The March edition of The Disconnected Mind Newsletter with news and updates from our team is now available online:
edin.ac/41uIdWx
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TUTORIAL: Our new preprint "Clinical progression of clonal hematopoiesis is determined by a combination of mutation timing, fitness, and clonal structure" is out @elatorre.bsky.social @edinunilbc.bsky.social @linusschumacher.bsky.social @biologyaging.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Weβre celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science #February11
As #Womeninscience, we have the opportunity to shape research on #cognitive #ageing, influence policies that promote healthy ageing, and support future generations of women in #STEM.
@schoolofppls.bsky.social
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New preprint! Which regions of the human brain are most strongly related to individual differences in general cognitive functioning? And what are the underlying neurobiological properties of those areas? | bioRxiv | doi: 10.1101/2024.12.17.628670 π§
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The December issue of the Disconnected Mind Newsletter from Lothian Birth Cohorts is now available online with highlights of 2024 as well as our recent research and publications, and scientific and public engagement events from this Autumn:
edin.ac/3DeEOCR
@schoolofppls.bsky.social
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Major grant for Psychology Research Fellow
The grant, totalling almost Β£3.7 million, has been awarded to Dr Sarah Harris of Lothian Birth Cohorts (LBC) to facilitate research into biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset.
Exciting grant news - @saraheharris99.bsky.social from @edinunilbc.bsky.social has been awarded a grant of around Β£3.7m to study blood-based protein biomarkers for early dementia detection in a joint project with Uni of Texas at Austin & @colorado.edu. Read more: edin.ac/4g7XC55
#psychology
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Exciting postdoc opportunity to work with Dr @saraheharris99.bsky.social using new longitudinal data in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 to create the largest study of #protein #biomarkers and longitudinal cognitive and brain changes before clinical #Alzheimerβs disease diagnosis!
Apply by 13 January
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Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline
Precision Medicine Project - Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline
πPhD Opportunityπ
Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!β¬οΈ
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
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Since 2004 the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants have been meeting with the research team every three years for many hours of cognitive testing, medical exams and brain scans. Over 100 participants at age 88 have now returned to the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility for the 7th time!
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This year we celebrate two special anniversaries in the history of the Lothian Birth Cohorts studies: the 25th anniversary of the LBC1921 established in 1999 and the 20th anniversary of the LBC1936!
The cohorts' data have contributed to over 700 publications on cognitive, brain and general ageing!
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Innovation Fellow at University of Edinburgh.
Perinatal mental health / Intergenerational mental health
Exploring the relationships between caregiver social determinants of mental health, technology use, and parent-infant early relational health
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Associate Professor interested in how aging drives hematopoietic stem cell dynamics at Mayo Clinic, MN https://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/stem-cell-aging-cancer/overview
Prof of brain & cognitive ageing, Director @EdinUniLBC. What happens? Why does it happen? How can we measure it accurately?
#Neuropsychology Professor at #USC; American Psychological Association Council Member; Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences of the #GSA; REC Co-Leader, USC ADRC; Psalm 119; www.hanresearchlab.com
Chandra lab twitter. Opinions are personal and do not reflect Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayo.edu/research/faculty/chandra-tamir-ph-d/bio-20571594
The Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities
Postdoc @edinunilbc.bsky.social π§ π§¬she/her
Senior Lecturer @RoyalHolloway | Visiting Researcher @SGDPCentreKCL | statistical genetics, education & mental health
Functional, population and evolutionary genomics @EdinburghUni (@BMTOeduni and @EdinUniUsher) and @zje_institute.
A charitable facility at University of Edinburgh delivering research and trials for people with neurological conditions including MS, MND, Parkinson's and cognitive disorders.
Brain health & Omics π§¬π§
Translational neuroscience PhD student at the University of Edinburghπ©βπ»
Sound and Science
Sonification Researcher
Teaching Fellow in Science Communication
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
https://vimeo.com/sonifyed
https://soundcloud.com/sonifyed
Infection specialist, Edinburgh.
A support service for Early Career Dementia Researchers Worldwide. Delivered by UCL funded by Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society, Race Against Dementia & the NIHR - https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
Psychology Lecturer, University of Edinburgh. Research: Cognitive Ageing | Chronic Pain | Psychological Predictors of Health
Professor of Healthcare for Older People, University of Edinburgh. Geriatrician. Always trying to build bridges & learn from other disciplines. Interested in everything, esp dementia, delirium, care homes, data, technology
Researcher in neuroscience and psychiatry @EdinUniNeuro.bsky.social interested in HIV mental health & inflammation. I also do other stuff.
www.arishmrl.com
Research Fellow in cognitive ageing, health & wellbeing @edinunilbc Psychometrics, lifestyle, diet, & green space.
Geriatric medicine registrar and PhD student researching care trajectories and geriatric syndromes. Small details and big pictures. Based in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.
