@newybrains.bsky.social
Brain Neuromodulation - Improving the treatment of neurological & neuropsychiatric disease in our community. @HMRIAustralia Research Program at @Uni_Newcastle
Building on last year’s success, program members Prof Michael Breakspear & Prof Zhiyong Chen have once again earned a place in the 2025 Stanford University/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list. For the full story head to www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brain-neuromodulation-research-program
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At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month we pause to remember and honour the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who fought for our freedom.
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay
A big thank you to those who came to participate in our first OCD Awareness Walk, to our volunteers for giving their time and to the organisers who brought together this important event in record time!
Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
It's OCD Awareness Week!
#OCDweek is a worldwide event that serves to dispel myths about obsessive compulsive disorder, break the stigma around mental illness, and provide education about the disorder and how to support those affected.
#TogetherAgainstOCD #OCDWeek
Program members Dr Caroline Faucher & Dr Katharina Wellstein presented recently at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social as part of the HMRI Research Seminar Series.
www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
Thank you to our researchers for their fascinating presentations!
We are thrilled to announce that Program member Dr Lizzie Manning @drlizziemanning.bsky.social has been awarded a 2025 BBRF Young Investigator Grant.
Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
The 2025 Kioloa Neuroscience Colloquium - researchers from a range of scientific disciplines came together to explore recent developments in neuroscience through plenary lectures, short talks, and a poster session.
Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
Spinning around until you're dizzy? Fun.
Spinning without control because of a vestibular disorder? Not so fun.
@vestibularveda
@hmriaustralia
#BalanceAwarenessWeek #BAW2025 #vestibular #vestibulardisorder #BalanceAwareness
Why is the Vestibular System so important?
#BalanceAwarenessWeek #BAW2025 #vestibular #vestibulardisorder #BalanceAwareness
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.
www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
⭐ 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!
lnkd.in/en4m9MkK
Leo Chen kicking off @newybrains.bsky.social Annual Symposium with this thoughtful notion
03.07.2025 23:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
04.07.2025 22:29 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
⭐ 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
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.
hmri.org.au/news-and-sto...
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!
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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
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! 👇
pintofscience.com.au/event/brains...
⭐ May NEUROMORSEL! ⭐
#brainbiobanking #neuromorsel #science #brainbites
www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-hea...
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
website lnkd.in/gPt3ig54
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.
