Lignani Lab

Reads: World Brain Day

Today is #WorldBrainDay, a global campaign promoting brain health for all ages.
At UCL, we're spotlighting some of the groundbreaking research that's shaping the future of brain health and wellbeing. 🧵

22.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Professor Gabriele Lignani on developing new gene therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders Professor Gabriele Lignani is leading an international team of researchers to develop a new generation of cell-state gene therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders

2/ Prof Gabriele Lignani of @lignanilab.bsky.social is leading an international team of researchers to develop a new generation of cell-state gene therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders.

www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

22.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Prenatal sodium channel dysfunction in Dravet syndrome alters cortical development Neurodevelopmental disorders associated with epilepsy are typically linked to postnatal dysfunction of synaptic proteins and ion channels, yet increasing evidence suggests a role for these proteins be...

Very excited to share my (first 😁) first-author preprint from my PhD work with @lignanilab.bsky.social 🎉
We uncovered an unexpected role for Nav1.1 in early cortical development, notably in the regulation of the cell cycle in cortical progenitors.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

16.05.2025 17:28 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

Prenatal sodium channel dysfunction in Dravet syndrome alters cortical development Neurodevelopmental disorders associated with epilepsy are typically linked to postnatal dysfunction of synaptic proteins and ion channels, yet increasing evidence suggests a role for these proteins be...

Thrilled to share that our latest work on #DravetSyndrome is now out as a preprint! 🚀
This project, brilliantly led by @clarazourray.bsky.social and co-supervised by Serena Barral, brought together an incredible team.
A huge thanks to everyone involved, exciting science ahead! 👏
shorturl.at/NdC79

16.05.2025 16:59 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

UCL researchers receive £8.1 million ARIA funding for innovative brain research UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.

UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in @aria-research.bsky.social funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.
@uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
bit.ly/4g9MN1H

21.01.2025 14:58 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Thrilled to announce that our international team has been awarded a prestigious research grant! Together, we aim to tackle some of the most complex neurological diseases using cutting-edge technologies. Excited for the journey ahead! @aria-research.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social

20.01.2025 14:26 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Deadline extend to 19th January!

06.01.2025 18:28 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Photograph of the Institute of Neurology, University College London in Queen Square.

We're hiring! 🧠 We're looking for a postdoc to perform neuropixels recordings in mouse models of neurological disorders as part of a larger team that's testing out novel gene therapies here at UCL. Super exciting project, come join the team! tinyurl.com/2ykfy2um
#neuroskyence
#neurojobs

20.12.2024 13:58 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

📢 We are looking for a dynamic, energetic and passionate postdoc fellow to work on in vivo electrophysiology to understand and treat neurological diseases! Deadline 8th January #neuropixels #braindynamics #epilepsy #neurodiseases

tinyurl.com/5n6sad38

24.12.2024 13:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2