Tara Spires-Jones 🌈🔬
@tspiresjones.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. 🧠
Professor at the University of Edinburgh
Current President of the British Neuroscience Association
FENS-Kavli Network Alumna
Mom to 2 teens, a cat, and a rescue dog. 🐈⬛🐕🐾
SciFi/fantasy nut - book recommendations welcome! 👽🚀🛸
Professor at the University of Edinburgh
Current President of the British Neuroscience Association
FENS-Kavli Network Alumna
Mom to 2 teens, a cat, and a rescue dog. 🐈⬛🐕🐾
SciFi/fantasy nut - book recommendations welcome! 👽🚀🛸
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FND and Migraine - two of the commonest conditions in neurology. How do they overlap, and what mechanisms and causes might they have in common? New article led by Stone J with Nicholson TR Didick D Coebergh J et al Full paper buff.ly/itPD9tV
August 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
FND and Migraine - two of the commonest conditions in neurology. How do they overlap, and what mechanisms and causes might they have in common? New article led by Stone J with Nicholson TR Didick D Coebergh J et al Full paper buff.ly/itPD9tV
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Research by @tspiresjones.bsky.social & @clairedurrant1.bsky.social shows that tau spreads via synapses in PSP - a rare & devastating neurodegenerative disease with no effective treatments👉 buff.ly/xQ65CeM
STV News reports ⬇️
STV News reports ⬇️
'People think my wife is drunk but she's living with a rare brain disease'
Edinburgh couple hope for treatment for rare neurological condition progressive supranuclear palsy
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August 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Research by @tspiresjones.bsky.social & @clairedurrant1.bsky.social shows that tau spreads via synapses in PSP - a rare & devastating neurodegenerative disease with no effective treatments👉 buff.ly/xQ65CeM
STV News reports ⬇️
STV News reports ⬇️
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📢 Exciting Opportunity for experienced neuroscientists and neurologists! 📢
@braincomms.bsky.social is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief to follow in the footsteps of @tspiresjones.bsky.social. Submit your application before 12th Sept to make your mark! 🧠 oxford.ly/4l6HdzN
@braincomms.bsky.social is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief to follow in the footsteps of @tspiresjones.bsky.social. Submit your application before 12th Sept to make your mark! 🧠 oxford.ly/4l6HdzN
August 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📢 Exciting Opportunity for experienced neuroscientists and neurologists! 📢
@braincomms.bsky.social is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief to follow in the footsteps of @tspiresjones.bsky.social. Submit your application before 12th Sept to make your mark! 🧠 oxford.ly/4l6HdzN
@braincomms.bsky.social is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief to follow in the footsteps of @tspiresjones.bsky.social. Submit your application before 12th Sept to make your mark! 🧠 oxford.ly/4l6HdzN
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See a lovely piece on STV highlighting the impacts of this disease on families . While our new findings will not lead to a new treatment today, we aim to bring hope to people living with PSP for the future news.stv.tv/east-central...
'People think my wife is drunk but she's living with a rare brain disease'
Edinburgh couple hope for treatment for rare neurological condition progressive supranuclear palsy.
news.stv.tv
July 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
See a lovely piece on STV highlighting the impacts of this disease on families . While our new findings will not lead to a new treatment today, we aim to bring hope to people living with PSP for the future news.stv.tv/east-central...
Delighted to share our paper examining synaptic tau in PSP. Many thanks to @robertmcgeachan.bsky.social @clairedurrant1.bsky.social and our many collaborators and funders. And extra special thanks to tissue donors who make this work possible.
📢Fabulous new paper from @tspiresjones.bsky.social, @clairedurrant1.bsky.social & team describes new mechanisms in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, suggesting that targeting tau in synapses is a promising approach for future treatments.
Full paper➡️www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01992-5 🧠
Full paper➡️www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01992-5 🧠
July 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Delighted to share our paper examining synaptic tau in PSP. Many thanks to @robertmcgeachan.bsky.social @clairedurrant1.bsky.social and our many collaborators and funders. And extra special thanks to tissue donors who make this work possible.
Happy Caturday from Nyx
June 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Happy Caturday from Nyx
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🎬 Behind the Science Spotlight - Part 2 with @britishneuro.bsky.social President Prof Tara Spires-Jones
What do fly experiments, negative data & media exposés have in common?
They’re all part of @tspiresjones.bsky.social’s story.
What do fly experiments, negative data & media exposés have in common?
They’re all part of @tspiresjones.bsky.social’s story.
June 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🎬 Behind the Science Spotlight - Part 2 with @britishneuro.bsky.social President Prof Tara Spires-Jones
What do fly experiments, negative data & media exposés have in common?
They’re all part of @tspiresjones.bsky.social’s story.
What do fly experiments, negative data & media exposés have in common?
They’re all part of @tspiresjones.bsky.social’s story.
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Fabulous talk by the lovely @emmayhnell.bsky.social hwre at @edinunineuro.bsky.social talking about teaching and engaging students with lots of fun tidbits and ideas to consider. Think about your strengths, different modes or medias and maybe make it personal!
June 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Fabulous talk by the lovely @emmayhnell.bsky.social hwre at @edinunineuro.bsky.social talking about teaching and engaging students with lots of fun tidbits and ideas to consider. Think about your strengths, different modes or medias and maybe make it personal!
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Learn how to prepare during your postdoc, apply for faculty roles, secure your first grant, and set up your own lab
Now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPa...
#Electrophysiology #EarlyCareerResearcher #Neuroscience #Research #postdoc #PrincipalInvestigator #Scientifica
Now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPa...
#Electrophysiology #EarlyCareerResearcher #Neuroscience #Research #postdoc #PrincipalInvestigator #Scientifica
May 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Learn how to prepare during your postdoc, apply for faculty roles, secure your first grant, and set up your own lab
Now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPa...
#Electrophysiology #EarlyCareerResearcher #Neuroscience #Research #postdoc #PrincipalInvestigator #Scientifica
Now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPa...
#Electrophysiology #EarlyCareerResearcher #Neuroscience #Research #postdoc #PrincipalInvestigator #Scientifica
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Join @tspiresjones.bsky.social alongside an esteemed panel of experts including @alzheimersresearchuk.org who will share cutting-edge insights and diverse perspectives.
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#DementiaResearch #Neuroscience #Neurobiology #CPD #Neurodegeneration #BrainResearch #Alzheimers
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#DementiaResearch #Neuroscience #Neurobiology #CPD #Neurodegeneration #BrainResearch #Alzheimers
May 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join @tspiresjones.bsky.social alongside an esteemed panel of experts including @alzheimersresearchuk.org who will share cutting-edge insights and diverse perspectives.
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#DementiaResearch #Neuroscience #Neurobiology #CPD #Neurodegeneration #BrainResearch #Alzheimers
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#DementiaResearch #Neuroscience #Neurobiology #CPD #Neurodegeneration #BrainResearch #Alzheimers
Microscope, check. Pint, check. It’s time for Edinburgh Pint of Science! If you’re in town join us at Monkey Barrel Comedy 7:30-9:30 latecomers welcome and some tickets left!
May 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Microscope, check. Pint, check. It’s time for Edinburgh Pint of Science! If you’re in town join us at Monkey Barrel Comedy 7:30-9:30 latecomers welcome and some tickets left!
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In-person | CPD accredited | Open to all | Spaces limited
🎟️: bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#Dementia #Neuroscience #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimers #Vasculardementia #FrontoTemporalDementia #MixedDementia #DementiaLewybodies #PosteriorCorticalAtrophy #YoungOnsetDementia #Memory #Agnosia #Cognition
🎟️: bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#Dementia #Neuroscience #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimers #Vasculardementia #FrontoTemporalDementia #MixedDementia #DementiaLewybodies #PosteriorCorticalAtrophy #YoungOnsetDementia #Memory #Agnosia #Cognition
May 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In-person | CPD accredited | Open to all | Spaces limited
🎟️: bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#Dementia #Neuroscience #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimers #Vasculardementia #FrontoTemporalDementia #MixedDementia #DementiaLewybodies #PosteriorCorticalAtrophy #YoungOnsetDementia #Memory #Agnosia #Cognition
🎟️: bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
#Dementia #Neuroscience #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimers #Vasculardementia #FrontoTemporalDementia #MixedDementia #DementiaLewybodies #PosteriorCorticalAtrophy #YoungOnsetDementia #Memory #Agnosia #Cognition
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In her fantastic TEDx talk, Prof @tspiresjones.bsky.social describes how science has brought us the first treatments that can slow the cause of Alzheimer's - and where we go from here👏
Watch now ⬇️
Watch now ⬇️
The neuroscience of defeating dementia | Prof Tara Spires-Jones | TEDxUniversityofStAndrews
In this TEDx talk, Prof Tara Spires-Jones will describe how neuroscience research is helping defeat dementia. Dementia is one of the biggest medical and soci...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In her fantastic TEDx talk, Prof @tspiresjones.bsky.social describes how science has brought us the first treatments that can slow the cause of Alzheimer's - and where we go from here👏
Watch now ⬇️
Watch now ⬇️
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Greetings and good morning it’s the May Day farm rush hour with Chris 😊
May 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Greetings and good morning it’s the May Day farm rush hour with Chris 😊
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The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is delighted to share that The #BNA2027 International Festival of Neuroscience, will be held in the vibrant city of #Belfast
@neuroscienceirl.bsky.social @nramnani.bsky.social
Register your interest at bna2027.org.uk
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
@neuroscienceirl.bsky.social @nramnani.bsky.social
Register your interest at bna2027.org.uk
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
April 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is delighted to share that The #BNA2027 International Festival of Neuroscience, will be held in the vibrant city of #Belfast
@neuroscienceirl.bsky.social @nramnani.bsky.social
Register your interest at bna2027.org.uk
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
@neuroscienceirl.bsky.social @nramnani.bsky.social
Register your interest at bna2027.org.uk
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
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Our paper in Nature Comms is now online! Summary below but in short we use living human brain slice cultures in a number of different ways to model dementia processes. Big team effort led by myself, @robertmcgeachan.bsky.social and @clairedurrant1.bsky.social rdcu.be/ej647
Divergent actions of physiological and pathological amyloid-β on synapses in live human brain slice cultures
Nature Communications - Understanding synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease has been hampered by a lack of human model systems. Here, the authors show that manipulation of physiological or...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our paper in Nature Comms is now online! Summary below but in short we use living human brain slice cultures in a number of different ways to model dementia processes. Big team effort led by myself, @robertmcgeachan.bsky.social and @clairedurrant1.bsky.social rdcu.be/ej647
I have absolutely loved my time as President of @britishneuro.bsky.social . And what an epic end giving a speech in the gorgeous Liverpool cathedral under an installation art piece of the sun. Thank you to CEO and buddy Laura Ajram and excellent exec team.
April 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I have absolutely loved my time as President of @britishneuro.bsky.social . And what an epic end giving a speech in the gorgeous Liverpool cathedral under an installation art piece of the sun. Thank you to CEO and buddy Laura Ajram and excellent exec team.
You’ll be brilliant @nramnani.bsky.social Prof President! @britishneuro.bsky.social is in very good hands.
Excited to start my role as @britishneuro.bsky.social BNA President at #BNA2025!
Thanks @tspiresjones.bsky.social for serving as President over the last two years. A hard act to follow! Thx also for your service as Immediate Past President for the next two years. 🙏
Thanks @tspiresjones.bsky.social for serving as President over the last two years. A hard act to follow! Thx also for your service as Immediate Past President for the next two years. 🙏
Professor @nramnani.bsky.social steps into his Presidency at the British Neuroscience Association - the UK's largest organisation dedicated to representing and promoting #neuroscience and #neuroscientists.
bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
April 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
You’ll be brilliant @nramnani.bsky.social Prof President! @britishneuro.bsky.social is in very good hands.
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Excited to start my role as @britishneuro.bsky.social BNA President at #BNA2025!
Thanks @tspiresjones.bsky.social for serving as President over the last two years. A hard act to follow! Thx also for your service as Immediate Past President for the next two years. 🙏
Thanks @tspiresjones.bsky.social for serving as President over the last two years. A hard act to follow! Thx also for your service as Immediate Past President for the next two years. 🙏
Professor @nramnani.bsky.social steps into his Presidency at the British Neuroscience Association - the UK's largest organisation dedicated to representing and promoting #neuroscience and #neuroscientists.
bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...
April 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Excited to start my role as @britishneuro.bsky.social BNA President at #BNA2025!
Thanks @tspiresjones.bsky.social for serving as President over the last two years. A hard act to follow! Thx also for your service as Immediate Past President for the next two years. 🙏
Thanks @tspiresjones.bsky.social for serving as President over the last two years. A hard act to follow! Thx also for your service as Immediate Past President for the next two years. 🙏
Fantastic to see this work from @clairedurrant1.bsky.social group out in print! Important results using living human brain tissue to study Alzheimer’s disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Divergent actions of physiological and pathological amyloid-β on synapses in live human brain slice cultures - Nature Communications
Understanding synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease has been hampered by a lack of human model systems. Here, the authors show that manipulation of physiological or pathological Aβ has differing effects...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Fantastic to see this work from @clairedurrant1.bsky.social group out in print! Important results using living human brain tissue to study Alzheimer’s disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Face-to-Face Networking at BNA2025. Tuesday's Highlights🧠
April 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Face-to-Face Networking at BNA2025. Tuesday's Highlights🧠
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Day 3 at #BNA2025: At the @brain1878.bsky.social & @braincomms.bsky.social booth in between sessions! 👋🏼
April 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Day 3 at #BNA2025: At the @brain1878.bsky.social & @braincomms.bsky.social booth in between sessions! 👋🏼
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Amazing to welcome HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron of Race Against Dementia to our lab! An incredible opportunity to showcase our work with living human brain slice cultures and the importance of investing in dementia research. We are very lucky to have her support.
April 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Amazing to welcome HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron of Race Against Dementia to our lab! An incredible opportunity to showcase our work with living human brain slice cultures and the importance of investing in dementia research. We are very lucky to have her support.
