Barry Bradford
@drbarrymbradford.bsky.social
Prion disease researcher (Lecturer) at The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh.
I’m raising awareness for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorder that has no treatment or cure. Together, we can support important research and programs for families affected. Learn more at www.cjdfoundation.org #IntlCJDAwarenessDay #cureCJD #CJDFoundation #CJDday
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Join us for CJD Advocacy Day in Washington DC Your voice is crucial in raising awareness of CJD and what needs to be done to make a difference! Join us in Washington, DC to meet with your legislative ...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’m raising awareness for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorder that has no treatment or cure. Together, we can support important research and programs for families affected. Learn more at www.cjdfoundation.org #IntlCJDAwarenessDay #cureCJD #CJDFoundation #CJDday
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A single case of atypical #BSE has been confirmed on a farm in Essex today. The fast identification of the disease is testament to a robust veterinary surveillance system that is effective in detecting potential risk.
Read our statement.
www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blo...
Read our statement.
www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blo...
Single case of atypical BSE confirmed in Essex | British Veterinary Association
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May 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A single case of atypical #BSE has been confirmed on a farm in Essex today. The fast identification of the disease is testament to a robust veterinary surveillance system that is effective in detecting potential risk.
Read our statement.
www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blo...
Read our statement.
www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blo...
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expert reaction to an atypical case of BSE detected on a farm in Essex
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expert reaction to an atypical case of BSE detected on a farm in Essex | Science Media Centre
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May 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
expert reaction to an atypical case of BSE detected on a farm in Essex
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www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Something to keep me busy 😁
Looking for some nice, clean, kid-friendly neuro content? How about a colouring-page about brain cells and they ways they interact?
Includes plain language explainers about different types of brain cells. I use this #OER in my #CogPsych classes 😉
#OA downloads: doi.org/10.21979/N9/...
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Includes plain language explainers about different types of brain cells. I use this #OER in my #CogPsych classes 😉
#OA downloads: doi.org/10.21979/N9/...
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January 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Something to keep me busy 😁
Lab & mind switched off, time to enjoy the festive break and refresh for 2025. What new things will we discover?
December 20, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Lab & mind switched off, time to enjoy the festive break and refresh for 2025. What new things will we discover?
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King's College London is seeking a Research Assistant to support study co-production and delivery of the 'Dementia Community Research Network'. Closing date: 5th January.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
December 17, 2024 at 10:03 AM
King's College London is seeking a Research Assistant to support study co-production and delivery of the 'Dementia Community Research Network'. Closing date: 5th January.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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‼️ SAVE THE DATE
The next EMDS Meeting will take place from 16-18th Sept. 2025 in majestic Edinburgh 🏴. If you love macs, monos &/or DCs, or just want to learn more about them, THIS is the meeting for you.
Space limited - so watch out for details.
@britsocimm.bsky.social
The next EMDS Meeting will take place from 16-18th Sept. 2025 in majestic Edinburgh 🏴. If you love macs, monos &/or DCs, or just want to learn more about them, THIS is the meeting for you.
Space limited - so watch out for details.
@britsocimm.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 9:04 AM
‼️ SAVE THE DATE
The next EMDS Meeting will take place from 16-18th Sept. 2025 in majestic Edinburgh 🏴. If you love macs, monos &/or DCs, or just want to learn more about them, THIS is the meeting for you.
Space limited - so watch out for details.
@britsocimm.bsky.social
The next EMDS Meeting will take place from 16-18th Sept. 2025 in majestic Edinburgh 🏴. If you love macs, monos &/or DCs, or just want to learn more about them, THIS is the meeting for you.
Space limited - so watch out for details.
@britsocimm.bsky.social
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Mucosal Immunology Winter Workshop;
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January 24th
School of Infection & Immunity University of Glasgow
FREE to register, limited spaces
❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️
January 24th
School of Infection & Immunity University of Glasgow
FREE to register, limited spaces
December 11, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Mucosal Immunology Winter Workshop;
❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️
January 24th
School of Infection & Immunity University of Glasgow
FREE to register, limited spaces
❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️❄️❄️☃️☃️
January 24th
School of Infection & Immunity University of Glasgow
FREE to register, limited spaces
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it's big, and it's a review of 601 papers on the topic - but here's an update on Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Michael Heneka, published in @natrevimmunol.bsky.social today
(MANY more authors listed and linked below)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Michael Heneka, published in @natrevimmunol.bsky.social today
(MANY more authors listed and linked below)
Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease - Nature Reviews Immunology
This Review provides an in-depth examination of how inflammation contributes to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease. The authors explore the impact of extrinsic factors, such as brain trauma, diet ...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:03 AM
it's big, and it's a review of 601 papers on the topic - but here's an update on Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Michael Heneka, published in @natrevimmunol.bsky.social today
(MANY more authors listed and linked below)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
led by Michael Heneka, published in @natrevimmunol.bsky.social today
(MANY more authors listed and linked below)
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This PhD project, with Iris Mair Amy Pedersen and myself looks at the interactions between microbiota and immune regulatory cells and pathways at barrier sites. It includes fieldwork with wild mice on the Isle of May. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EastBio: Microbiota and immune regulation at barrier sites – from wild to germ-free mice at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: Microbiota and immune regulation at barrier sites – from wild to germ-free mice at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:51 PM
This PhD project, with Iris Mair Amy Pedersen and myself looks at the interactions between microbiota and immune regulatory cells and pathways at barrier sites. It includes fieldwork with wild mice on the Isle of May. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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⭐NEW PUBLICATION⭐
The effect of a dominant kinase-dead Csf1r mutation associated with adult-onset leukoencephalopathy on brain development and neuropathology
@drbarrymbradford.bsky.social
Read the full publication below ⤵️
https://buff.ly/3VsbbE6
The effect of a dominant kinase-dead Csf1r mutation associated with adult-onset leukoencephalopathy on brain development and neuropathology
@drbarrymbradford.bsky.social
Read the full publication below ⤵️
https://buff.ly/3VsbbE6
December 10, 2024 at 9:30 AM
⭐NEW PUBLICATION⭐
The effect of a dominant kinase-dead Csf1r mutation associated with adult-onset leukoencephalopathy on brain development and neuropathology
@drbarrymbradford.bsky.social
Read the full publication below ⤵️
https://buff.ly/3VsbbE6
The effect of a dominant kinase-dead Csf1r mutation associated with adult-onset leukoencephalopathy on brain development and neuropathology
@drbarrymbradford.bsky.social
Read the full publication below ⤵️
https://buff.ly/3VsbbE6
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Neuroscientists: please consider following the BNA @britishneuro.bsky.social - a professional society that supports neuroscience and neuroscientists
December 9, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Neuroscientists: please consider following the BNA @britishneuro.bsky.social - a professional society that supports neuroscience and neuroscientists
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In the late 1980s, before anyone knew how Abeta was made, Wisniewski hypothesized that microglia made plaques because TEM showed amyloid in communication with microglial ER. Something to this I suppose? Maybe endosomes, not ER? I’m not a cell biologist. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Homeostatic microglia initially seed and activated microglia later reshape amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease - Nature Communications
The role of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease is debated. This paper shows that homeostatic microglia seed amyloid plaques in early disease stages and activated microglia compact plaques at later stage...
www.nature.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:04 PM
In the late 1980s, before anyone knew how Abeta was made, Wisniewski hypothesized that microglia made plaques because TEM showed amyloid in communication with microglial ER. Something to this I suppose? Maybe endosomes, not ER? I’m not a cell biologist. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prion spongiosis: the sponge-like appearance of #prion affected brain tissue when viewed under a microscope. Resulting from the formation of tiny, round vacuoles (holes) in the neuropil (the dense network of neurons and glial cells) and within neuronal cell bodies.
December 5, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Prion spongiosis: the sponge-like appearance of #prion affected brain tissue when viewed under a microscope. Resulting from the formation of tiny, round vacuoles (holes) in the neuropil (the dense network of neurons and glial cells) and within neuronal cell bodies.
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Job opportunity here in lovely Edinburgh with amazing colleagues in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 team!
The closing date is Monday 13th of January 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
The closing date is Monday 13th of January 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Lothian Birth Cohorts Group within the Psychology Department, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a PDRA on a full time, fixed term contract until 30th of June 2025 i...
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December 4, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Job opportunity here in lovely Edinburgh with amazing colleagues in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 team!
The closing date is Monday 13th of January 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
The closing date is Monday 13th of January 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Amyloid meaning starch or cellulose like described by Virchow (1851). Ordered protein aggregates that bind certain compounds such as Thioflavin. Shown here fluorescent #microscopy image of Chronic Wasting Disease #prions florid (flower-like) #amyloid plaque in the brain [bright green]
![Fluorescent microscopy image of Chronic Wasting Disease prions florid (flower-like) amyloid plaque in the brain [bright green]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vmrrat62drkiuqbd3knhvxws/bafkreieeyc5o4hvrmge2sh6ctuzhh6xxhyzk5a5jd5xeta7rnjvf3edcfy@jpeg)
December 4, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Amyloid meaning starch or cellulose like described by Virchow (1851). Ordered protein aggregates that bind certain compounds such as Thioflavin. Shown here fluorescent #microscopy image of Chronic Wasting Disease #prions florid (flower-like) #amyloid plaque in the brain [bright green]
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Exciting new discovery from colleagues @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, astrocyte metabolism compromised by amyloid and tau oligomers leading to insufficient support for neurons. Possible new target for treating AD.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Restoring hippocampal glucose metabolism rescues cognition across Alzheimer’s disease pathologies
Impaired cerebral glucose metabolism is a pathologic feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with recent proteomic studies highlighting disrupted glial metabolism in AD. We report that inhibition of indo...
www.science.org
November 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Exciting new discovery from colleagues @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, astrocyte metabolism compromised by amyloid and tau oligomers leading to insufficient support for neurons. Possible new target for treating AD.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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#Immunosky #neuroskyence our team is expanding and we’re recruiting a colleague with a strong background in neuroscience (PhD level) to conduct curiosity-driven research into the role of adaptive immunity in controlling sleep. Details & how to apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 5:05 AM
#Immunosky #neuroskyence our team is expanding and we’re recruiting a colleague with a strong background in neuroscience (PhD level) to conduct curiosity-driven research into the role of adaptive immunity in controlling sleep. Details & how to apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Results of another great collaboration including work from our PhD student looking at microglia role in pron disease #neurodegeneration: The effect of a dominant kinase-dead Csf1r mutation associated with adult-onset leukoencephalopathy on brain development and neuropathology doi.org/10.1016/j.nb...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Results of another great collaboration including work from our PhD student looking at microglia role in pron disease #neurodegeneration: The effect of a dominant kinase-dead Csf1r mutation associated with adult-onset leukoencephalopathy on brain development and neuropathology doi.org/10.1016/j.nb...
Reposted by Barry Bradford
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November 15, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Hi Blue Sky folks 😃
We bring together the diverse community of brain & mind researchers across the Uni of Edinburgh to promote interdisciplinary collaboration & positive research culture🧠
Follow us for
➡️Research highlights
🤝News from our community
🌎Events & opportunities
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
We bring together the diverse community of brain & mind researchers across the Uni of Edinburgh to promote interdisciplinary collaboration & positive research culture🧠
Follow us for
➡️Research highlights
🤝News from our community
🌎Events & opportunities
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
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12th November is CJD Awareness Day.
Creutzfeld Jacob Disease is a prion disease. A protein misfolds in the brain which causes ongoing damage. It is 100% fatal and most people die within six months of onset of symptoms.
#cjdAwareness
#PrionDiseaseAwareness
#GloballyUnitedForPrionDiseaseAwareness
Creutzfeld Jacob Disease is a prion disease. A protein misfolds in the brain which causes ongoing damage. It is 100% fatal and most people die within six months of onset of symptoms.
#cjdAwareness
#PrionDiseaseAwareness
#GloballyUnitedForPrionDiseaseAwareness
November 12, 2024 at 8:53 AM
12th November is CJD Awareness Day.
Creutzfeld Jacob Disease is a prion disease. A protein misfolds in the brain which causes ongoing damage. It is 100% fatal and most people die within six months of onset of symptoms.
#cjdAwareness
#PrionDiseaseAwareness
#GloballyUnitedForPrionDiseaseAwareness
Creutzfeld Jacob Disease is a prion disease. A protein misfolds in the brain which causes ongoing damage. It is 100% fatal and most people die within six months of onset of symptoms.
#cjdAwareness
#PrionDiseaseAwareness
#GloballyUnitedForPrionDiseaseAwareness