to Astrocytes: Uncovering Hidden Mechanisms in the Developing Brain. MRC GW4 BioMed DTP PhD studentship for 2026/27 Entry, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Science at University of...

PhD Project - Neuronal Clues to Astrocytes: Uncovering Hidden Mechanisms in the Developing Brain. MRC GW4 BioMed DTP PhD studentship for 2026/27 Entry, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Science at...

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Christian @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 23d

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

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Isabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 22d

www.thetimes.com/article/da64...

"London as a whole last month overtook San Francisco, New York and Boston for the largest amount of investment raised in life sciences and artificial intelligence: an astonishing $766 million in 2025 so far, according to the data firm Dealroom."

Why Merck and AstraZeneca may regret turning their back on Britain

The pair may have gone cold on the UK but start-ups and university spinouts here are using AI to revolutionise drug discovery

www.thetimes.com

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