Neuroscience Institute
@neuroshef
Tackling the biggest challenges in neuroscience by bringing together #SITraN and researchers across medicine, science and engineering.
From disappointment to discovery: Professor Mimoun Azzouz shares how @sheffielduni's Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre overcame manufacturing hurdles to advance Spinal Muscular Atrophy research. Learn more: sheffield.ac.uk/neuroscience-i…
Join us at our next Bright Minds webinar and hear from @CognoSpeak: a multidisciplinary project developing a new AI tool that could help doctors spot the early signs of dementia. 📅 25.09.2024 ⏲️ 12:00pm to 1:00pm Book your place: sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/events/…
Join our team: Fully-funded PhD: Mobility & Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Parkinson's. We seek a motivated PhD student to explore this crucial link. Start Date: Oct 2025 Apply by: 29.01.2025 Learn more and apply now: findaphd.com/phds/project/m…
Join our team in a fully-funded project investigating Tremor in Parkinson's subtypes. We seek a motivated PhD student to explore diverse tremor presentations. Start Date: Oct 2025 Apply by: 29.01.2025 Learn more and apply now: findaphd.com/phds/project/t…
Why is an approved Alzheimer’s drug not available on the NHS? @rahulsidhu_ from @neuroshef explains why 👇 theconversation.com/alzheimers-dru…
We're celebrating one of our Parkinson's papers reaching 7,500 views. 💫 This paper examines a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of Ursodeoxycholic Acid (UDCA) in Parkinson's Disease. Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1002/mds.29… #Parkinsons
As part of #WorldAlzMonth, we're shining a light on the Mortiboys Lab, a lab dedicated to understanding the mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases. Discover some of the research carried out by Heather Mortiboys and her team. sheffield.ac.uk/neuroscience-i…
Congratulations to our Co-Director Professor Oliver Bandmann who has been awarded the 2024 Tom Isaacs Award in recognition of his outstanding Parkinson’s research. sheffield.ac.uk/neuroscience-i… #Parkinsons
Our dementia research is internationally recognised and brings together clinicians, scientists and researchers from multiple disciplines. As part of #WorldAlzMonth, we’re shining a spotlight on some of our ongoing studies. Read more below: sheffield.ac.uk/neuroscience-i…
Research undertaken by our members @NeuroSimon and @HeatherMortiboy has identified a specific enzyme that impacts glucose metabolism and cell function in Alzheimer’s disease. Read more about the study: sheffield.ac.uk/neuroscience-i…
We are at the Festival of the Mind with 'Mind Matters: Navigating the Wonders of Sensory and Developmental Neuroscience'! Millennium Gallery; Tues–Sat: 10am–5pm Sun: 11am–4pm @FestivalMind festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/2024/futurecad…
New PhD position available within our Hearing Group. Details below. 👇🏾
📣 Our new fully funded PhD position is now open! This project aims to understand how feedback to the cochlear from the brainstem changes following noise exposure, working with Dr Adam Carlton and Prof Walter Marcotti. Please share and apply if interested! findaphd.com/phds/project/f…
Today’s image was provided by Martina Morchio, one of our final year PhD students from the School of Clinical Dentistry. The picture displays a human lingual neuroma, where axons are marked in green, perineurial cells in red and Schwann cells in blue. #ImageOfTheWeek
A team from the Neuroscience Institute led by Professor Fiona Boissonade will present an interactive exhibition about abnormal sensory processing next week. Visit us in the Millennium Gallery! #FOTM2024 festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/2024/futurecad…
Yesterday, some of our members presented their research findings to the general public at the Dementia Futures conference. Read more about presentations from our PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and senior researchers. #WorldAlzMonth sheffield.ac.uk/neuroscience-i…
✏️Today’s paper spotlight comes from the Tatyana Shelkovnikova group @TS_Lab_ . The study looks at the regulatory role of TDP-43 in paraspeckle assembly. A preprint is available via this link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf….
I’m Freya Bunting, doing a PhD in Clinical Dentistry on central & peripheral mechanisms of post-stroke pain. I use in vitro analysis/in vivo electrophysiology. Pain is often underdiagnosed and undertreated as the side effects of available medications are undesirable #ECROfTheWeek
This week's #ImageOfTheWeek comes from the Sheffield Neurovascular Lab saying farewell to Beth Eyre, who was leaving to move to America. 😢 Best of luck, Beth! 🤞🏽
Our researches will be part of @FestivalMind - come join them! Mind Matters: Navigating the Wonders of Sensory and Developmental Neuroscience, 24-29 Sep, Millennium Gallery Music and me: a music café offering new ways to experience music, 22 September, 11-12.30pm, Spiegeltent
📢The wait is over - we’re back! With over 40 FREE events, #FOTM2024 will see @sheffielduni researchers work with local creatives to bring our pioneering research to life through immersive exhibitions, films, performances & more. 🗓️Sept 19 - 29 Explore👉bit.ly/4dH45CR
Take a look at our members approach to dementia research below: #WorldAlzMonth
World Alzheimer’s Month in September aims to raise awareness of dementia and address the stigma that exists around the condition. For #WorldAlzMonth, we are shining a spotlight on some of @neuroshef's multidisciplinary dementia research. sheffield.ac.uk/neuroscience-i…