UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
@uclqsion.bsky.social
We are a world-leading centre for neurological research within the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/ion. Follow us also on LinkedIn.
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📣📣Registration and call for abstracts now open!
UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2026
17/18 April, Cambridge, UK
Our 2026 agenda spans acquired/autoimmune and genetic neuromuscular, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions bit.ly/3XOjZF8
UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2026
17/18 April, Cambridge, UK
Our 2026 agenda spans acquired/autoimmune and genetic neuromuscular, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions bit.ly/3XOjZF8
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📣📣Registration and call for abstracts now open!
UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2026
17/18 April, Cambridge, UK
Our 2026 agenda spans acquired/autoimmune and genetic neuromuscular, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions bit.ly/3XOjZF8
UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2026
17/18 April, Cambridge, UK
Our 2026 agenda spans acquired/autoimmune and genetic neuromuscular, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions bit.ly/3XOjZF8
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#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, November 28th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Tricia Seow giving a talk entitled "Biases in belief and simulation in obsession-compulsion"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, November 28th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Tricia Seow giving a talk entitled "Biases in belief and simulation in obsession-compulsion"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺
This Friday, November 28th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Tricia Seow giving a talk entitled "Biases in belief and simulation in obsession-compulsion"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, November 28th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Tricia Seow giving a talk entitled "Biases in belief and simulation in obsession-compulsion"
In person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
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An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukaemia are diagnosed, finds a study co-led by a @uclqsion.bsky.social academic.
AI tool spots blood cell abnormalities missed by doctors
An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukaemia are…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukaemia are diagnosed, finds a study co-led by a @uclqsion.bsky.social academic.
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👟 Meet Joe Gregory — England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research champion. He’s taken part in a whopping 12 research projects at @uclqsion.bsky.social and other universities to help find better treatments.
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“I stopped saying no to things” Joe Gregory on Parkinson’s, football and taking part in research
Why is research participation important? We speak to Joe Gregory, England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research advocate, about why he got involved with research at UCL.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
👟 Meet Joe Gregory — England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research champion. He’s taken part in a whopping 12 research projects at @uclqsion.bsky.social and other universities to help find better treatments.
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Didn't realize Gipi (Giampietro Schiavo) was Neuro Editor @jcellsci.bsky.social longer than I have had a lab...: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Interview with Professor Giampietro Schiavo
ABSTRACT. Giampietro Schiavo is a Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, Deputy Director for strategy at Queen Square Institute of Neurology, academic lead of the Alzheimer Research UK Drug Discovery Ins...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Didn't realize Gipi (Giampietro Schiavo) was Neuro Editor @jcellsci.bsky.social longer than I have had a lab...: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Research Assistant at UCL Dementia Research Centre London working with Philip Weston on early Alzheimer changes using digital and AI methods. Closing date: 10th December
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Assistant: Diagnosis using digital & AI tech
Research Assistant at UCL Dementia Research Centre London working with Philip Weston on early Alzheimer changes using digital and AI methods.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Research Assistant at UCL Dementia Research Centre London working with Philip Weston on early Alzheimer changes using digital and AI methods. Closing date: 10th December
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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One more pre-print!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is an amazing collaboration investigating the mechanisms underlying an intriguing and mysterious neurodegenerative disorder: cerebellar ataxia and sensory neuropathy caused by AAGGG repeat expansions in the RFC1 locus.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is an amazing collaboration investigating the mechanisms underlying an intriguing and mysterious neurodegenerative disorder: cerebellar ataxia and sensory neuropathy caused by AAGGG repeat expansions in the RFC1 locus.
CANVAS causing AAGGG repeat expansions cause tissue-specific reduction in RFC1 expression and increase sensitivity to DNA damage
Biallelic AAGGG expansions in Replication Factor Complex Subunit 1 ( RFC1) are associated with cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS) and are increasingly recognised as ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
One more pre-print!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is an amazing collaboration investigating the mechanisms underlying an intriguing and mysterious neurodegenerative disorder: cerebellar ataxia and sensory neuropathy caused by AAGGG repeat expansions in the RFC1 locus.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is an amazing collaboration investigating the mechanisms underlying an intriguing and mysterious neurodegenerative disorder: cerebellar ataxia and sensory neuropathy caused by AAGGG repeat expansions in the RFC1 locus.
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An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukaemia are diagnosed, finds a study co-led by Prof Parashkev Nachev @uclqsion.bsky.social
AI tool spots blood cell abnormalities missed by doctors
An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukaemia are diag...
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukaemia are diagnosed, finds a study co-led by Prof Parashkev Nachev @uclqsion.bsky.social
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Experts from @uclqsion.bsky.social are among those who have updated the international guidelines for diagnosing multiple sclerosis. The update aims to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce delays in treatment initiation to improve long-term outcomes.
Updated global guidelines aim to speed up Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis
Updated international guidelines for diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS), co-authored by UCL academics, aim to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce delays in treatment initiation.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Experts from @uclqsion.bsky.social are among those who have updated the international guidelines for diagnosing multiple sclerosis. The update aims to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce delays in treatment initiation to improve long-term outcomes.
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Wonderful news and hugely well deserved, Nadine is knocking it out of the park! 👏👏👏
Thanks so much @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this Rising Stars of Neuroscience award! 🤩
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
Congratulations 👏👏👏 to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social who has been selected as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social Rising Stars of Neuroscience, 2025!
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
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November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wonderful news and hugely well deserved, Nadine is knocking it out of the park! 👏👏👏
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Magrinelli et al. define the pheno-genotypic spectrum of NDUFA9-related mitochondrial disease in 12 cases. Biallelic NDUFA9 variants cause complex I deficiency, with symptoms from neurodevelopmental delay with dystonia to isolated dystonia with basal ganglia MRI abnormalities 👉 buff.ly/t5XWVkv
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Magrinelli et al. define the pheno-genotypic spectrum of NDUFA9-related mitochondrial disease in 12 cases. Biallelic NDUFA9 variants cause complex I deficiency, with symptoms from neurodevelopmental delay with dystonia to isolated dystonia with basal ganglia MRI abnormalities 👉 buff.ly/t5XWVkv
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Pre-print alert! Very happy to highlight two fantastic pre-prints on bioRxiv led by stellar post-doc Simon Lowe @satlowe.bsky.social in the lab.
Pre-print no. 1 is a paper I am particularly proud of:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pre-print no. 1 is a paper I am particularly proud of:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Micro-/nano-plastics accentuate Parkinson's Disease-relevant phenotypes in a Drosophila model
Micro- and nano-plastic (MNP) particles are a ubiquitous environmental contaminant that are increasingly bioaccumulating in human tissues, particularly the brain. MNPs induce mitochondrial defects, ox...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pre-print alert! Very happy to highlight two fantastic pre-prints on bioRxiv led by stellar post-doc Simon Lowe @satlowe.bsky.social in the lab.
Pre-print no. 1 is a paper I am particularly proud of:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pre-print no. 1 is a paper I am particularly proud of:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Sir John Hardy (@uclqsion.bsky.social) is on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for pioneering Alzheimer’s research. We’re proud to see him recognised as a role model in science. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/news/ucls-professor-sir-john-hardy-named-esquires-better-men-list-2025
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Sir John Hardy (@uclqsion.bsky.social) is on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for pioneering Alzheimer’s research. We’re proud to see him recognised as a role model in science. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/news/ucls-professor-sir-john-hardy-named-esquires-better-men-list-2025
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We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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To commemorate the bicentenary of Jean-Martin Charcot's life. Without him Neurology would be a different speciality.
@uclqsion.bsky.social @brain1878.bsky.social @masudhusain.bsky.social
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@uclqsion.bsky.social @brain1878.bsky.social @masudhusain.bsky.social
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Charcot redux
Jean-Martin Charcot was born in Paris on 29 November 1825. To mark the bicentenary of his birth, the International Society for the History of the Neuroscie
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November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
To commemorate the bicentenary of Jean-Martin Charcot's life. Without him Neurology would be a different speciality.
@uclqsion.bsky.social @brain1878.bsky.social @masudhusain.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
@uclqsion.bsky.social @brain1878.bsky.social @masudhusain.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Professor Sir John Hardy ( @uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk), who has been named on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for his groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Congratulations to Professor Sir John Hardy ( @uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk), who has been named on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for his groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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Thanks so much @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this Rising Stars of Neuroscience award! 🤩
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
Congratulations 👏👏👏 to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social who has been selected as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social Rising Stars of Neuroscience, 2025!
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thanks so much @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this Rising Stars of Neuroscience award! 🤩
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
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🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Sarah Tabrizi ( @ucl-hd.bsky.social, @uclqsion.bsky.social) who has won the prestigious @britishneuro.bsky.social prize for her outstanding contributions to neuroscience!
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Sarah Tabrizi ( @ucl-hd.bsky.social, @uclqsion.bsky.social) who has won the prestigious @britishneuro.bsky.social prize for her outstanding contributions to neuroscience!
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
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Huge congratulations to Prof Sarah Tabrizi, who has been awarded the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025! 🎉 👏
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Huge congratulations to Prof Sarah Tabrizi, who has been awarded the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025! 🎉 👏
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
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Why is it so difficult to understand and treat the diseases that cause dementia?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Why is it so difficult to understand and treat the diseases that cause dementia?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
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The BNA is thrilled to announce that Professor Sarah Tabrizi @ucl.ac.uk has won the 2025 Outstanding Contribution to #Neuroscience Award.
Her ground-breaking work is transforming hope and treatment prospects for people with #HuntingtonsDisease.
bna.org.uk/resource/pro...
#ResearchImpact
Her ground-breaking work is transforming hope and treatment prospects for people with #HuntingtonsDisease.
bna.org.uk/resource/pro...
#ResearchImpact
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The BNA is thrilled to announce that Professor Sarah Tabrizi @ucl.ac.uk has won the 2025 Outstanding Contribution to #Neuroscience Award.
Her ground-breaking work is transforming hope and treatment prospects for people with #HuntingtonsDisease.
bna.org.uk/resource/pro...
#ResearchImpact
Her ground-breaking work is transforming hope and treatment prospects for people with #HuntingtonsDisease.
bna.org.uk/resource/pro...
#ResearchImpact
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Can we repair the ageing brain? 🧠
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Can we repair the ageing brain? 🧠
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
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Great two days in York with the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network. Always a pleasure to be invited to share MitoCluster's work, thank you!
@mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social @lauragreaves.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social
@mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social @lauragreaves.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Great two days in York with the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network. Always a pleasure to be invited to share MitoCluster's work, thank you!
@mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social @lauragreaves.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social
@mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social @lauragreaves.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social
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🎉 16 UCL Brain Sciences academics have been named in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers List 2025, recognising their exceptional global research impact.
👏 Congratulations to all!
Read the list in full:
👏 Congratulations to all!
Read the list in full:
16 UCL Brain Sciences academics recognised in 2025 annual global list of influential researchers
A total of 16 academics from the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences have been identified in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2025.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🎉 16 UCL Brain Sciences academics have been named in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers List 2025, recognising their exceptional global research impact.
👏 Congratulations to all!
Read the list in full:
👏 Congratulations to all!
Read the list in full:
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Congratulations to Professor Sarah Tabrizi @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social on earning the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award, for excellence and leadership in UK neuroscience and recognising her transformative impact on Huntington's disease research
Pioneering UCL Huntington’s researcher wins major neuroscience award
Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Director of the UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre, has been awarded the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025, the assoc...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Congratulations to Professor Sarah Tabrizi @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social on earning the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award, for excellence and leadership in UK neuroscience and recognising her transformative impact on Huntington's disease research