Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

🌙 Trouble #sleeping with #anxiety or #depression ? Aged 18–30 and living in Oxford? Join the Spectrum #SleepStudy! 🧠💤 We’re comparing two behavioural sleep interventions to improve mental health. 👉 Volunteer now: tinyurl.com/SpectrumSleep

New paper out from Jiali and team. Using @uk_biobank data, we quantified how #ALS and #dementia incidence increase with age in carriers of #C9orf72 expansion, and demonstrated that a common #UNC13A variant nearly doubles disease risk. #ALS #MND #FTD. academic.oup.com/brain/article/…

🎉 Congratulations to Selma Tir for successfully passing her viva on 20 June! 👏 Her thesis, “Investigating the mechanisms mediating circadian disruption by the modern light environment”, was examined by Prof @aartijagannath (@NDCNOxford) and Prof Hugh Piggins (Bristol). 🥳

'Perhaps this is the launch we needed.' Eye patches aren’t just for pirates and villains. In Elio, Disney/Pixar introduces a young hero with a patch – and breaks old stereotypes in the process. @NDCNOxford experts explain why it matters ⬇️

New unit paper by He et al. on “Tremor asymmetry and the development of bilateral phase-specific deep brain stimulation for postural tremor”, published in @MDJ_Journal 🎉🎉 mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications/t… @MRCBNDU @NDCNOxford @UniofOxford

HIGH-Q Exchange Webinar Series #4: epilepsy diagnosis in Kenya Join for HIGH-Q Exchange's final #webinar on #epilepsydiagonosis in Kenya, featuring Prof. Arjune Sen @NDCNOxford and Dr Symon Kariuki from @aphrc Register here👉 zoom.us/meeting/regist…

A new Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) aims to develop brain stimulation devices to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s, dementia, stroke and childhood epilepsy. More info ⬇️

Great #CRISPR workshop at #MertonCollege organised by @eyeMacLaren where our post doc, Dr. Ana Aragón @AnaAragonG presented her work on inducible CRISPRi gene silencing in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons from Parkinson’s patients 🧠 🔗shorturl.at/atoDj @NDCNOxford

NEW VACANCY: Seeking experienced Head of Operations to join leadership team of new MRC CoRE in Restorative Neural Dynamics. Exciting opportunity to help shape strategy and delivery of the grand challenge! Closing on 30th July 2025. mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/head… @NDCNOxford @UniofOxford

On the last day of #PrideMonth2025, read our interview with Postdoctoral Research Fellow Juju Fars about improving inclusivity when recruiting research participants and how they marked Pride 👇 buff.ly/wRfkOx0

Huge congratulations to Anis Sahoo @SahooAnis for winning the Oxford 10k @raceforlife today!! 🏃🏽‍♂️✨ Incredible achievement, well done 🎉 🔗36:36 shorturl.at/EYD42

Thinking about a career in medicine? 🩺 Join us for our Graduate Entry Medicine Open Afternoon on Friday 18 July, 2 - 4pm. Discover the course, meet tutors & students, and get your questions answered! Register in advance to attend ➡️ medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/medicine…

@UKRI_News - a new MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Restorative Neural Dynamics🎉🏆🚀 National flagship aiming to transform medical device-based treatments for brain conditions. #neurotechnology @UniofOxford @cardiffuni @GreatOrmondSt @imperialcollege @UniofNewcastle @The_MRC

Today we come together and raise awareness of motor neurone disease (MND). Our thread has all the facts. #GlobalMNDAwarenessDay

Ahead of #GlobalMNDAwarenessDay tomorrow, we're pleased to announce that The Alan Davidson Foundation has renewed its generous commitment to motor neuron disease (MND) research at Oxford by supporting the ACORN study for a further three years: tinyurl.com/4x5jnb5v @MNDOxford

NEWS: Study highlights effectiveness of neuromodulatory therapy on severe epileptic focal seizures The CORE-VNS 36-month data analysis confirmed the effectiveness of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) Therapy in paediatric and adult patients. @NDCNOxford. medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/study-hig…

We held our annual Thomas Willis Day event this week! Nearly 200 staff and students came together to celebrate our people and the work of our Department over the last year. Read all about it👇 tinyurl.com/4cer8t8m

OPDC hosts the 2025 Oxford Parkinson’s Research Day @KavliOxford dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-pa… @OxfordDPAG @OxNeuro @DPAGPostdoc @DPAGAthenaSwan @TofarisLab @NDCNOxford @MRCBNDU