Excellent article demonstrating the precarious position of brain banks in the UK. More funding is desperately needed.
BBC News - Bristol centre storing brains for dementia research could shut
https://t.co/S2z3zKEX8h
They found the cause of SIDS
THEY FOUND THE CAUSE OF SIDS
Excuse me while I cry for all the parents, including lead researcher Dr Carmel Harrington, who lived with guilt. And cry happy tears for parents in the future who will have access to screening and prevention. 😭
Great work from @rahulsidhu_ during his MSc project and @ABampton elucidating that hnRNP K mislocalisation in neurons of the dentate nucleus is a novel neuropathological feature of neurodegenerative disease and ageing @QSBrainBank https://t.co/iicDFCHd1f
📣 Job alert! We are looking to hire an enthusiastic RA to join our fabulous Insight 46 team investigating brain ageing and preclinical dementia in the @MRCLHA 1946 birth cohort @dem_researcher https://t.co/2e7fP5E7Ui
👀 Looking for a super partnerships manager to cover maternity leave in my team…. Check out the current @AlzResearchUK vacancies: https://t.co/ViZRjf9Wfb
Join us next Thursday (16th December), 7 – 8pm GMT for an @AlzResearchUK webinar — we will discuss dementia trials, early detection, brain health and answer as many questions as we can! All welcome — registration details 👇
Protein production in brain cells can be disrupted in dementia. Understanding how this happens could help us find new processes to target for treatments.
@tammarynlashley and @ariana_gatt are investigating this process in frontotemporal dementia. #AAIC21
I am very excited to share our latest work showing that ALS causative FUS mutants induce the phase separation of FMRP and impair translation in motor neurons!
https://t.co/187Eer5TGJ
@FrattaLab@UCLIoN@UCLBrainScience@UKDRI#ALS#MND