BrainInflammationGrp
@BIG_research
Brain Inflammation Group (BIG), University of Manchester. Researching the role inflammation plays in brain disorders, such as stroke.
🧬🔬@RoyNgLab is developing nanoparticles to treat glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive brain cancers. If successful it could lead to a targeted therapy that works specifically on tumour-driving cells avoiding damage to healthy tissue. #WorldCancerDay shorturl.at/7qbcH
🚨Research Technician at @DNS_UOM, University of Manchester. Join Dr Kira Shaw and Dr Ingo Schiessl on a Wellcome project exploring how menopause may increase Alzheimer’s risk. Closing date: 12th August 🧠jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
🚨Research Associate at @DNS_UOM, University of Manchester. Join Dr Kira Shaw and Dr Ingo Schiessl on a Wellcome project exploring how menopause may increase Alzheimer’s risk. Closing date: 12th August 🧠jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…
🧠 Today is #GlioblastomaAwarenessDay. For 60+ years, life expectancy for glioblastoma has barely improved. We’re working to change that through research, trials & innovation. #BrainTumourResearch #HopeThroughScience 👉Read more: shorturl.at/feqb8
✨ Poster spotlight in full swing at the @Bionow conference! Mary and Abigail are taking the stage with their flash talks, showcasing their research in ICH
A @KasherLab double whammy!! 🐟 BIG congrats to zebrafish enthusiasts Dr Emily McMahon (@EmzMcM) and Dr Daisy Flatman (@Daisy_Flatman) for passing their PhD vivas last week! 🎉 Excited to see where your research takes you next! 🧠🫀
Check out this new PhD opportunity within our group, led by @KasherLab as part of our @TheBHF Centre of Research Excellence: "Infection, inflammation and risk of haemorrhagic stroke: investigating the role of cholesterol" 🧠 Deadline 6th June, please share findaphd.com/phds/project/b…
Thrilled to share our latest paper, now OA in @_JCBFM! 🎉 A collaborative effort by 3 postdocs from @BIG_research, dissecting the specific role of microglial IL-1α in stroke. Still so much to uncover about the nonredundancy of IL-1α and IL-1β in stroke! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…
Check out Ep 2 of #TheBrainFix podcast – How We Perceive Light 💡 Dr @NinaMilo_Lab chats with Prof @RobLucasDar about photobiology, animal photopigments & optogenetics - exciting potential future therapies to restore vision. 🎧 Listen now: share.transistor.fm/s/bbbb2465 @DNS_UOM
Check out this educational resource, made by an undergraduate student at @OfficialUoM. Please support by watching their educational videos on how #malaria causes damage to the brain 🧠🦟 & share widely for as many responses as possible! milliewalsh16.wixsite.com/website
Listen to @DrSarahRyan speak about her Dementia Leader Fellowship from @alzheimerssoc
Are you a dementia researcher looking for research independence? Our Dementia Research Leader Fellowship could be for you. 👂Hear @DrSarahRyan talk about getting her fellowship. Apply for this or one of our other grants here: alzheimers.org.uk/research/resea… Deadline 28th March 🗓️
📢Check out the first episode of the new #TheBrainFix podcast, where researchers give insights into the world of neuroscience and brain disease - "A Fly Brain" featuring Profs Brough & Baines discussing neuroscience research using fruit flies 🪰🧠 feeds.transistor.fm/the-brain-fix
Our latest publication in collaboration with researchers from @unige_en unpicks the cellular origins of metabolic dysfunction in #AlzheimersDisease using in vivo metabolic imaging and ex vivo measurement of FDG-uptake in sorted cell populations journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…
BIG congratulations to Dr @GraceGregory_ for passing her viva on Friday!! 🎉 Grace's PhD, which was funded by @nf2biosolution1, aimed to help people with the rare disease #NF2. @GJBrainResearch
Check out this new paper from @_LowriEvans, alongside other members of the BIG group. Congratulations to all involved, starting 2025 strong! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mi…
Congrats to all involved for this amazing accomplishment! 🧠
Wow, proud is an understatement. Just found out our work has won a @TheBHF Heart Hero Award for ‘BHF Research Story of the Year 2024’. Thank you to everyone who voted! You’ve made a young scientist very happy (and slightly emotional) #hearthero pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
PhD opportunity: If you're interested in how astrocytes and the meninges talk to each other and how this is affected in dementia come do your PhD with us in Edinburgh (cc: @Horsburgh_Lab and Ingo Schiessl)! findaphd.com/phds/project/v…
Interested in pursuing a PhD with @dickie_ben, @HAT_Pritchard, and me to explore the role of mural cells in Alzheimer’s disease? Feel free to apply or share this opportunity widely! findaphd.com/phds/project/v…
We have a @alzheimerssoc VIDA DTC PhD studentship using the UK Biobank and physiological techniques to study the links between hypertension and dementia. A collaboration with @EalesJames, Prof Wardlaw and Dr Chappell from @EdinburghUni. findaphd.com/phds/project/v…
🧠 Blood flow & immune response are key to understanding dementia. The @alzheimerssoc funded VIDA DTC unites 4 UK institutions to train future leaders tackling these challenges. 9 PhD's available, 14 projects to choose from. Apply by 20 Dec dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/phd-studentshi…