Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new low-cost blood test that could make it easier to detect Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier stage—helping patients receive treatment and support sooner.

Read the full story:
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/01/l...

🌍 WORLD MENINGITIS DAY 🌍 5 OCTOBER 2025

2025 is half way for @who.int Global Road Map to #DefeatMeningitis by 2030.

With improved funding, greater access to vaccines, faster
diagnostics and better treatment and support, we can save lives and protect futures.

www.meningitis.org/meningitis-i...

£1.7m grant awarded to study stress and chronic pain

Brilliant new study from LINC's Dr Andrew Marshall @liverpooluni.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Pain Neuroscience & Honorary Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social)

➡️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/22/1...

💫 Congratulations Dr Mbizvo💫 who won the platform prize for best presentation at @ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social British Branch Meeting earlier this week. 3rd time he has won!

He presented the work on valproate and male infertility.

➡️ Paper in Nature Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Parents share tragic story of their healthy toddler Lorelei Cowmeadow's death from encephalitis, to raise awareness of symptoms.
LINC's Director Ben contributed to the article, to explain encephalitis.
Symptoms: www.encephalitis.info/what-is-ence...
Article: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

Watch
@encephalitisint.bsky.social

explain how important PPI is to research and the impact patients can have on studies
👉📺https://youtube.com/watch?v=m6z00F3f5zc
👉📑 Read the article: tinyurl.com/2s3d9r39

@thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

@livuniresearch.bsky.social

@brainiigroup.bsky.social

Deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates:

@lincneurosci.bsky.social Director Professor Benedict Michael's article published today in The Conversation UK

"Child dies from complications of measles years after infection – SSPE explained"

Read: theconversation.com/child-dies-f...

Minimal male fertility impact from epilepsy drug- new research, published today in Nature Communications.

Read more about this large-scale international study led by Dr Gashirai Mbizvo of @lincneurosci.bsky.social & funded by Epilepsy Research Institute UK

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/15/s...

A great example of interdisciplinary neuroscience research underway, led by Ali Bakhsh, Neurosurgery Resident & Doctoral Clinical Fellow, with @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social & THE GUARANTORS OF 'BRAIN' Research Fellowship: "Why do brain tumours cause fits (seizures) & how can we better treat them?"

🧠 #Encephalitis is a deadly brain inflammation. Cases are rising due to climate change, vaccine gaps & population growth.

LINC Director & CPP Awardee @benedictneuro.bsky.social joined other experts, for @who.int to issue a global call to improve care.

➡️ Full WHO technical brief: shorturl.at/triO2

🎉 Congratulations to Callum Cook for winning 1st place poster prize for “How AI could be used in EEG analysis” at this summer’s annual showcase event for the Specialised Foundation Programme! 🎉

Determinants of decisions with high-value options

Angelo Pirrone has received £173k from The Leverhulme Trust to investigate ‘Determinants of decisions with high-value options’.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

New MSc Neuroscience is launching in September 2026.

This programme will introduce students to the field of neuroscience through the lens of clinical disorders of the central nervous system.

Register your interest: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...

£2.7M for Liverpool-led trial investigating vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/16/2...

The LINC launch was reported on by The Liverpool Echo:
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Watch the LINC intro video: www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

In partnership with The Walton Centre, Brain Health Northwest (which also includes Mersey Care and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust) and global collaborators, LINC brings together 170+ researchers and clinicians across neurology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, and psychology.

Last week marked the official launch of the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) - a world-leading research centre bringing together brain and mind expertise to address some of the most urgent neurological, neurosurgical, and psychiatric health challenges worldwide.

✨ Fantastic turn out last night for the launch event. Thanks to everyone who came and made it such a success! ✨

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/10/b...

Preparations are underway for the launch of @lincneurosci.bsky.social tonight at 5pm at the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, can't wait to welcome you all!