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Dr Rebecca Casterton
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Post-doc @ University of Cape Town, South Africa | Cell cycle, DNA damage & cell death in ALS/FTD 🧠🧬| Host & producer of The Academinist🎙️
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Amazing to bring researchers from around the world together with CURE-ND for the first Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration (SCMND) Conference in Edinburgh earlier this year 🧠

Video round-up 📽️ youtu.be/9wMRndMVbQM?...

Conference blog 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration 2025
YouTube video by UK Dementia Research Institute - UK DRI
youtu.be
June 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Excited to be at SONA 2025 in beautiful Marrakesh to present the first few results from my @ukdri.ac.uk pilot project & hear about lots of exciting new science over the next few days! 🧠
April 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Thank you to all those who attended the inaugural Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration event last week in Edinburgh!

A fantastic scientific programme including some very special plenary speakers - Sonia Gandhi, Mahmoud Maina and Sergiu Pașca 🙌
April 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
...and that's the end of the 1st @ukdri.ac.uk #SCMND 🧠
Had a fantastic few days in Edinburgh: met lots of lovely people, had so much fun working with the brilliant organising committee, & I'm leaving with a brain crammed full of new ideas about stem cell models! 🤯
March 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
📆Registration still open til 7th March - JOIN US!📆

Don't miss an incredible opportunity to connect with the stem cell model in neurodegeneration global community🌍⬇️

🧪Discussion panels
🧪Poster sessions
🧪Talk sessions on EVERYTHING you can think of relating to stem cell models in neurodegeneration
February 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Casterton
🧠 130 people now in this UK Dementia Starter Pack! 🧠
📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈

A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians.

Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋
go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp
November 21, 2024 at 2:08 PM