Laura Winchester

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There is still time to register for today Fluid and Neuroimaging Biomarker Forum discussion - todays chat will explore sample handling and data interpretation.

12pm GMT in the Dementia Researcher Community

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Joint DEMON network working group this month discussing female specific lipid expression in #Alzheimer’s. Please pm me or @saobettencourt.bsky.social for more details. #academicsky ⬇️

Plastic Skeleton in his woodland lab wearing appropriate safety equipment (goggles and lab coat).

Enjoying the skeleton hard at work in his lab in this year's local Halloween trail.

Slightly muddy running footpath alongside a farmers field somewhere in darkest Oxfordshire.

Last training run yesterday before the Oxford half on Sunday. Running for Alzheimer’s Research UK and still looking for sponsors. And please have a look at all the other ARUK researchers running this weekend. @arukthamesv.bsky.social
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This is an interesting one for potential reviewers. The authors used the NHANES cohort publications to count the copycats.

Picuture showing forthcoming book, called 'Keep your hair on: understanding urges to pick, pull and bite' by Clare Mackay, which will be launched in April 2026

Big news!

I loved researching and writing this book, which is all about shedding the shame, and getting really curious about urges to pick, pull and bite.

I can't wait to share it with you! It's out on April 2nd, and is available to pre-order now.

#bfrb #bfrbs #bodyfocusedrepetitivebehaviors

Enjoying this as a distraction this morning as well...

Black cat lying on a sofa

My moral support for responding to reviewers on a Saturday morning. He's fed up as well. #Caturday

Dementia Researcher: The Road To AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 In this episode of the Dementia Researcher podcast, host Adam Smith discusses the upcoming AAIC Neuroscience Next Conference with guests Tricia Nicholson, Dr Amanda Heslgrave, and Kalli Mavr...

Who’s ready for Manchester 2026? 🧠

AAIC Neuroscience Next is free, global, and packed with chances to present your work. Abstracts open 22 September – are you in? #AAICNeuro

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Ah, vodafone didn't come through until 4 minutes past. I'll be hiding in a cardboard box with the cat then.

Beach over sand dunes with sun behind clouds

Running path along the beach

Starting the training runs for Oxford half from the beach this morning. Will be looking for sponsorship when I get home ... www.justgiving.com/team/aruk-ru...

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

Just came across this graphical abstract for a paper. No idea what they were going for with the whale and rainbow, but at least it is very calming

I like the rainbow of visualisation best.

Big day for @neuroproteome.bsky.social All proteomic data released at neuroproteome.org and publications in print. Lots to read on AD, PD, FTD and ALS.

Looking for a new PhD student interested in Alzheimer’s disease and informatics starting in October. Details below.

For the June DEMON Biomarker working group we are pleased to host Dr Ehsan Pishva who will be presenting his work on DNA methylation and environmental exposures in Parkinson’s disease. Wednesday 11th June 10am BST. Please message for joining links.

Help Design a Pioneering Dementia Biomarkers Conference - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER Are you an ECR working on dementia biomarkers? Help shape a major 2026 conference & UK AAIC hub bid. Volunteer by 11 May to get involved!

🚨Calling all ECRs working on dementia biomarkers! 🚨

Are you interested in helping us shape the scientific programme for a one-day conference in February 2026?

Find out more & register your interest 👉 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/help-design-...

Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

A benchmarking crisis in biomedical machine learning www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪

In this month's DEMON Biomarker working group we are looking forward to hearing from @sanasuri.bsky.social who will be discussing her work on predicting dementia risk factors related to the heart and brain. 📅 Wed 9th April 10am (BST). Please message for joining details

Sharing on a Friday without the need for any further comment.

Lovely paper on cat coat genetics.

Thanks to global immunisation efforts, an estimated 154 million lives have been saved over the past 50 years 🌎 🤝

That’s equivalent to 6 lives every minute.

#CelebrateVaccines

We're excited to have @dorsaabdolkarimi.bsky.social from @preventiveneur1.bsky.social at our monthly DEMON Biomarkers WG meeting, on Wednesday, 12th March, @ 10am GMT presenting on "Identifying a Signature of Inflammatory Proteins Predicting Dementia." DM me or @winchesterl.bsky.social for details

Had a brilliant time in Birmingham this week but I do have to say the Early Careers Day was my favourite this year even if i am biased. Fantastic talks from both early career researchers and our invited experts. #arukconf25

LIST “WOMEN IN METABOLOMICS, LIPIDOMICS, PROTEOMICS AND RELATED DATA SCIENCE” NAME INSTITUTION COUNTRY Dr. Maria Eugenia Monge CIBION-CONICET Argentina Prof. Elaine Holmes Murdoch University- Imperial College London Australia- UK Dr Ruey-Leng Loo Murdoch University, Au...

I did a list of #WomeinSTEM working in #metabolomics & #lipidomics and #datascience please join or share with others, use it for conferences, media & networking, mentoring, supporting, anything that helps, 300+ women have joined
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Next week the DEMON biomarkers working group are hosting Dr Sofia Toniolo who will be talking about the opportunities and pitfalls from digital and plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease. 📅 Thursday 6th Feb 10am GMT. All welcome - PM for details.

Oh no. I remember the faulty headsets from last year. Hoping to come along tomorrow if you are attending both days and would like a coffee.

Depression symptom-specific genetic associations in clinically diagnosed and proxy case Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Mental Health Using genome-wide meta-analyses of clinical measures of depression and biobank data, the authors investigate symptom-specific genetic associations between depression and subsequent risk for Alzheimer’...

Just out — great work from Lachlan Gilchrist investigating the genetic relationship between depression and Alzheimer's. Pleased to have been able to contribute a little to this one. Open access, so read all about it below!

www.nature.com/articles/s44...