Edinburgh Neuroscience
@edinunineuro.bsky.social
Edinburgh Neuroscience is a diverse community of world-class researchers in neuroscience, psychology & clinical psychology at the University of Edinburgh.
https://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/
https://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/
Amazing news! We are delighted @sorayam.bsky.social will continue to make such an important contribution at Edinburgh!!! 🧠🧫🥼🔬👏🏼🎉
🚨Meet the latest early career researchers awarded Race Against Dementia Fellowships🚨
These rising stars are challenging old ideas and driving bold new approaches to speed up progress @RichardTaylor @sorayam.bsky.social @HelenRowland
These rising stars are challenging old ideas and driving bold new approaches to speed up progress @RichardTaylor @sorayam.bsky.social @HelenRowland
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Amazing news! We are delighted @sorayam.bsky.social will continue to make such an important contribution at Edinburgh!!! 🧠🧫🥼🔬👏🏼🎉
TODAY at 2pm 👇🏼
⏰Register for this afternoon's webinar⏰
Prof David Hunt is one of the panel members in this joint webinar between The Lancet Group & Cell Press. The panel will examine the importance of innate immunity in the development of neurological diseases.
Register👉https://tinyurl.com/2p9npehy
@ukdri.ac.uk
Prof David Hunt is one of the panel members in this joint webinar between The Lancet Group & Cell Press. The panel will examine the importance of innate immunity in the development of neurological diseases.
Register👉https://tinyurl.com/2p9npehy
@ukdri.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
TODAY at 2pm 👇🏼
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme (edin.ac/43YnL2g)
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme (edin.ac/43YnL2g)
Data from this study by Isabel Bravo-Ferrer and colleagues paves the way for future studies to investigate how region-specific blood-brain barrier dysfunction may contribute to disease-associated regional vulnerability in the brain.
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Data from this study by Isabel Bravo-Ferrer and colleagues paves the way for future studies to investigate how region-specific blood-brain barrier dysfunction may contribute to disease-associated regional vulnerability in the brain.
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
Real the full paper: edin.ac/4idNn1a
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme. Take a look! usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There are lots of new neuro projects in this cohort-based, fully funded PhD programme. Take a look! usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
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Research Assistant Neuronal Cell Biologist at DPAG Oxford working on lysosomal function in Parkinsons disease using stem cell culture and neuronal assays. Closing date: 5th December
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Assistant: Lysosomal function in Parkinson’s
Research Assistant Neuronal Cell Biologist at DPAG Oxford working on lysosomal function in Parkinsons disease using stem cell culture and neuronal assays.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Research Assistant Neuronal Cell Biologist at DPAG Oxford working on lysosomal function in Parkinsons disease using stem cell culture and neuronal assays. Closing date: 5th December
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Phd alert 👇🏼
We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility | Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme | Usher Institute
Precision Medicine Project - Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility
usher.ed.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Phd alert 👇🏼
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Although I'm horrified to see a massive landscape picture of my head here, this is a really important piece about the maturation of scholar-led, non-profit publishing. As I write, chaos is coming but there are enormous opportunities to quit the big 5
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing - Research Professional News
Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Although I'm horrified to see a massive landscape picture of my head here, this is a really important piece about the maturation of scholar-led, non-profit publishing. As I write, chaos is coming but there are enormous opportunities to quit the big 5
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Prof Richard Chin is Clinical Lead of Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre & Consultant Paediatric Neurologist in Edinburgh.
He was born and grew up in Jamaica. Many have asked Richard how to help after Hurricane Melissa. Please give what you can to his gofundme page: edin.ac/4r1xejq
#OutofManyOnePeople
He was born and grew up in Jamaica. Many have asked Richard how to help after Hurricane Melissa. Please give what you can to his gofundme page: edin.ac/4r1xejq
#OutofManyOnePeople
Donate to One Love - Melissa relief fundraiser for Jamaica, organized by Richard Chin
Hi, I am Professor Richard Chin, a child brain specialist at the Univers… Richard Chin needs your support for One Love - Melissa relief fundraiser for Jamaica
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Prof Richard Chin is Clinical Lead of Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre & Consultant Paediatric Neurologist in Edinburgh.
He was born and grew up in Jamaica. Many have asked Richard how to help after Hurricane Melissa. Please give what you can to his gofundme page: edin.ac/4r1xejq
#OutofManyOnePeople
He was born and grew up in Jamaica. Many have asked Richard how to help after Hurricane Melissa. Please give what you can to his gofundme page: edin.ac/4r1xejq
#OutofManyOnePeople
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🔍Want to discover retinal surrogate markers of brain disease? 🧠 Our fully-funded PhD project in #PrecisionMedicine aims to unlock the retina as a marker of brain health. Join us for an exciting journey at the forefront of medical research! [1/4]
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🔍Want to discover retinal surrogate markers of brain disease? 🧠 Our fully-funded PhD project in #PrecisionMedicine aims to unlock the retina as a marker of brain health. Join us for an exciting journey at the forefront of medical research! [1/4]
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📅 Save the Date!
In partnership with the British Pain Society (BPS), we’re hosting “Women in Pain”, a webinar exploring how gender shapes pain research, neuroscience, and clinical care.
🕡 Wed 26 Nov | 6:30 PM
🎙️ Featuring Prof. Kirsty Bannister, Prof. Katy Vincent & Dr. Letizia Pontoriero
In partnership with the British Pain Society (BPS), we’re hosting “Women in Pain”, a webinar exploring how gender shapes pain research, neuroscience, and clinical care.
🕡 Wed 26 Nov | 6:30 PM
🎙️ Featuring Prof. Kirsty Bannister, Prof. Katy Vincent & Dr. Letizia Pontoriero
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
📅 Save the Date!
In partnership with the British Pain Society (BPS), we’re hosting “Women in Pain”, a webinar exploring how gender shapes pain research, neuroscience, and clinical care.
🕡 Wed 26 Nov | 6:30 PM
🎙️ Featuring Prof. Kirsty Bannister, Prof. Katy Vincent & Dr. Letizia Pontoriero
In partnership with the British Pain Society (BPS), we’re hosting “Women in Pain”, a webinar exploring how gender shapes pain research, neuroscience, and clinical care.
🕡 Wed 26 Nov | 6:30 PM
🎙️ Featuring Prof. Kirsty Bannister, Prof. Katy Vincent & Dr. Letizia Pontoriero
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Abstract submissions have been extended for Scotland's 2026 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) event.
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Tuesday 11 November.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Tuesday 11 November.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Abstract submissions have been extended for Scotland's 2026 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) event.
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Tuesday 11 November.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Tuesday 11 November.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
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A recent publication by Euan MacDonald Centre members explores the links between apathy and quality of life in people with ALS.
#ALS #MND #apathy #research
For more info 👉 edin.ac/43jHx87
@ukdri.ac.uk @schoolofppls.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
#ALS #MND #apathy #research
For more info 👉 edin.ac/43jHx87
@ukdri.ac.uk @schoolofppls.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
Self-reported initiation apathy is related to worse quality of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Nov 2025: New publication explores the links between apathy and quality of life.
edin.ac
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A recent publication by Euan MacDonald Centre members explores the links between apathy and quality of life in people with ALS.
#ALS #MND #apathy #research
For more info 👉 edin.ac/43jHx87
@ukdri.ac.uk @schoolofppls.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
#ALS #MND #apathy #research
For more info 👉 edin.ac/43jHx87
@ukdri.ac.uk @schoolofppls.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
Join us for our annual lecture! We have a fantastic line-up this year: a consultant neurosurgeon and two discovery scientists will discuss how they are redefining biomedical methods - using living human brain tissue - bringing us closer to curing major neurological diseases.
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Edinburgh Neuroscience Public Christmas Lecture 2025
A brain surgeon and two discovery scientists unwrap the story of their unique collaboration using living human brain slices.
edin.ac
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Join us for our annual lecture! We have a fantastic line-up this year: a consultant neurosurgeon and two discovery scientists will discuss how they are redefining biomedical methods - using living human brain tissue - bringing us closer to curing major neurological diseases.
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
A study providing evidence that variations in DNA methylation are associated with Major Depression. It adds further evidence supporting involvement of the immune system. 🧠🧬📄
New Publication:
A methylome-wide association study of major depression with out-of-sample case–control classification and trans-ancestry comparison
@edinunineuro.bsky.social @uoe-igc.bsky.social @roslininstitute.bsky.social @edinunilbc.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A methylome-wide association study of major depression with out-of-sample case–control classification and trans-ancestry comparison
@edinunineuro.bsky.social @uoe-igc.bsky.social @roslininstitute.bsky.social @edinunilbc.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A methylome-wide association study of major depression with out-of-sample case–control classification and trans-ancestry comparison - Nature Mental Health
The authors report a meta-analysis of methylome-wide association studies, identifying 15 significant CpG sites linked to major depression, revealing associations with inflammatory markers and suggesti...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A study providing evidence that variations in DNA methylation are associated with Major Depression. It adds further evidence supporting involvement of the immune system. 🧠🧬📄
Revealed: dynamic BEC-endfoot communication pathways that are relevant to human physiology and provide methodology and datasets for the translational study of BEC-astrocyte crosstalk in health and disease 👇
Finally it’s here! 🌟⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer
1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes?
2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body.
3- Is it relevant to human diseases?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer
1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes?
2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body.
3- Is it relevant to human diseases?
Fig. 1: Establishment of methods to identify astrocyte endfoot proteins. | Nature Communications
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Revealed: dynamic BEC-endfoot communication pathways that are relevant to human physiology and provide methodology and datasets for the translational study of BEC-astrocyte crosstalk in health and disease 👇
Hope it went well, David!! Keep us up to date on any future events and welcome to Edinburgh 😁
@edinunineuro.bsky.social all are welcome!
My first presentation in my new position @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social will be the Psychiatry Seminar today, "Experimental precision medicine: Using genetically diverse mice to better model human health and disease".
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hope it went well, David!! Keep us up to date on any future events and welcome to Edinburgh 😁
Great salon webinar from @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social this week, featuring @slantinglight.bsky.social (Martha Pollard) from #Edinburgh 👇🏼
Every researcher faces the question: “Should I stay or should I go?”
Amy Lloyd & Martha Pollard explore purpose, doubt, and belonging in dementia research.
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/OhufIj16ZVY
#DementiaResearch #AcademicCareers #SalonWebinar
Amy Lloyd & Martha Pollard explore purpose, doubt, and belonging in dementia research.
🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/OhufIj16ZVY
#DementiaResearch #AcademicCareers #SalonWebinar
Should I stay or should I go... does research need me?
YouTube video by Dementia Researcher
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Great salon webinar from @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social this week, featuring @slantinglight.bsky.social (Martha Pollard) from #Edinburgh 👇🏼
🎃👻💀
The lab went to our institute Halloween party as research models- spot yeast, human, E.coli, naked mole rat, axolotl, fusing organoid, frog, drosophila, excitatory neuron and oligodendrocyte!!!
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🎃👻💀
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We are hiring for a PhD-level Staff Scientist to join our teams in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of human 🧠 neuroanatomy and molecular neuroscience
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recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...
Lieber Institute For Brain Development - Staff Scientist I, Translational Neuroscience
A little about us:The Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD) was established in 2010 to plot a new course in biomedical research that would change the lives of individuals affected with develop...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are hiring for a PhD-level Staff Scientist to join our teams in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of human 🧠 neuroanatomy and molecular neuroscience
recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...
recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...
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🧟This Halloween, explore how eerie experiments and 19th-century neuroscience shaped the darkest corners of gothic literature.
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
a black and white photo of frankenstein laying on a bed with his eyes closed
ALT: a black and white photo of frankenstein laying on a bed with his eyes closed
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October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🧟This Halloween, explore how eerie experiments and 19th-century neuroscience shaped the darkest corners of gothic literature.
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
The BHF Cardiovascular Biomarker Laboratory is recruiting a full-time technician. Closing date 5 November 2025. More info and application: edin.ac/43BA701
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The BHF Cardiovascular Biomarker Laboratory is recruiting a full-time technician. Closing date 5 November 2025. More info and application: edin.ac/43BA701
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We have an exciting PhD position available in the Williams lab related to cerebral small vessel disease and funded through our Racing Against Dementia project - if you are interested then do apply here: regenerative-medicine.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD opportunities | Centre for Regenerative Medicine | Centre of Regenerative Medicine
Information about available funded PhD Positions
regenerative-medicine.ed.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We have an exciting PhD position available in the Williams lab related to cerebral small vessel disease and funded through our Racing Against Dementia project - if you are interested then do apply here: regenerative-medicine.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Abstract submissions are open for Scotland's 2026 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) event.
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Friday 31 October.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Friday 31 October.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Abstract submissions are open for Scotland's 2026 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) event.
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Friday 31 October.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Friday 31 October.
Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of
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Applications are now open for the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government's NHS Researcher Development Fellowship.
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 17 December 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/fellowship-funding/csonhsrdf/
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 17 December 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/fellowship-funding/csonhsrdf/
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Applications are now open for the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government's NHS Researcher Development Fellowship.
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 17 December 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/fellowship-funding/csonhsrdf/
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 17 December 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/fellowship-funding/csonhsrdf/