Catherine Hall
@cathnaledi.bsky.social
Professor of Neurovascular stuff at Sussex Uni and UCL. My lab researches how the brain controls its blood flow.
Also at @catherinenhall@mas.to and @cathnaledi on what-was-Twitter
Also at @catherinenhall@mas.to and @cathnaledi on what-was-Twitter
Reposted by Catherine Hall
Cheviots and many breaths of fresh air!!
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Cheviots and many breaths of fresh air!!
It’s me!
Meet Prof @cathnaledi.bsky.social , Group Leader at the BHF - UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research (CVDR) 👋
Prof Hall's research has transformed our understanding of how the brain balances energy supply and demand.
Learn more here 👉https://tinyurl.com/ycpf426p
Prof Hall's research has transformed our understanding of how the brain balances energy supply and demand.
Learn more here 👉https://tinyurl.com/ycpf426p
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It’s me!
This is super interesting analysis!!
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
benansell.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is super interesting analysis!!
Reposted by Catherine Hall
August 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Catherine Hall
Delighted to share our latest review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience!
We examine the growing evidence that vascular dysfunction plays a key role in cognitive decline in ageing and dementia, and argue that preserving/restoring CBF should be central to future therapies.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We examine the growing evidence that vascular dysfunction plays a key role in cognitive decline in ageing and dementia, and argue that preserving/restoring CBF should be central to future therapies.
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...
www.nature.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Delighted to share our latest review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience!
We examine the growing evidence that vascular dysfunction plays a key role in cognitive decline in ageing and dementia, and argue that preserving/restoring CBF should be central to future therapies.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We examine the growing evidence that vascular dysfunction plays a key role in cognitive decline in ageing and dementia, and argue that preserving/restoring CBF should be central to future therapies.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Very excited that this is official now! Lots of setting up currently but will be recruiting soon!!
Delighted to welcome a new Group Leader to our flagship vascular dementia research centre with @thebhf.bsky.social 🎉👏
Prof Catherine Hall @cathnaledi.bsky.social and her team will examine how changes in blood flow & oxygen supply drive the onset of vascular dementia & Alzheimer’s👉 buff.ly/gyouoEV
Prof Catherine Hall @cathnaledi.bsky.social and her team will examine how changes in blood flow & oxygen supply drive the onset of vascular dementia & Alzheimer’s👉 buff.ly/gyouoEV
August 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Very excited that this is official now! Lots of setting up currently but will be recruiting soon!!
I'm collating slides for our collaborator group lab Summer Symposium tomorrow. The brief is "cool things you learnt over the last year" and I cannot over-emphasise how optimistic I am about the future of science with this bunch of trainees' contributions!
June 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm collating slides for our collaborator group lab Summer Symposium tomorrow. The brief is "cool things you learnt over the last year" and I cannot over-emphasise how optimistic I am about the future of science with this bunch of trainees' contributions!
Please consider supporting the Wildlife Trusts' purchase and work in the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland to create a huge wildlife corridor from the hills to the sea and protect species like the red squirrel and golden eagle. Donations currently match funded!
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Rothbury Estate for Nature and the Nation – Big Give
Rothbury Estate offers a unique chance to create one of England’s largest nature recovery areas. By protecting its rich heritage, supporting local farmers and improving public access, The Wildlife Tru...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Please consider supporting the Wildlife Trusts' purchase and work in the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland to create a huge wildlife corridor from the hills to the sea and protect species like the red squirrel and golden eagle. Donations currently match funded!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
@physoc.bsky.social has a starter pack of physiologists. Hooray!! go.bsky.app/2KU1XD6
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@physoc.bsky.social has a starter pack of physiologists. Hooray!! go.bsky.app/2KU1XD6
New paper led by @silvia-anderle.bsky.social
Lifestyle matters for genetic Alzheimer’s disease risk: APOE4 reduces neurovascular function most in an already-stressed system, when neurons are active and mice do less exercise.
I'll tell you all about it! 🧪 #neuroscience #alzheimers
rdcu.be/d74uh
Lifestyle matters for genetic Alzheimer’s disease risk: APOE4 reduces neurovascular function most in an already-stressed system, when neurons are active and mice do less exercise.
I'll tell you all about it! 🧪 #neuroscience #alzheimers
rdcu.be/d74uh
APOE4 and sedentary lifestyle synergistically impair neurovascular function in the visual cortex of awake mice
Communications Biology - Lifestyle matters for genetic Alzheimer’s disease risk: In vivo imaging of mouse blood vessels and neurons shows that APOE4 reduces neurovascular function most in an...
rdcu.be
January 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New paper led by @silvia-anderle.bsky.social
Lifestyle matters for genetic Alzheimer’s disease risk: APOE4 reduces neurovascular function most in an already-stressed system, when neurons are active and mice do less exercise.
I'll tell you all about it! 🧪 #neuroscience #alzheimers
rdcu.be/d74uh
Lifestyle matters for genetic Alzheimer’s disease risk: APOE4 reduces neurovascular function most in an already-stressed system, when neurons are active and mice do less exercise.
I'll tell you all about it! 🧪 #neuroscience #alzheimers
rdcu.be/d74uh
Reposted by Catherine Hall
Get your cerebral blood flow and metabolism abstracts in for Brain and BrainPET 2025 in Seoul! Deadline Feb 1st!! I’m so excited! www.brain2025.org
Brain & Brain PET 2025
The 32nd International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function & The 17th International Conference on Quantification of Brain Function with PET
www.brain2025.org
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Get your cerebral blood flow and metabolism abstracts in for Brain and BrainPET 2025 in Seoul! Deadline Feb 1st!! I’m so excited! www.brain2025.org
Get your cerebral blood flow and metabolism abstracts in for Brain and BrainPET 2025 in Seoul! Deadline Feb 1st!! I’m so excited! www.brain2025.org
Brain & Brain PET 2025
The 32nd International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function & The 17th International Conference on Quantification of Brain Function with PET
www.brain2025.org
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Get your cerebral blood flow and metabolism abstracts in for Brain and BrainPET 2025 in Seoul! Deadline Feb 1st!! I’m so excited! www.brain2025.org
Reposted by Catherine Hall
Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices?
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
December 13, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Do you know any early career researchers in the UK who have contributed something special to improve research practices?
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
The call for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop award is open now! Nominations close on 26 January 2025.
www.ukrn.org/2024/12/12/t...
Classic Christmas.
December 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Classic Christmas.
Come apply to do a PhD with me or the other lovely Sussex Neuroscientists! (Choose me!!)
Our Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme is open for applications! Deadline Jan 13th, for Sept 2025 entry. Brilliant community of students and supervisors, and a choice of >60 labs for rotations- come and join us by the sea! www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...
Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme : PhD Programmes in Neuroscience : Sussex Neuroscience : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
December 12, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Come apply to do a PhD with me or the other lovely Sussex Neuroscientists! (Choose me!!)
Oh lovely Rye (and harbour) ….
December 11, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Oh lovely Rye (and harbour) ….
Fun to be at UCL celebrating Ernest Starling’s contribution to physiology with the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social . He’s got a lovely new blue plaque!
November 28, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Fun to be at UCL celebrating Ernest Starling’s contribution to physiology with the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social . He’s got a lovely new blue plaque!
Bluetorial!!!
A bluetorial about some challenges for our two-career family and some flaws in the culture of biomedical research.
homer simpson from the simpsons is holding a cup in front of a picture
ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is holding a cup in front of a picture
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Bluetorial!!!
Well Van Gogh at the National Gallery is unsurprisingly excellent, and more surprisingly more-or-less kept the 5 year old’s interest despite lack of animals. Fab day.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/...
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/...
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers | Exhibitions | National Gallery, London
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
November 16, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Well Van Gogh at the National Gallery is unsurprisingly excellent, and more surprisingly more-or-less kept the 5 year old’s interest despite lack of animals. Fab day.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/...
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/...
This is excellent content!!
Good morning Bluesky.
Here's a helpful starter pack for divorced men named Geoff but one has been murdered. Please help us find the killer.
go.bsky.app/KDY26rh
Here's a helpful starter pack for divorced men named Geoff but one has been murdered. Please help us find the killer.
go.bsky.app/KDY26rh
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
This is excellent content!!
Ok folks - important question. What are we going to call a “tweetorial”? Cos I am so excited there’s now people here to tell about our science but first we need to decide what to call it. I’ve played around with too many awful Lepidoptera not-quite puns to no avail. Help!
November 15, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Ok folks - important question. What are we going to call a “tweetorial”? Cos I am so excited there’s now people here to tell about our science but first we need to decide what to call it. I’ve played around with too many awful Lepidoptera not-quite puns to no avail. Help!
Suddenly so much Blueskience! (Bluescience? Blueskyence?)
November 12, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Suddenly so much Blueskience! (Bluescience? Blueskyence?)