Wade-Martins Lab, University of Oxford
@wademartinslab.bsky.social
Lab of Molecular Neurodegeneration (Richard Wade-Martins), Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (@OxfordPDCentre) & Alzheimer's Research UK (@ARUKThamesV) Network.
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This is the official account of the Wade-Martins Group; Lab of Molecular Neurodegeneration led by Prof. Richard Wade-Martins, Head of the OPDC @oxfordpdcentre.bsky.social & part of the ARUK Thames Valley Network. We are based in @kavlioxford.bsky.social
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If you want to keep up to date with the latest DPAG research and other news, remember to check out our news page www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If you want to keep up to date with the latest DPAG research and other news, remember to check out our news page www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news
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#AAICNeuro comes to Manchester - 26th February 2026, free conference exploring the latest in #dementia biomarkers to improve diagnosis.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#AAICNeuro comes to Manchester - 26th February 2026, free conference exploring the latest in #dementia biomarkers to improve diagnosis.
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We are delighted to welcome Amina Abulimiti. She joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist supporting an @alzheimersresearchuk.org research grant held in collaboration with @jodymmason.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/amina-a...
Amina Abulimiti
Amina Abulimiti - Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We are delighted to welcome Amina Abulimiti. She joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist supporting an @alzheimersresearchuk.org research grant held in collaboration with @jodymmason.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/amina-a...
Science on the Run: Dementia Researchers tackle the Oxford Half Marathon for @alzheimersresearchuk.org @kavlioxford.bsky.social @dpagathenaswan.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social
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Science on the Run: dementia Researchers tackle Oxford Half for ARUK
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November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Science on the Run: Dementia Researchers tackle the Oxford Half Marathon for @alzheimersresearchuk.org @kavlioxford.bsky.social @dpagathenaswan.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social
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We are delighted to welcome Kateryna Kravchenko to the lab
@kavlioxford.bsky.social. She joins as a Research Assistant supporting a research project investigating lysosomal dysfunction & its role in neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on #Parkinson’s disease. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/kateryn...
@kavlioxford.bsky.social. She joins as a Research Assistant supporting a research project investigating lysosomal dysfunction & its role in neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on #Parkinson’s disease. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/kateryn...
Kateryna Kravchenko
Kateryna Kravchenko - Research Assistant
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November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We are delighted to welcome Kateryna Kravchenko to the lab
@kavlioxford.bsky.social. She joins as a Research Assistant supporting a research project investigating lysosomal dysfunction & its role in neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on #Parkinson’s disease. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/kateryn...
@kavlioxford.bsky.social. She joins as a Research Assistant supporting a research project investigating lysosomal dysfunction & its role in neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on #Parkinson’s disease. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/kateryn...
Hands-on brain science fun for all ages at the Westgate Shopping Centre dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/hands-o... @kavlioxford.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hands-on brain science fun for all ages at the Westgate Shopping Centre dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/hands-o... @kavlioxford.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social
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We were thrilled to (mostly) meet in-person last week for the 3rd Annual Symposium of ASAP Collaboration for Team Cragg!
Thank you all for an inspiring meeting of science, sharing and #collaboration. We have built a great momentum, and we are ready for new discoveries in #Parkinsons research!
Thank you all for an inspiring meeting of science, sharing and #collaboration. We have built a great momentum, and we are ready for new discoveries in #Parkinsons research!
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We were thrilled to (mostly) meet in-person last week for the 3rd Annual Symposium of ASAP Collaboration for Team Cragg!
Thank you all for an inspiring meeting of science, sharing and #collaboration. We have built a great momentum, and we are ready for new discoveries in #Parkinsons research!
Thank you all for an inspiring meeting of science, sharing and #collaboration. We have built a great momentum, and we are ready for new discoveries in #Parkinsons research!
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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 🔓
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There’s now an extra week to register early for the #ARUKconf, submit your poster or oral abstract, and apply for the David Hague Award.
Take advantage of the extended deadline - now closing 28 Oct.
Secure your spot:
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
Take advantage of the extended deadline - now closing 28 Oct.
Secure your spot:
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
October 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There’s now an extra week to register early for the #ARUKconf, submit your poster or oral abstract, and apply for the David Hague Award.
Take advantage of the extended deadline - now closing 28 Oct.
Secure your spot:
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
Take advantage of the extended deadline - now closing 28 Oct.
Secure your spot:
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
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Happy #WorldAnatomyDay - check out our up-coming event
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy #WorldAnatomyDay - check out our up-coming event
Hands-on brain science fun for all ages at the Westgate Shopping Centre dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/hands-o...
@kavlioxford.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social @dpagathenaswan.bsky.social
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October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hands-on brain science fun for all ages at the Westgate Shopping Centre dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/hands-o...
@kavlioxford.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social @dpagathenaswan.bsky.social
@kavlioxford.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social @dpagathenaswan.bsky.social
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The @ukdri.ac.uk & Race Against Dementia have launched a bold new fellowship scheme to support the next generation of researchers using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering research
🚀 New fellowship opportunity!🚀
Delighted to launch a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia, to support innovative scientists who are using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering dementia research🎉
Find out more👉 buff.ly/xCMwZPM
Delighted to launch a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia, to support innovative scientists who are using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering dementia research🎉
Find out more👉 buff.ly/xCMwZPM
September 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The @ukdri.ac.uk & Race Against Dementia have launched a bold new fellowship scheme to support the next generation of researchers using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering research
A reminder that the closing date to apply for the Research Assistant post is Friday 5th Sept 25 at 12noon. bit.ly/4lURYW9
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A reminder that the closing date to apply for the Research Assistant post is Friday 5th Sept 25 at 12noon. bit.ly/4lURYW9
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In case you missed it, be sure to watch July's instalment of the Discover ASAP!
Ricardo Márquez Gómez from Wade-Martins Lab discussed their scalable microfluidic platform that enables the study of human neuron microcircuitry, connectivity, and regeneration in vitro 🔬
#OpenScience #PD #iPSCs
Ricardo Márquez Gómez from Wade-Martins Lab discussed their scalable microfluidic platform that enables the study of human neuron microcircuitry, connectivity, and regeneration in vitro 🔬
#OpenScience #PD #iPSCs
This month’s Discover ASAP features Ricardo Márquez Gómez of @craggasap.bsky.social, discussing a fluid-wall microfluidic platform to model human corticostriatal circuits 🧪
This platform enables axon studies, long-term culture, & scalable testing for #Parkinsons.
📺 youtu.be/dutY_mxext4
This platform enables axon studies, long-term culture, & scalable testing for #Parkinsons.
📺 youtu.be/dutY_mxext4
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In case you missed it, be sure to watch July's instalment of the Discover ASAP!
Ricardo Márquez Gómez from Wade-Martins Lab discussed their scalable microfluidic platform that enables the study of human neuron microcircuitry, connectivity, and regeneration in vitro 🔬
#OpenScience #PD #iPSCs
Ricardo Márquez Gómez from Wade-Martins Lab discussed their scalable microfluidic platform that enables the study of human neuron microcircuitry, connectivity, and regeneration in vitro 🔬
#OpenScience #PD #iPSCs
📣Job opportunity: We are seeking a Research Assistant neuronal cell biologist to join the lab @kavlioxford.bsky.social within @oxforddpag.bsky.social. You will be working on a translational research project investigating lysosomal dysfunction in #Parkinson’s disease. Job Details: bit.ly/4lURYW9
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August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📣Job opportunity: We are seeking a Research Assistant neuronal cell biologist to join the lab @kavlioxford.bsky.social within @oxforddpag.bsky.social. You will be working on a translational research project investigating lysosomal dysfunction in #Parkinson’s disease. Job Details: bit.ly/4lURYW9
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CRN Team Cragg used array photometry in mice to reveal a topography of opposing changes in ACh release across distinct striatal regions. Reward prediction error encoding was localized to specific phases of ACh dynamics in anterior dorsal striatum.
🔗 Read the full #publication: bit.ly/3JjqQCE
🔗 Read the full #publication: bit.ly/3JjqQCE
August 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
CRN Team Cragg used array photometry in mice to reveal a topography of opposing changes in ACh release across distinct striatal regions. Reward prediction error encoding was localized to specific phases of ACh dynamics in anterior dorsal striatum.
🔗 Read the full #publication: bit.ly/3JjqQCE
🔗 Read the full #publication: bit.ly/3JjqQCE
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📣 New publication alert 📣
Check out our collaborative review on axonal molecular and circuit mechanisms governing dopamine exocytosis in health and PD. Congratulations to Kathryn Todd from Cragg Lab and Kaitlyn Cramb from Wade-Martins Lab for spearheading this publication!
Check out our collaborative review on axonal molecular and circuit mechanisms governing dopamine exocytosis in health and PD. Congratulations to Kathryn Todd from Cragg Lab and Kaitlyn Cramb from Wade-Martins Lab for spearheading this publication!
New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease
Dopamine release in the striatum is credited with being critical to the selection and learning of motivated actions and outcomes. Dysregulation of str…
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August 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
📣 New publication alert 📣
Check out our collaborative review on axonal molecular and circuit mechanisms governing dopamine exocytosis in health and PD. Congratulations to Kathryn Todd from Cragg Lab and Kaitlyn Cramb from Wade-Martins Lab for spearheading this publication!
Check out our collaborative review on axonal molecular and circuit mechanisms governing dopamine exocytosis in health and PD. Congratulations to Kathryn Todd from Cragg Lab and Kaitlyn Cramb from Wade-Martins Lab for spearheading this publication!
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Research Assistant Vacancy, University of Oxford. Join a translational project on lysosomal dysfunction in Parkinson’s, using iPSC models to develop biomarkers and test therapies. Closing date: 5th September
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Assistant: Lysosomal dysfunction in Parkinson’s
Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Oxford, iPSC Parkinson’s project developing biomarkers and testing therapies on lysosomal dysfunction.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Research Assistant Vacancy, University of Oxford. Join a translational project on lysosomal dysfunction in Parkinson’s, using iPSC models to develop biomarkers and test therapies. Closing date: 5th September
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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Our Pilot Projects are open for application! This funding supports novel research ideas with the potential to lead to a major project or early-stage translational work with our Drug Discovery Alliance.
Applications close on October 15. Apply now: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/pilot...
Applications close on October 15. Apply now: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/pilot...
August 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our Pilot Projects are open for application! This funding supports novel research ideas with the potential to lead to a major project or early-stage translational work with our Drug Discovery Alliance.
Applications close on October 15. Apply now: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/pilot...
Applications close on October 15. Apply now: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/pilot...
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We're kicking off our new series: Initiative Spotlight 🔦 starting with Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP)!
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org aims to speed discovery and drive progress toward a #ParkinsonsDisease cure through collaboration and open science.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Ys7sIo
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org aims to speed discovery and drive progress toward a #ParkinsonsDisease cure through collaboration and open science.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Ys7sIo
August 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We're kicking off our new series: Initiative Spotlight 🔦 starting with Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP)!
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org aims to speed discovery and drive progress toward a #ParkinsonsDisease cure through collaboration and open science.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Ys7sIo
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org aims to speed discovery and drive progress toward a #ParkinsonsDisease cure through collaboration and open science.
Learn more: bit.ly/3Ys7sIo
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📢 Help shape the Alzheimer's Research UK Conference 2026! Share your ideas on topics, formats, and more for the 24–25 Feb event in Manchester & online @alzheimersresearchuk.org
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Help Shape Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference 2026
Help shape ARUK Conference 2026. Share your ideas on topics, formats, and more for the 24–25 Feb event in Manchester and online. Take the survey.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 Help shape the Alzheimer's Research UK Conference 2026! Share your ideas on topics, formats, and more for the 24–25 Feb event in Manchester & online @alzheimersresearchuk.org
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/help-shape-a...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/help-shape-a...
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🌿 We’re delighted to share that Higgins Group at Kavli Oxford has been awarded a Gold LEAF Award!
Led by lab manager Hannah Ivison, the team has taken impressive steps to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and build a more sustainable lab.
One more Gold for #KavliOxford! ✨
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Led by lab manager Hannah Ivison, the team has taken impressive steps to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and build a more sustainable lab.
One more Gold for #KavliOxford! ✨
tinyurl.com/ynceehdn
Higgins Group Awarded Gold LEAF Award for Sustainability Efforts
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July 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌿 We’re delighted to share that Higgins Group at Kavli Oxford has been awarded a Gold LEAF Award!
Led by lab manager Hannah Ivison, the team has taken impressive steps to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and build a more sustainable lab.
One more Gold for #KavliOxford! ✨
tinyurl.com/ynceehdn
Led by lab manager Hannah Ivison, the team has taken impressive steps to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and build a more sustainable lab.
One more Gold for #KavliOxford! ✨
tinyurl.com/ynceehdn
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This month’s Discover ASAP features Ricardo Márquez Gómez of @craggasap.bsky.social, discussing a fluid-wall microfluidic platform to model human corticostriatal circuits 🧪
This platform enables axon studies, long-term culture, & scalable testing for #Parkinsons.
📺 youtu.be/dutY_mxext4
This platform enables axon studies, long-term culture, & scalable testing for #Parkinsons.
📺 youtu.be/dutY_mxext4
July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This month’s Discover ASAP features Ricardo Márquez Gómez of @craggasap.bsky.social, discussing a fluid-wall microfluidic platform to model human corticostriatal circuits 🧪
This platform enables axon studies, long-term culture, & scalable testing for #Parkinsons.
📺 youtu.be/dutY_mxext4
This platform enables axon studies, long-term culture, & scalable testing for #Parkinsons.
📺 youtu.be/dutY_mxext4
🥳 We are celebrating achieving a LEAF Gold award for the 3rd year in a row! 🥳Thanks to everyone for their support in adhering to more sustainable practices. A special thank you to Feodora Bertherat for her tireless efforts & the extra work she puts in to help us achieve this.
July 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🥳 We are celebrating achieving a LEAF Gold award for the 3rd year in a row! 🥳Thanks to everyone for their support in adhering to more sustainable practices. A special thank you to Feodora Bertherat for her tireless efforts & the extra work she puts in to help us achieve this.