🚨 The countdown is on for #WiNUKAwards2025 🚨

It's the last chance to register for in-person/virtual tickets, with admission closing on Wednesday at midday!

🎟️ Get yours here: www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/winuk-awards...

Set your alarms for midday! ⏰

🚨WiNUK Day 2026 is coming to Birmingham this April!🚨
This year’s theme is neurodiversity🧠🌈
🗓️ Happening during #AutismAwarenessMonth
🗣️ Open call for talks, posters & panels (all genders welcome!)
📅 Deadline: Sun 14 Sept
#WiNUKDay2026 #Neurodiversity #WomenInSTEM

🚨 Deadline for nominations extended! 🚨

You have one week to nominate someone doing exceptional neuroscience work! 🧠

Whether they’re in the lab, behind the scenes, or amplifying science through communication—nominate them now before the window closes 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬

7 days. That’s all you’ve got left to shine a light on someone doing exceptional neuroscience work!
Nominate them now before the window closes!
📌 Nominations close 10 August
🎯 Final push. Tag, share, submit.
📥 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

⏰ Not long left to nominate!

🌟 To help spread the word, drop us a message for printable flyers for your workplace or templates to copy to your staff / student mailing lists and social media. Every share helps!

This makes me so happy 🥰

A strong network of peers and mentors can be hard to find but can make all the difference to scientists’ wellbeing and careers.

I love making this more accessible via WiNUK, particularly to support those facing biases in their day-to-day 💗

We’re excited to announce our new partnership with Women in Neuroscience UK, uniting our missions to champion EDI and women’s work in dementia research. This collaboration will strengthen inclusivity across our research community.
#AlzheimersResearchUK #WomeninNeuroscienceUK #EDIinResearch

@alzheimersresearchuk.org has been a valued supporter of @womeninneurouk.bsky.social since the beginning.

It’s exciting to formalise our collaboration today through WiNUK’s Partnership Programme #WiNUKxARUK 🧡💗

With further optimisation, small molecules could provide next-generation approaches to detection, monitoring and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. 4/4

While antibodies currently provide higher signal-to-noise, small molecules have advantages over antibodies, including quick & cheap production, & ability to resist harsh washing & buffer conditions. 3/🧵

In this paper, we developed a small molecule system that can capture alpha-synuclein fibrils and late oligomers, including in human serum. 2/🧵

Detecting alpha-synuclein aggregates with small molecules on single-molecule array Protein aggregates are promising biomarkers for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders. Single-Molecule Array (SiMoA) is a powerful method to detect these aggregates at ultra-low concentration...

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT

'Detecting alpha-synuclein aggregates with small molecules on single-molecule array': pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Excited to share this @KlenermanLab & Hunter Lab @ChemCambridge collaboration. 1/🧵

In this paper, we developed a small molecule system that can capture alpha-synuclein fibrils and late oligomers, including in human serum. 2/🧵

www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/post/what-th...

🧠 New research co-authored by @lizzieenglish.bsky.social (founder of Women in Neuroscience) reveals over half of early-career women in dementia research report sexism—especially microaggressions & implicit bias that shape confidence and collaboration.

Institutions must act.

Full paper here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#SexismInScience #WomenInSTEM #AcademicEquity #Neuroscience

Whole range of exciting volunteer roles to get stuck into! 🧠🎉

With our belief that diverse minds create innovative ideas and that all voices matter, we’d love to see applicants from across backgrounds, genders, career positions and locations 💖

⬇️ Apply below

Innovation needs all voices. 🎙️💖

At Women in Neuroscience UK, we’re building a future where female-identifying researchers lead breakthroughs in brain health and are celebrated for their successes! 🙌🌟
#DiverseScience #NeuroEquity #WiNUK
@lizzieenglish.bsky.social

Looking forward to giving the welcome talk for the first ever WiNUK Day tomorrow 🌟

Hope to see you there, whether in person or online!

Last chance to register ➡️ WiNUKDay2025.eventbrite.com

WiNUK Day: Minds Matter @ University of Nottingham Join us for WiNUK Day: Minds Matter @ University of Nottingham, where we'll be spotlighting mental health research!

Last chance to register for @womeninneurouk.bsky.social’s first conference day! ⌛

🧠 #WiNUKDay2025: Minds Matter 🧠
‼️ This Friday
📍University of Nottingham & online
👥 FREE for all genders, locations & career stages

Sign up here ➡️ WiNUKDay2025.eventbrite.com

Perfect timing for a thesis focus block 💆🏻‍♀️‼️
All career stages welcome- bring any project you’re working on. Hope to see you there ⬇️

✨🧠GIVEAWAY ALERT🧠✨

Be the FIRST to visit our stand (46) at the #BNA2025 conference today and show us you follow us on social + our mailing list — and you’ll WIN our exclusive WiNUK tote bag! Only one up for grabs… don’t walk, RUN!

A dream to be supported by so many wonderful women at #BNA2025 🤗

Hear more about @womeninneurouk.bsky.social at our session (Tue 9:30-11:15am, room 11B)- all genders & career stages welcome ‼️

Then don’t miss our stand (46) for cute freebies & insightful chats 🧠🌟

@britishneuro.bsky.social

At #BNA2025?
See you at our session on Tuesday morning 👀

#WiNUKDay2025 registration is open! ⬇️

🔗 Register to join us: WiNUKDay2025.eventbrite.com

‼️Submit your abstract in neuroscience or psychology by Friday 25th for a chance to present: forms.gle/DXsYE8zHLbCv...

🚨 Submit your abstract to present at the first ever WiNUK Day! 🎉

The conference may be mental health themed, but we’d love our ECR presentations to span diverse neuroscience / psychology topics.

Looking forward to platforming you & your work! 🗣️

Our first ever WiNUK Day will be taking place in Nottingham ‼️ This year the focus is on mental health 🧠

Attendees are welcome from all disciplines including from outside of @uniofnottingham.bsky.social!
➡️ Stay tuned for sign up info 👀

Stats in this paper raise awareness & hold individuals, institutions & funders to account. Together we can make changes to enable women to do their best work to accelerate dementia research 🙌🧠

345 dementia researcher’s experiences of sexism analysed in a great team effort driven by @betterresearch.bsky.social & @popneurosci.bsky.social. A pleasure to lead career stage analysis & interpretations, collaborating with wonderful international @istaart.bsky.social Early Career Researchers 👏