Claire Hetherington
clairehetherington.bsky.social
Claire Hetherington
@clairehetherington.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Brain Infection and Inflammation Group at the University of Liverpool. iPSC and electrophysiology enthusiast. Mum, roller derby skater 🛼, weightlifter🏋️#encephalitis
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💫 LINC Synapse Award: ‘How do signals from brain tumour disrupt brain activity?’💫 a project linking neuro-inflammation with neuro-oncology.

Congratulations to ECRs @clairehetherington.bsky.social & Ali Bakhsh @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

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November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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we have a rule at our house that if it is past 9pm and you are having feelings, the only thing you are allowed to do is have a snack and go to bed, so anyway, I will be having a snack and going to bed!!
April 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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October 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre Director, Professor Benedict Michael (@benedictneuro.bsky.social), has played a key role in a crucial new WHO technical brief on encephalitis.

➡️ bit.ly/3VlG39a

#TeamLivUni
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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🎉 Huge shoutout to @clairehetherington.bsky.social for her fantastic poster presentation at #BNA2025 yesterday! 👏

Today, we're cheering @sarahboardman.bsky.social — good luck! 🍀
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Hi #BNA2025! I’ll be at my poster this afternoon if you fancy talking about seizures during encephalitis, iPSC-neuron modelling and multi electrode array electrophysiology!
April 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I am at #bna2025! I will be presenting my postdoc work as a poster in tomorrow’s session. Who else is here? 😄
April 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb.

https://go.nature.com/41rTube
Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time
Nature - The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease.
go.nature.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Happy World Encephalitis Day #Red4WED
Watch our video & help to raise awareness of #Encephatlits: a growing global threat. 👀 🧠 https://youtu.be/d_y8f6065Lc @encephalitisint.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🌍 Tomorrow marks #WorldEncephalitisDay, and we're proud to share that Dr Franklyn Egbe @livuni-ives.bsky.social has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Accelerator Award to explore the use of blood biomarkers to rapidly diagnose the condition and identify the cause.

▶️ bit.ly/4gViCf3 #TeamLivUni
February 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM