HMRI Brain Neuromodulation Research Program

Program member Renee Bevege has been awarded funding through the SBSP EMCR Strategic Support Initiative to support her travel to New York 5–19 August.
Renee will attend a Proteomics training course at the prestigious Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Read more here www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai...

Program member Dr Renate Thienel graduated with Master of Professional Psychology (Clinical Foundations) and Master of Clinical Psychology with Distinction last Wednesday, 16th July, as part of the 60 year University of Newcastle anniversary graduation ceremony.

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⭐ July NEUROMORSEL! ⭐

#SCS #neuromorsel #science #brainbites
@hmriaustralia.bsky.social

July 22 | World Brain Day
Coming together to highlight the importance of brain health & its impact on individuals, families & communities worldwide.
We asked some of our program members what their #1 tip is for a healthy brain?

#WBD2025 #BrainHealthForAllAges
Learn more: lnkd.in/gWJNuRTx

Program member Professor Belinda Liddell has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant under the Future Fellowships 2025 scheme (FT25) for her project "Understanding how forced separation disrupts wellbeing."

Congratulations, Belinda, on this wonderful achievement!

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Leo Chen kicking off @newybrains.bsky.social Annual Symposium with this thoughtful notion

Last work day in Newy with my amazing team and my boy before my long trip to Europe and another conference day with @newybrains.bsky.social.

⭐ June NEUROMORSEL! ⭐

#VNS #neuromorsel #science #brainbites
@uni_newcastle @hmriaustralia

Introducing | Mr Michael Waring
Our featured member of the month is a Psychology Honours Student and Behaviour Support Practitioner

To learn more about Michael, head to our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai...

26 May 2025 marks the 28th anniversary of the tabling of the Bringing them home report in the Australian Parliament in 1997 & commemorates Stolen Generations survivors. 
The theme for this year’s National Sorry Day is We cannot wait another generation.

Learn more at healingfoundation.org.au

First researchers announced for accelerator program tackling sepsis, stroke, IVF and hearing - HMRI The inaugural Accelerator Program cohort brings diverse expertise to address critical health challenges.

Excited to be selected to join the @hmriaustralia.bsky.social Newcastle Permanent Innovation Accelerator! I’m developing a new tool for hearing assessment alongside an amazing cohort of researchers.

Thanks to Newcastle Permanent for backing real-world health innovation.

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And stay tuned! We're very excited to soon share more on our pilot study on Dog-assisted interventions before an MRI to reduce scanxiety and reduce movement artefacts. Thanks to @newybrains.bsky.social and the @hmriaustralia.bsky.social Imaging Centre for supporting our work in this area!

Schizophrenia Awareness Week | 18–24 May 2025
2025 Theme: “Rethink the Label: Reclaim the Story”

Let’s move beyond stereotypes. Let’s make space for real stories.

#SchizophreniaAwarenessWeek #RethinkTheLabel #ReclaimTheStory #LivedExperienceMatters #MentalHealthAwareness

We’re delighted to congratulate program member Dr Ethan Cresswell on his recent appointment as Associate Lecturer. With his expertise in anatomy, Ethan will be making valuable contributions to teaching across several programs.

Ethan will be based full-time at the UoN, Gosford Campus.

Tourette Awareness Month was created by Tourettes Action UK to raise awareness of & destigmatise Tourette Syndrome.

The theme for this years campaign is #Misunderstood

To hear from individuals with lived experience of Tourette syndrome, check out this link. youtu.be/_Y8KOC863bs

Brains and Bugs: Breakthroughs in Viruses & Mental Health Explore ground breaking research on new therapies to prevent respiratory diseases and how computational neuroscience is revolutionising our understanding o…

Program member Professor Michael Breakspear
@drbreaky.bsky.social will be presenting "Modelling the brain as a wave machine" at Pint of Science in Newcastle on May 20, 2025

Follow the link to book your tickets! 👇
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⭐ May NEUROMORSEL! ⭐

#brainbiobanking #neuromorsel #science #brainbites
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May 12th is the International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and Chronic Immunological & Neurological Diseases (CIND).

#MillionsMissing #MECFS

New preprint! (not yet peer reviewed)

Intermittent fasting attenuates CNS inflammaging - rebalancing the transposonome
Mitchell J Cummins, Ethan T Cresswell, Doug W Smith

Read: lnkd.in/gCy_h-3K

#Neuroscience #CNS #ageing #neuroinflammation #inflammation #intermittentfasting

Images from work by program member Hannah Drury & colleagues of the University of Newcastle have featured on the Biomedical Picture of the Day
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Unbalanced
"A study of inner ear tissue from patients with Ménière's disease finds surviving hair cells remain functional"

The @University of Newcastle joins universities across Australia on the first Tuesday in May each year to celebrate University Mental Health Day (UMHD).

We would like to recognise the huge effort that many of our researchers put into teaching whilst also juggling their research commitments.

RESEARCH UPDATE

Check out what program member Brittany McCarthy who was supported by program funding is currently up to

#research #science #researchers #neuroscience #pelvicpain #pain #optogenetics #seedfunding

@hmriaustralia.bsky.social

For those who celebrate, the Brain Neuromodulation Research Program team would like to wish you a safe & wonderful Easter break!

We hope you enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation with family and friends.

Program members Dr Alexander Thorpe and Professor Michael Breakspear @drbreaky.bsky.social presented today @hmriaustralia.bsky.social as part of the HMRI Weekly Research Seminar Series.

Thanks to our researchers for their fascinating presentations!

#neuroscience #researcher #neuromodulation #brain

James Parkinson FGS was an English surgeon best known for his 1817 work, 'An Essay on the Shaking Palsy', which contains the first clear clinical description of paralysis agitans, which we now refer to as Parkinson's disease.

We mark his birthday every 11 April with #worldparkinsonsday

Neuromodulation News Vol. 12 | March 2025 Welcome Message

Our first issue of Neuromodulation News for 2025 is here! Check out this jam-packed issue where we share and celebrate the good research news & achievements of our members & students

Happy reading! @hmriaustralia.bsky.social

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⭐ April NEUROMORSEL! ⭐

#deepbrainstimulation #DBS #neuromorsel #science #brainbites
@hmriaustralia.bsky.social

Women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as men — but scientists do not know why Nature Medicine - Changes to the female brain during menopause, together with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk.

Following on from Professor Amy Brodtmann's seminar last week at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social here is an interesting article linked to this topic.

Women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as men — but scientists do not know why | Nature Medicine
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On Friday 28th March, @drbreaky.bsky.social & @newybrains.bsky.social hosted a Research Seminar featuring Professor Amy Brodtmann at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social

Professor Brodtmann discussed “Preparing for dementia therapies: establishing a pragmatic multidisciplinary cognitive service.”

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month with World Parkinson’s Day recognised on 11 April yearly.

Head to our LinkedIn page to read about how #Neuromodulation relates to this condition www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brain-neuromodulation-research-program

#parkinsonsawarenessmonth #parkinsons