Marc Aurel Busche
@marcaurelbusche.bsky.social
Psychiatrist and Neuroscientist at the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL & Queen Square National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
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It was a pleasure to host @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for a special UK DRI webinar last week on how circuits fail in Alzheimer's disease, and hear about his lab's recent incredible findings 🧠
If you missed it, catch up here 👇
youtu.be/JzPFyO4ef-I?...
If you missed it, catch up here 👇
youtu.be/JzPFyO4ef-I?...
Rethinking neurodegeneration: How do brain circuits fail in early Alzheimer's disease?
YouTube video by UK Dementia Research Institute - UK DRI
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August 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It was a pleasure to host @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for a special UK DRI webinar last week on how circuits fail in Alzheimer's disease, and hear about his lab's recent incredible findings 🧠
If you missed it, catch up here 👇
youtu.be/JzPFyO4ef-I?...
If you missed it, catch up here 👇
youtu.be/JzPFyO4ef-I?...
Reposted by Marc Aurel Busche
🧠 How do brain circuits fail in early Alzheimer's disease? 🧠
Join @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for the next research webinar in our 'Rethinking neurodegeneration' series, taking place 4-5pm (BST), Thurs 24 July 🗓️
🚨 Register for free today! 🚨 Full info 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/events/rethi...
Join @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for the next research webinar in our 'Rethinking neurodegeneration' series, taking place 4-5pm (BST), Thurs 24 July 🗓️
🚨 Register for free today! 🚨 Full info 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/events/rethi...
July 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🧠 How do brain circuits fail in early Alzheimer's disease? 🧠
Join @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for the next research webinar in our 'Rethinking neurodegeneration' series, taking place 4-5pm (BST), Thurs 24 July 🗓️
🚨 Register for free today! 🚨 Full info 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/events/rethi...
Join @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for the next research webinar in our 'Rethinking neurodegeneration' series, taking place 4-5pm (BST), Thurs 24 July 🗓️
🚨 Register for free today! 🚨 Full info 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/events/rethi...
I‘m excited to speak at this UK DRI webinar “Rethinking Neurodegeneration” on 24 July, discussing cell type- and circuit-specific vulnerability in early Alzheimer’s. #Alzheimers #Neurodegeneration #UKDRI
🧠 How do brain circuits fail in early Alzheimer's disease? 🧠
Join @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for the next research webinar in our 'Rethinking neurodegeneration' series, taking place 4-5pm (BST), Thurs 24 July 🗓️
🚨 Register for free today! 🚨 Full info 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/events/rethi...
Join @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for the next research webinar in our 'Rethinking neurodegeneration' series, taking place 4-5pm (BST), Thurs 24 July 🗓️
🚨 Register for free today! 🚨 Full info 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/events/rethi...
July 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I‘m excited to speak at this UK DRI webinar “Rethinking Neurodegeneration” on 24 July, discussing cell type- and circuit-specific vulnerability in early Alzheimer’s. #Alzheimers #Neurodegeneration #UKDRI
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Research led by @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social and Dr Samuel Harris (@uclqsion.bsky.social & @ukdri.ac.uk) has discovered that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) family is essential for healthy communication between brain cells.
Alzheimer’s-linked proteins help to maintain healthy communication in the brain
Researchers at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology have discovered that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) family is essential for healthy communication between brain cells.
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July 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Research led by @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social and Dr Samuel Harris (@uclqsion.bsky.social & @ukdri.ac.uk) has discovered that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) family is essential for healthy communication between brain cells.
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Research led by Dr Samuel Harris and @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social reveals a role for the Alzheimer's-linked APP proteins in sustaining brain activity in healthy brains 🧠
The study provides insight into how their disruption could contribute to cognitive impairments👉https://buff.ly/KcwK7OQ
The study provides insight into how their disruption could contribute to cognitive impairments👉https://buff.ly/KcwK7OQ
June 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Research led by Dr Samuel Harris and @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social reveals a role for the Alzheimer's-linked APP proteins in sustaining brain activity in healthy brains 🧠
The study provides insight into how their disruption could contribute to cognitive impairments👉https://buff.ly/KcwK7OQ
The study provides insight into how their disruption could contribute to cognitive impairments👉https://buff.ly/KcwK7OQ
Closing date is June 12th - please do apply in case of interest!
Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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June 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Closing date is June 12th - please do apply in case of interest!
Reposted by Marc Aurel Busche
It is out! Read how you achieve 1.7 mm deep 3-photon imaging in prefrontal cortex with dendritic spine resolution over a week.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Three-photon in vivo imaging of neurons and glia in the medial prefrontal cortex with sub-cellular resolution - Communications Biology
Three-photon in vivo imaging provides access to medial prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and spinal cord in mice at up to 1.7 mm depth of neurons, dendrites, spines, astrocytes and microglia.
www.nature.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It is out! Read how you achieve 1.7 mm deep 3-photon imaging in prefrontal cortex with dendritic spine resolution over a week.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Reposted by Marc Aurel Busche
Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
shorturl.at
May 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Reposted by Marc Aurel Busche
A study led by Dr @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk) sheds light on the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s, identifying which layers and cell types of the brain are first affected.
Deep-layer brain cells falter first in early Alzheimer’s
A study led by Dr Marc Aurel Busche (UK DRI at UCL, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) sheds light on the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s, identifying which layers and cell types of the brain are…
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May 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A study led by Dr @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk) sheds light on the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s, identifying which layers and cell types of the brain are first affected.
Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
shorturl.at
May 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the @ukdri.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk We’re investigating neuronal and circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer's, and developing innovative new treatments.
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Apply here👇
shorturl.at/LpCAq
Reposted by Marc Aurel Busche
New research by @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social identifies where Alzheimer's begins in the brain, revealing which layers and cell types of the brain are first affected 🧠
The study opens up potential new pathways for targeted therapies👉https://buff.ly/4GlltQF
The study opens up potential new pathways for targeted therapies👉https://buff.ly/4GlltQF
May 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New research by @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social identifies where Alzheimer's begins in the brain, revealing which layers and cell types of the brain are first affected 🧠
The study opens up potential new pathways for targeted therapies👉https://buff.ly/4GlltQF
The study opens up potential new pathways for targeted therapies👉https://buff.ly/4GlltQF
Where does Alzheimer’s begin in the brain? Our study in @cp-neuron.bsky.social shows that the earliest amyloid-related neuronal dysfunction emerges selectively in deep cortical layers (layers 5/6), targeting fast-spiking parvalbumin interneurons via reductions in NPTX2.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Selectively vulnerable deep cortical layer 5/6 fast-spiking interneurons in Alzheimer’s disease models in vivo
Papanikolaou et al. show that deep-layer cortical neurons exhibit abnormally prolonged
Ca2+ transients early in Alzheimer’s mouse models. This is linked to suppressed activity
and altered tuning of fa...
www.cell.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Where does Alzheimer’s begin in the brain? Our study in @cp-neuron.bsky.social shows that the earliest amyloid-related neuronal dysfunction emerges selectively in deep cortical layers (layers 5/6), targeting fast-spiking parvalbumin interneurons via reductions in NPTX2.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Impressive research. We are proud to support your work!
Grateful to @ukdri.ac.uk, medical research council, @ukri.org, @curealzheimersfund.bsky.social, @brightfocus.bsky.social, @alzassociation.bsky.social, and others for their support
May 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Impressive research. We are proud to support your work!
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Delighted to have played a part in this work, now out in @cellpress.bsky.social, where we show how soluble high molecular weight tau from Alzheimer’s brain suppresses burst firing in hippocampal neurons.
Our latest work, published in @cellpress.bsky.social, identifies a rare soluble #tau species in human #Alzheimer’s brain that suppresses CA1 complex-spike bursting, a hippocampal neuronal firing pattern that is critical for learning and memory.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived high-molecular-weight tau impairs bursting in hippocampal neurons
In mouse models, tau impairs neuronal complex spike bursting and associated network
processes in hippocampus CA1 alongside CaV2.3 downregulation. Soluble high-molecular-weight
tau species drive these ...
www.cell.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Delighted to have played a part in this work, now out in @cellpress.bsky.social, where we show how soluble high molecular weight tau from Alzheimer’s brain suppresses burst firing in hippocampal neurons.
Our latest work, published in @cellpress.bsky.social, identifies a rare soluble #tau species in human #Alzheimer’s brain that suppresses CA1 complex-spike bursting, a hippocampal neuronal firing pattern that is critical for learning and memory.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived high-molecular-weight tau impairs bursting in hippocampal neurons
In mouse models, tau impairs neuronal complex spike bursting and associated network
processes in hippocampus CA1 alongside CaV2.3 downregulation. Soluble high-molecular-weight
tau species drive these ...
www.cell.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Our latest work, published in @cellpress.bsky.social, identifies a rare soluble #tau species in human #Alzheimer’s brain that suppresses CA1 complex-spike bursting, a hippocampal neuronal firing pattern that is critical for learning and memory.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Reposted by Marc Aurel Busche
New research led by @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social has found that tau specifically disrupts a certain type of electrical activity in the hippocampus in Alzheimer's🧠
The findings unlock a key piece of the puzzle in understanding how toxic tau drives memory problems👏👉 buff.ly/yx8Rdk6
The findings unlock a key piece of the puzzle in understanding how toxic tau drives memory problems👏👉 buff.ly/yx8Rdk6
April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New research led by @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social has found that tau specifically disrupts a certain type of electrical activity in the hippocampus in Alzheimer's🧠
The findings unlock a key piece of the puzzle in understanding how toxic tau drives memory problems👏👉 buff.ly/yx8Rdk6
The findings unlock a key piece of the puzzle in understanding how toxic tau drives memory problems👏👉 buff.ly/yx8Rdk6
Stelle als Oberärztin/Oberarzt: An der Universitären Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER in Basel entsteht eine interdisziplinäre Verbindung von Klinik, Diagnostik und translationaler Forschung in Demenz/Alterspsychiatrie. Jetzt aktiv mitgestalten. www.felixplatter.ch/felixplatter...
Oberärztin oder Oberarzt Alterspsychiatrie
www.felixplatter.ch
April 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Stelle als Oberärztin/Oberarzt: An der Universitären Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER in Basel entsteht eine interdisziplinäre Verbindung von Klinik, Diagnostik und translationaler Forschung in Demenz/Alterspsychiatrie. Jetzt aktiv mitgestalten. www.felixplatter.ch/felixplatter...
Delighted to see the Synapsis Foundation & Race Against Dementia investing in the next generation of dementia researchers! Hopefully just a start of a growing UK-Swiss collaboration in this very important area.
🚨 Funding opportunity for dementia researchers! Up to CHF 100K/year for 5 years to support postdocs on their path to independence. Open to Swiss & EMBO institutions with Race Against Dementia. Apply by 7 April 2025.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/fell...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/fell...
Fellowships / Career Development Awards
Dementia Research Switzerland - Synapsis Foundation & Race Against Dementia Career Development / Fellowship Award competition - for researchers at Swiss Institutions
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Delighted to see the Synapsis Foundation & Race Against Dementia investing in the next generation of dementia researchers! Hopefully just a start of a growing UK-Swiss collaboration in this very important area.
Delighted to see this news! Rikesh is an outstanding colleague - creative, dedicated, and absolutely committed to the fight against dementia. He will be a tremendous asset to the new BHF-UK DRI Centre. Wishing him every success - they couldn’t have picked a better person!
Delighted to announce @rikeshrajani.bsky.social as the first Group Leader to join our flagship vascular dementia research centre with @thebhf.bsky.social 🎉👏
The Rajani Lab will investigate how the protective myelin sheath around brain cells is damaged in small vessel disease👉 buff.ly/4hIGaVM
The Rajani Lab will investigate how the protective myelin sheath around brain cells is damaged in small vessel disease👉 buff.ly/4hIGaVM
February 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Delighted to see this news! Rikesh is an outstanding colleague - creative, dedicated, and absolutely committed to the fight against dementia. He will be a tremendous asset to the new BHF-UK DRI Centre. Wishing him every success - they couldn’t have picked a better person!
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Link to British dementia work with @selinawray.bsky.social : link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congrats to Rikesh and @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for their oligodendrocyte paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Congrats to Rikesh and @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for their oligodendrocyte paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Microglia contribute to the production of the amyloidogenic ABri peptide in familial British dementia - Acta Neuropathologica
Mutations in ITM2B cause familial British, Danish, Chinese, and Korean dementias. In familial British dementia (FBD), a mutation in the stop codon of the ITM2B gene (also known as BRI2) causes a C-ter...
link.springer.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Link to British dementia work with @selinawray.bsky.social : link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congrats to Rikesh and @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for their oligodendrocyte paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Congrats to Rikesh and @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social for their oligodendrocyte paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Reposted by Marc Aurel Busche
On my way to UCL to give a seminar on all things #tau and #iPSC! Looking forward to hanging out with the @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social and @selinawray.bsky.social labs 😊
Struggling with my enormous Edinburgh-weather-appropriate but London-inappropriate coat on the Piccadilly line though 🫣
Struggling with my enormous Edinburgh-weather-appropriate but London-inappropriate coat on the Piccadilly line though 🫣
November 26, 2024 at 11:31 AM
On my way to UCL to give a seminar on all things #tau and #iPSC! Looking forward to hanging out with the @marcaurelbusche.bsky.social and @selinawray.bsky.social labs 😊
Struggling with my enormous Edinburgh-weather-appropriate but London-inappropriate coat on the Piccadilly line though 🫣
Struggling with my enormous Edinburgh-weather-appropriate but London-inappropriate coat on the Piccadilly line though 🫣