Patrick Lewis
@patrickalfrynlewis.bsky.social
Biochemist and academic working to understand how cells go wrong in neurodegenerative disease.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4537-0489
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4537-0489
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Throwback to WPC 2019 in Kyoto, Japan with the WPC Global Choir, led by WPC Choir Director, Judi Spencer. You're invited to join the WPC Global Choir and join us at #wpc2026 in #phoenix.
WPC Choir: https://wpc2026.org/choir
#Parkinsons #choir #tbt
WPC Choir: https://wpc2026.org/choir
#Parkinsons #choir #tbt
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Throwback to WPC 2019 in Kyoto, Japan with the WPC Global Choir, led by WPC Choir Director, Judi Spencer. You're invited to join the WPC Global Choir and join us at #wpc2026 in #phoenix.
WPC Choir: https://wpc2026.org/choir
#Parkinsons #choir #tbt
WPC Choir: https://wpc2026.org/choir
#Parkinsons #choir #tbt
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Join the WPC for a special live webinar exploring dopamine cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
Date: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025
Time: 8AM CT/ 9AM ET/3PM CET
Program made possible w/ support from BlueRock Therapeutics
Learn More: www.worldpdcoalition.org/celltherapies
#Parkinsons #CellTherapy
Date: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025
Time: 8AM CT/ 9AM ET/3PM CET
Program made possible w/ support from BlueRock Therapeutics
Learn More: www.worldpdcoalition.org/celltherapies
#Parkinsons #CellTherapy
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join the WPC for a special live webinar exploring dopamine cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
Date: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025
Time: 8AM CT/ 9AM ET/3PM CET
Program made possible w/ support from BlueRock Therapeutics
Learn More: www.worldpdcoalition.org/celltherapies
#Parkinsons #CellTherapy
Date: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025
Time: 8AM CT/ 9AM ET/3PM CET
Program made possible w/ support from BlueRock Therapeutics
Learn More: www.worldpdcoalition.org/celltherapies
#Parkinsons #CellTherapy
It was wonderful to host you all!
It was great to visit @patrickalfrynlewis.bsky.social's lab with Nick, who lives with MND, and hear about the work that's been done with funding through our Catalyst Award.
Thank you to everyone helping us support MND research 💙💛
Read the full story here 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Thank you to everyone helping us support MND research 💙💛
Read the full story here 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/whats-on/art...
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It was wonderful to host you all!
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Today is the last day of the "Fuel the Future of Parkinson Science" campaign to support early-career researchers in the #Parkinsons field by providing travel grants to attend the 7th World Parkinson Congress #wpc2026 in #Phoenix next year.
Make a Gift: wpc2026.org/supportresea...
Make a Gift: wpc2026.org/supportresea...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today is the last day of the "Fuel the Future of Parkinson Science" campaign to support early-career researchers in the #Parkinsons field by providing travel grants to attend the 7th World Parkinson Congress #wpc2026 in #Phoenix next year.
Make a Gift: wpc2026.org/supportresea...
Make a Gift: wpc2026.org/supportresea...
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From completing an incredible eight-day-long walk around the coast of Menorca, or a Hyrox fitness challenge, to tackling races across the country – there was no stopping our #FundraisingHeroes in October! Find out more about what they achieved: buff.ly/iUhIYmo
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
From completing an incredible eight-day-long walk around the coast of Menorca, or a Hyrox fitness challenge, to tackling races across the country – there was no stopping our #FundraisingHeroes in October! Find out more about what they achieved: buff.ly/iUhIYmo
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As Scottish Rugby celebrates 100 years of Murrayfield, they’re asking fans to choose the defining moment in the stadium’s history!
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As Scottish Rugby celebrates 100 years of Murrayfield, they’re asking fans to choose the defining moment in the stadium’s history!
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
Just out in Neuromolecular Medicine, our investigation of Tank Binding Kinase 1 activity - and how this is dependent on key residues within the kinase domain. With thanks to the @mndoddie5.bsky.social and @royalsociety.org for funding and support.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Glutamic Acid at Position 168 Is a Constitutive Activator of Tank Binding Kinase 1 Catalytic Function - NeuroMolecular Medicine
TANK binding kinase 1 (TBK1) is serine/threonine protein kinase member of the inhibitor of nuclear factor-kB kinase family, with links to the etiology of familial as well as idiopathic Amyotrophic Lat...
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Just out in Neuromolecular Medicine, our investigation of Tank Binding Kinase 1 activity - and how this is dependent on key residues within the kinase domain. With thanks to the @mndoddie5.bsky.social and @royalsociety.org for funding and support.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more.
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026
🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd
No research experience required!
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The WPC Short Film Competition Deadline is October 31!
Storytelling is a profoundly impactful way to raise awareness about Parkinson’s. Learn more about the Short Film Competition: wpc2026.org/shortfilmcom...
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #Storytelling #WorldParkinsonCongress
Storytelling is a profoundly impactful way to raise awareness about Parkinson’s. Learn more about the Short Film Competition: wpc2026.org/shortfilmcom...
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #Storytelling #WorldParkinsonCongress
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The WPC Short Film Competition Deadline is October 31!
Storytelling is a profoundly impactful way to raise awareness about Parkinson’s. Learn more about the Short Film Competition: wpc2026.org/shortfilmcom...
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #Storytelling #WorldParkinsonCongress
Storytelling is a profoundly impactful way to raise awareness about Parkinson’s. Learn more about the Short Film Competition: wpc2026.org/shortfilmcom...
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #Storytelling #WorldParkinsonCongress
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Throwback to the Opening Ceremony at WPC 2023. If you're interested in joining the #WPCGlobalChoir and singing with us at the Opening Ceremony of the 7th #WorldParkinsonCongress next year in #Phoenix you can learn more here: wpc2026.org/choir
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Throwback to the Opening Ceremony at WPC 2023. If you're interested in joining the #WPCGlobalChoir and singing with us at the Opening Ceremony of the 7th #WorldParkinsonCongress next year in #Phoenix you can learn more here: wpc2026.org/choir
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons
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Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? 🤔🎄 We don’t think so! And our Christmas cards are now available to buy to help you spread some festive cheer. What’s more, each purchase will help support MND research 🔬
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? 🤔🎄 We don’t think so! And our Christmas cards are now available to buy to help you spread some festive cheer. What’s more, each purchase will help support MND research 🔬
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
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In this episode of the Hear, Here #Parkinsons #Podcast, host @elipollard.bsky.social WPC Executive Director, welcomes @richelleflanagan.bsky.social Founder of My Moves Matter, Registered Dietitian from Ireland and a WPC Alumni Ambassador.
Listen here: worldpdcongress.podbean.com/e/richellefl...
Listen here: worldpdcongress.podbean.com/e/richellefl...
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In this episode of the Hear, Here #Parkinsons #Podcast, host @elipollard.bsky.social WPC Executive Director, welcomes @richelleflanagan.bsky.social Founder of My Moves Matter, Registered Dietitian from Ireland and a WPC Alumni Ambassador.
Listen here: worldpdcongress.podbean.com/e/richellefl...
Listen here: worldpdcongress.podbean.com/e/richellefl...
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In the mood for something sciency and spooky? How about the Halloween special of @uclbrainstories.bsky.social - where me and @caswell.bsky.social talk to @drjlange.bsky.social on some of the gothic stories in neuroscience! 👻 🧠 🎃 💀🧟♂️
spotify.link/2lHT9pLQRXb
spotify.link/2lHT9pLQRXb
Episode 23- Jenny Lange on the gothic history of neuroscience, a Halloween special
spotify.link
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In the mood for something sciency and spooky? How about the Halloween special of @uclbrainstories.bsky.social - where me and @caswell.bsky.social talk to @drjlange.bsky.social on some of the gothic stories in neuroscience! 👻 🧠 🎃 💀🧟♂️
spotify.link/2lHT9pLQRXb
spotify.link/2lHT9pLQRXb
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We’re approaching our final quarterly funding deadline of 2025!
You have until Monday 3 November to apply for funding for laboratory or clinical research projects with the potential to cure Parkinson’s.
Find out more: buff.ly/lz7QNzx
You have until Monday 3 November to apply for funding for laboratory or clinical research projects with the potential to cure Parkinson’s.
Find out more: buff.ly/lz7QNzx
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We’re approaching our final quarterly funding deadline of 2025!
You have until Monday 3 November to apply for funding for laboratory or clinical research projects with the potential to cure Parkinson’s.
Find out more: buff.ly/lz7QNzx
You have until Monday 3 November to apply for funding for laboratory or clinical research projects with the potential to cure Parkinson’s.
Find out more: buff.ly/lz7QNzx
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🚨 NEWS: UK-based Cure Parkinson’s has launched a £2 million funding call to test rationally designed combination therapies for disease modification in Parkinson’s.
@cureparkinsons.org.uk
👉 Read the story in full here buff.ly/LuCWWbE
@cureparkinsons.org.uk
👉 Read the story in full here buff.ly/LuCWWbE
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨 NEWS: UK-based Cure Parkinson’s has launched a £2 million funding call to test rationally designed combination therapies for disease modification in Parkinson’s.
@cureparkinsons.org.uk
👉 Read the story in full here buff.ly/LuCWWbE
@cureparkinsons.org.uk
👉 Read the story in full here buff.ly/LuCWWbE
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🔬 Applications are now open!
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
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October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🔬 Applications are now open!
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
Join MBL’s world-renowned Advanced Research Training Courses, where scientists from around the globe come together to explore new ideas, master cutting-edge techniques, and become part of a dynamic network.
➡️Apply today: go.mbl.edu/courses
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We are hiring an Imaging Scientis. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We are hiring an Imaging Scientis. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
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October’s Open Science Champions are Teams Hardy, Hurley, and Strick 👏
They’ve maintained a near-perfect record of preprinting with a CC BY or CC0 license, advancing accessibility and collaboration across the research community.
#OpenScience
They’ve maintained a near-perfect record of preprinting with a CC BY or CC0 license, advancing accessibility and collaboration across the research community.
#OpenScience
October 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
October’s Open Science Champions are Teams Hardy, Hurley, and Strick 👏
They’ve maintained a near-perfect record of preprinting with a CC BY or CC0 license, advancing accessibility and collaboration across the research community.
#OpenScience
They’ve maintained a near-perfect record of preprinting with a CC BY or CC0 license, advancing accessibility and collaboration across the research community.
#OpenScience
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The deadline to apply for a Travel Grant for WPC 2026 is October 26! There are several opportunities available for people who could use support to attend The World Parkinson Congress next year.
Learn more here: wpc2026.org/TravelGrants
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #WorldParkinsonCongress
Learn more here: wpc2026.org/TravelGrants
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #WorldParkinsonCongress
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The deadline to apply for a Travel Grant for WPC 2026 is October 26! There are several opportunities available for people who could use support to attend The World Parkinson Congress next year.
Learn more here: wpc2026.org/TravelGrants
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #WorldParkinsonCongress
Learn more here: wpc2026.org/TravelGrants
#wpc2026 #Parkinsons #WorldParkinsonCongress
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UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester!
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester!
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
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Want to be part of transforming the way clinical trials for Parkinson's are conducted in the UK?
After extensive development, recruitment for the first multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platform for Parkinson’s in the UK – EJS ACT-PD – is now OPEN. Learn more: buff.ly/W7eqbec
After extensive development, recruitment for the first multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platform for Parkinson’s in the UK – EJS ACT-PD – is now OPEN. Learn more: buff.ly/W7eqbec
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Want to be part of transforming the way clinical trials for Parkinson's are conducted in the UK?
After extensive development, recruitment for the first multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platform for Parkinson’s in the UK – EJS ACT-PD – is now OPEN. Learn more: buff.ly/W7eqbec
After extensive development, recruitment for the first multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) platform for Parkinson’s in the UK – EJS ACT-PD – is now OPEN. Learn more: buff.ly/W7eqbec
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Today with Gates Ventures we’re launching the Dementia Frontiers Fund, a game-changing initiative uniting experts from across the world to solve the most urgent and complex questions in dementia research.
Find out more here: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
Find out more here: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
Dementia Frontiers Fund: Information for researchers - Alzheimer's Research UK
A bold, ambitious initiative empowering researchers to tackle three of the most urgent and complex questions in dementia.
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today with Gates Ventures we’re launching the Dementia Frontiers Fund, a game-changing initiative uniting experts from across the world to solve the most urgent and complex questions in dementia research.
Find out more here: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
Find out more here: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
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After a fantastic first day of presentations and discussion, we're looking forward to day 2 at the Translational Parkinson's Summit in collaboration with @parkinsons.org.uk
A huge thanks to everyone involved in pulling together the event including our exceptional organising committee! 👏
A huge thanks to everyone involved in pulling together the event including our exceptional organising committee! 👏
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
After a fantastic first day of presentations and discussion, we're looking forward to day 2 at the Translational Parkinson's Summit in collaboration with @parkinsons.org.uk
A huge thanks to everyone involved in pulling together the event including our exceptional organising committee! 👏
A huge thanks to everyone involved in pulling together the event including our exceptional organising committee! 👏
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Open Access Week highlights the power of free, immediate access to research by ensuring science benefits all. Proud to join @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social, @parkinsons.org.uk, @cureparkinsons.org.uk, @alleninstitute.org, @dataseerai.bsky.social, @strategiesos.bsky.social, @orfg.bsky.social & others 🔓
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Open Access Week highlights the power of free, immediate access to research by ensuring science benefits all. Proud to join @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social, @parkinsons.org.uk, @cureparkinsons.org.uk, @alleninstitute.org, @dataseerai.bsky.social, @strategiesos.bsky.social, @orfg.bsky.social & others 🔓