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Our Dementia Research Oxford Seminar series recommences on Sept 11th with Prof Martin Turner on 'Advancing therapy development in ALS'. 12 Noon on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)
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#TuesdayReads:
Becky Carlyle et al develop and validate an ELISA to measure PKM in cerebrospinal fluid—linking elevated levels to accelerated cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s and highlighting PKM as a potential early biomarker.
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Becky Carlyle et al develop and validate an ELISA to measure PKM in cerebrospinal fluid—linking elevated levels to accelerated cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s and highlighting PKM as a potential early biomarker.
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Immunoassay for pyruvate kinase M1/2 as an Alzheimer’s biomarker in CSF
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain, but these markers alone do not predict disease progression. The intersection of these pathologies with o...
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August 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#TuesdayReads:
Becky Carlyle et al develop and validate an ELISA to measure PKM in cerebrospinal fluid—linking elevated levels to accelerated cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s and highlighting PKM as a potential early biomarker.
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Becky Carlyle et al develop and validate an ELISA to measure PKM in cerebrospinal fluid—linking elevated levels to accelerated cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s and highlighting PKM as a potential early biomarker.
🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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🗨️ "One of the brilliant things about Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre is that it helps to bridge the gap between academia and the clinical world."
In this new interview, Dr Howard Ryland discusses his career and what has led him into his current roles.
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In this new interview, Dr Howard Ryland discusses his career and what has led him into his current roles.
tinyurl.com/2u9vdzwk
August 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🗨️ "One of the brilliant things about Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre is that it helps to bridge the gap between academia and the clinical world."
In this new interview, Dr Howard Ryland discusses his career and what has led him into his current roles.
tinyurl.com/2u9vdzwk
In this new interview, Dr Howard Ryland discusses his career and what has led him into his current roles.
tinyurl.com/2u9vdzwk
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New study mapping infectious diseases, co-led by
@akiversen.bsky.social, provides new insights into zoonoses - diseases transmitted from animals to humans ⬇️
@akiversen.bsky.social, provides new insights into zoonoses - diseases transmitted from animals to humans ⬇️
NEW: A research project led by Oxford University, Copenhagen University and @cam.ac.uk shows that large-scale mapping of prehistoric teeth and bones can reveal new insights into present-day infectious diseases.
Find out more ⬇️
Find out more ⬇️
Prehistoric teeth used to create historic map of infectious diseases
A research project led jointly by researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Copenhagen and University of Cambridge shows that large-scale mapping of prehistoric teeth and bones
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July 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
New study mapping infectious diseases, co-led by
@akiversen.bsky.social, provides new insights into zoonoses - diseases transmitted from animals to humans ⬇️
@akiversen.bsky.social, provides new insights into zoonoses - diseases transmitted from animals to humans ⬇️
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Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families, thanks to a £27 million gift from The Paul Foundation @cathycreswell.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social
www.psy.ox.ac.uk/news/ps27-mi...
www.psy.ox.ac.uk/news/ps27-mi...
£27 million gift funds new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research focused on young people’s mental health
Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families with £27 million from The Paul Foundation.
www.psy.ox.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families, thanks to a £27 million gift from The Paul Foundation @cathycreswell.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social
www.psy.ox.ac.uk/news/ps27-mi...
www.psy.ox.ac.uk/news/ps27-mi...
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An exciting year ahead for EP...
We look forward to moving into the new Life and Mind Building with Biology! 🎉
#HappyNewYear #LifeandMindBuilding
We look forward to moving into the new Life and Mind Building with Biology! 🎉
#HappyNewYear #LifeandMindBuilding
Happy new year🎉
2025 marks an exciting chapter for Oxford Biology as we move into our new home - the Life and Mind Building.
While its design earns global recognition, it’s the research inside that will leave a lasting impact well beyond this year.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...
2025 marks an exciting chapter for Oxford Biology as we move into our new home - the Life and Mind Building.
While its design earns global recognition, it’s the research inside that will leave a lasting impact well beyond this year.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...
11 architecture projects set to shape the world in 2025 | CNN
From innovative timber buildings to one of Asia’s largest new airports, here are 11 projects opening in the next 12 months.
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January 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
An exciting year ahead for EP...
We look forward to moving into the new Life and Mind Building with Biology! 🎉
#HappyNewYear #LifeandMindBuilding
We look forward to moving into the new Life and Mind Building with Biology! 🎉
#HappyNewYear #LifeandMindBuilding
Our Dementia Research Oxford Seminar series recommences on Sept 11th with Prof Martin Turner on 'Advancing therapy development in ALS'. 12 Noon on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@masudhusain.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
@masudhusain.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Our Dementia Research Oxford Seminar series recommences on Sept 11th with Prof Martin Turner on 'Advancing therapy development in ALS'. 12 Noon on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@masudhusain.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
@masudhusain.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
Enjoyed the 1st International Feline Encephalitis Owners Day which focused on researching autoimmune encephalitis in cats, particularly those with acute-onset seizures and limbic encephalitis, with a goal of improving diagnosis and treatment. @royalvetcollege.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Enjoyed the 1st International Feline Encephalitis Owners Day which focused on researching autoimmune encephalitis in cats, particularly those with acute-onset seizures and limbic encephalitis, with a goal of improving diagnosis and treatment. @royalvetcollege.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
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It’s the Oxford Neuroscience Symposium today and Psychiatry’s Michael Colwell just presented on direct serotonin release in humans and how it shapes aversive learning and inhibition.
You can read more about Michael’s paper on this here: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/seroton... @oxneuro.bsky.social
You can read more about Michael’s paper on this here: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/seroton... @oxneuro.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It’s the Oxford Neuroscience Symposium today and Psychiatry’s Michael Colwell just presented on direct serotonin release in humans and how it shapes aversive learning and inhibition.
You can read more about Michael’s paper on this here: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/seroton... @oxneuro.bsky.social
You can read more about Michael’s paper on this here: www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/seroton... @oxneuro.bsky.social
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We’re at the #OxfordNeuroscienceSymposium today. Dr Ashwini Oswal is now presenting on the network mechanisms of motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease @oxneuro.bsky.social @ashwinioswal.bsky.social @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We’re at the #OxfordNeuroscienceSymposium today. Dr Ashwini Oswal is now presenting on the network mechanisms of motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease @oxneuro.bsky.social @ashwinioswal.bsky.social @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk
Looking forward to the inaugural International Feline Encephalitis Group Owners Day @encephalitisint.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social www.rvc.ac.uk/research/fel...
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Looking forward to the inaugural International Feline Encephalitis Group Owners Day @encephalitisint.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social www.rvc.ac.uk/research/fel...
Increasing sleep awareness on #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Increasing sleep awareness on #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social
Good turnout for our public activies at the John Radcliffe Hospital on #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Good turnout for our public activies at the John Radcliffe Hospital on #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social
Looking for ward to our public activies at the John Radcliffe Hospital for #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Looking for ward to our public activies at the John Radcliffe Hospital for #WorldSleepDay @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social
New reserarch by Yan et al., will simplify the assessment of extracellular vesicle membrane proteins and facilitate their application as diagnostic biomarkers across diverse clinical indications. www.cell.com/cell-reports... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
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March 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New reserarch by Yan et al., will simplify the assessment of extracellular vesicle membrane proteins and facilitate their application as diagnostic biomarkers across diverse clinical indications. www.cell.com/cell-reports... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
@kavlioxford.bsky.social
@kavlioxford.bsky.social
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New 🫀🧠 paper in eBiomedicine: we show that BMI, blood pressure, and physical activity in childhood and adolescence are linked with early structural differences in brain regions that are known to be affected in dementia.
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Association of early life cardiovascular risk factors with grey matter structure in young adults in the United Kingdom: the ALSPAC study
Cumulative exposures to obesity, hypertension, and physical inactivity from midlife (40–65 years) onwards are three known cardiovascular risk factors …
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December 3, 2024 at 2:20 PM
New 🫀🧠 paper in eBiomedicine: we show that BMI, blood pressure, and physical activity in childhood and adolescence are linked with early structural differences in brain regions that are known to be affected in dementia.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Congratulations to Lukas Krone, new Staines Medical Research Fellow @exetercollegeox.bsky.social
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/lukas-k...
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/lukas-k...
Lukas Krone sworn in as Staines Medical Research Fellow at Exeter College
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November 21, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Congratulations to Lukas Krone, new Staines Medical Research Fellow @exetercollegeox.bsky.social
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/lukas-k...
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Celebrating our highly cited researchers www.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk/news/leading... @saadjbabdi.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Celebrating our highly cited researchers www.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk/news/leading... @saadjbabdi.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
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Excited to share our new publication out today in Nature Communications! Congrats to the team! @craggasap.bsky.social
#dopamine #astrocytes #acetylcholine #openscience Supported by @ukri.org and @asapresearch.bsky.social
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#dopamine #astrocytes #acetylcholine #openscience Supported by @ukri.org and @asapresearch.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d0Knj
Rapid modulation of striatal cholinergic interneurons and dopamine release by satellite astrocytes
Nature Communications - Astrocytes perform intriguing roles in neural circuits. Here, the authors show that in striatum, astrocytes adopt a satellite-like proximity to cholinergic interneurons,...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Excited to share our new publication out today in Nature Communications! Congrats to the team! @craggasap.bsky.social
#dopamine #astrocytes #acetylcholine #openscience Supported by @ukri.org and @asapresearch.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d0Knj
#dopamine #astrocytes #acetylcholine #openscience Supported by @ukri.org and @asapresearch.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d0Knj
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I'm happy to share our Review article, "Cognitive Maps and Schizophrenia", synthesising evidence for representation-level abnormalities in the condition, and proposing directions for future work. Out now in Trends in Cognitive Science.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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November 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I'm happy to share our Review article, "Cognitive Maps and Schizophrenia", synthesising evidence for representation-level abnormalities in the condition, and proposing directions for future work. Out now in Trends in Cognitive Science.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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👏Congratulations to colleagues from our BRC and the University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry who have been named on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2024.
Read more: oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024-highly-...
Read more: oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024-highly-...
November 20, 2024 at 11:40 AM
👏Congratulations to colleagues from our BRC and the University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry who have been named on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2024.
Read more: oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024-highly-...
Read more: oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024-highly-...
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Please keep the date for HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTEX DEVELOPMENT III - Anatomical Society Meeting 14-16th July 2025, St John’s College, Oxford
Follow up to two meetings in 2010 and in 2018 issues of the Journal of Anatomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580...
Follow up to two meetings in 2010 and in 2018 issues of the Journal of Anatomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580...
November 17, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Please keep the date for HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTEX DEVELOPMENT III - Anatomical Society Meeting 14-16th July 2025, St John’s College, Oxford
Follow up to two meetings in 2010 and in 2018 issues of the Journal of Anatomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580...
Follow up to two meetings in 2010 and in 2018 issues of the Journal of Anatomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580...
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Pleased to share our #neuroscience preprint on how tau pathology affects head direction cells of the anterodorsal thalamus and induces disorientation, an early sign of #dementia
Pathological tau alters head direction signaling and induces spatial disorientation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.07.622548v1
Pathological tau alters head direction signaling and induces spatial disorientation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.07.622548v1
Disorientation is an early symptom of dementia, suggesting impairments in neural circuits responsibl
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November 9, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Pleased to share our #neuroscience preprint on how tau pathology affects head direction cells of the anterodorsal thalamus and induces disorientation, an early sign of #dementia