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💫 💫 Dr Rachael Matthews awarded Alzheimer’s Research UK Clinical Fellowship 💫 💫

The Fellowship is to investigate how infections can trigger long‑term cognitive decline.

@alzheimersresearchuk.org
@livuniresearch.bsky.social

Find out more ➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

⭐ Thanks to today's Seminar speakers ⭐

- Saif Huda

- @clairehetherington.bsky.social

- Mark Ellul

@thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
@livuniresearch.bsky.social

🗣️ LINC video series: an interview with Selina Johnson

Dr Johnson, Clinical Research Fellow & Pain Specialist Physiotherapist @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social was awarded a prestigious Senior Clinical & Practitioner Research Award by @nihr.bsky.social

Listen here➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

🗣️ LINC video series: an interview with Saif Huda

Dr Saif Huda, Senior Clinical Lecturer & Consultant Neurologist @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social, recently awarded a prestigious Senior Clinical & Practitioner Research Award (SCPRA) by @nihr.bsky.social

Listen now➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

Thanks to the wonderful speakers at last night's LINC Early Career Researcher event @mcmillanlab.bsky.social and Ali Baksh!

Major clinical trial provides definitive evidence of impacts of steroid treatment on severe brain infection - University of Liverpool News Major clinical trial provides definitive evidence of impacts of steroid treatment on severe brain infection

✨ Major clinical trial provides definitive evidence of impacts of steroid treatment on severe brain infection ✨

@runningmadprof.bsky.social

Dr Mark Ellul

@encephalitisint.bsky.social

@thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

@livuniresearch.bsky.social

➡️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/01/21/m...

Chickenpox changed our lives. If I’d known, we’d have got the vaccine The NHS has just launched a vaccination programme for the common childhood illness. When Kelly Diggle’s son caught the virus, it led to dangerous complications

The chickenpox vaccine is now available on the NHS. LINC Director @benedictneuro.bsky.social spoke to @thetimes.com for today's article, about why parents should vaccinate their children.

➡️ "Chickenpox changed our lives. If I’d known, we’d have got the vaccine"

www.thetimes.com/article/9119...

Blood sugar spikes linked to higher risk of Alzheimer's disease - University of Liverpool News Blood sugar spikes linked to higher risk of Alzheimer's disease

A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology has found that spikes in blood sugar after meals may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Read the full story ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/01/14/b...

⭐ NIHR invests £13.7M for life-changing research to improve how new treatments for brain tumours are developed & tested ⭐

LINC's Prof. Michael Jenkinson will lead the Capacity Building Theme, to increase the number of UK brain tumour researchers.

Read more: www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-la...

🗣️ LINC video series: an interview with @laurenhepworth.bsky.social

Lauren was recently awarded a prestigious Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award (SCPRA) by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Listen now ➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

I’ve been keeping this to myself for a little while… but I can finally say it. I won the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Postgraduate Award 2025. 🧠🏆😭🎉 I’m still in disbelief. This award… | Iev... I’ve been keeping this to myself for a little while… but I can finally say it. I won the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Postgraduate Award 2025. 🧠🏆😭🎉 I’m still in disbelief. This award recogn...

⭐ Huge congratulations to @andrulyte.bsky.social - winner of the British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social Postgraduate Award 2025 ⭐

The Award recognises her ground-breaking thesis exploring hemispheric language dominance & brain connectivity.

www.linkedin.com/posts/ieva-a...

⭐Congratulations Professor Paul May MBE!⭐

What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care Diagnosis rates are rising because the NHS pathway is overwhelmed and fragmented, not because distress is being exaggerated.

🔎 Overdiagnosis? 🔎

UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered an expert review of ADHD, autism & mental health diagnoses.

Professor @danwjoyce.bsky.social discusses what really lies at the heart of the issue.

Full story @uk.theconversation.com ➡️

theconversation.com/what-looks-l...

The chickenpox complication that left Roman in a wheelchair aged four Sociable, confident and football-mad, Roman settled in quickly when he started in reception at primary school. But all this changed after Roman contracted chickenpox, aged four, in 2022.

As the vaccine against chickenpox is added to the MMR jab in 2026, Roman's story highlights why we urge parents to protect their children.

Professor @benedictneuro.bsky.social contributed to today's article in @dailymail.co.uk

Full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

We closed the year with an interdisciplinary Epilepsy Workshop

Thanks to everyone who joined, especially Rosemarie Pardington from @epilepsyinst.bsky.social, & Rebekah Smith from Epilepsy Action for insight on patient perspectives & priorities .

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome | NEJM This review summarizes the diagnosis and treatment of complex regional pain syndrome, a rare limb-pain disorder. Early rehabilitation and multidisciplinary care are key; most patients improve withi...

⭐Prof. Andreas Goebel highlights the need for more awareness of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome- New England Journal of Medicine⭐

Story➡️ www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/news/leading...

Full article ➡️ www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Liverpool City Region Life Sciences Roundtable 2025 Discover how Liverpool City Region is emerging as a powerhouse for health and life sciences. Read the coverage of the roundtable, where industry leaders, investors and policymakers explored…

"Liverpool City Region is emerging as a powerhouse for health and life sciences"

LINC's Director @benedictneuro.bsky.social joined other senior leaders from the life sciences sector at a recent North West Business Insider Roundtable

➡️ www.insidermedia.com/roundtables/...

🗣️ LINC video series: An interview with Janine Winterbottom, Consultant Nurse in Epilepsy at @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

Janine was recently awarded a prestigious
@nihr.bsky.social
Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award (SCPRA)

Watch now ➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

🗣️ LINC video series launched: An interview with Dr Nish Srikandarajah, Consultant Neurosurgeon @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

Nish was recently awarded a prestigious @nihr.bsky.social Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award (SCPRA)

Watch now ➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

⭐ New £20K scholarship for MSc Neuroscience⭐

The Liverpool Clinical Neuroscience Award, supported by The Walton Centre Charity will fund 2 intercalating medical students on Liverpool MSc Neuroscience 2026.

@thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

Find out more➡️
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

🧠 New paper alert! — What Did the COVID‑19 Pandemic Teach Us About Neurologic Surveillance Approaches, and How Should We Be Better Prepared?

🔍👇
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

@benedictneuro.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

💫 LINC Synapse Award: ‘How do signals from brain tumour disrupt brain activity?’💫 a project linking neuro-inflammation with neuro-oncology.

Congratulations to ECRs @clairehetherington.bsky.social & Ali Bakhsh @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

New tool helps predict which brain tumours will require treatment - University of Liverpool News New tool helps predict which brain tumours will require treatment

🔬 RESEARCH | A new study shows clinical tool developed by @liverpooluni.bsky.social & @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social can accurately predict whether the most common type of brain tumour will grow or cause symptoms, aiding better-informed decisions about care.

➡️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/20/n...

Fantastic speakers today at LINC's Monthly Seminar.
Today's talks were on Epilepsy

Thanks to Dr Gashirai Mbizvo, Nasir Mirza, Ali Bakhsh, @bengoult.bsky.social , Katarzyna Goljanek-Whysall and Carolina Ferreira Atuesta.

Dates for the next events: www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

⭐ SCPRA awards ⭐

Five @lincneurosci.bsky.social researchers awarded prestigious Senior Clinical & Practitioner Research Awards by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Full story
➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

@thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
@laurenhepworth.bsky.social

💡 LINC on the Original Ideas podcast 💡

Now available on the Original Ideas podcast from the @livuninews.bsky.social, LINC members discuss our understanding of Pain, and how research could drive change for people around the world.

Listen: www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...

🔬 Study reveals vinculin’s unexpected role in cellular mechanical memory

Professor Ben Goult @liverpooluni.bsky.social said: "It’s a fundamental change in how we view this protein.”

Read
➡️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/31/s...

➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

✨✨LINC Neurosurgeon receives the Vilhelm Magnus Medal✨✨

Congratulations Prof. Jenkinson of @liverpooluni.bsky.social & Consultant Neurosurgeon @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social- today he received the award often described as the ‘Nobel Prize of Neurosurgery’.

Read: www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

New MSc Neuroscience for 2026

- Modern neuroscience, with a unique focus on clinical disorders of the central nervous system.

- Co-designed with research active clinicians.

- Opportunity to gain hands-on experience with neuroscience tools.

Find out more:
➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/neur...