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Marco Brancaccio

@mbra3.bsky.social

Associate Professor at Imperial College London and UK Dementia Research Institute Group Leader. Expert in chronobiology and dementia research. Views are my own

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Integrating Astrocytes in the Sleepโ€“Wake Cycle: The Time Is Now

Fresh off the press. Just flagging up a short opinion piece I wrote for Bioessays about astrocytes in sleep and circadian rhythms. It has been fun to write it! @circadiageing.bsky.social @imperialbrains.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

30.09.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our BBSRC CircadiAgeing sLola project launches today with
@hughp.bsky.social @krasimiratsaneva.bsky.social @mino-belle.bsky.social @mbra3.bsky.social @alessiovagnoni.bsky.social studying clock excitability, circadian rhythms and healthy ageing
circadiageing.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

01.07.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have extended the deadline for this position by a couple of weeks because of the Imperial Easter break. Still time to apply!

04.04.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One week left to apply to this. We look forward to have you working with us in London @ukdri.ac.uk @imperialmed.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social

26.03.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

Postdoc position still available in my group at Imperial. We are looking for talented and enthusiastic candidates with significant experience with live imaging/ electrophysiology. Deadline 3/4/25 www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
@bioclocksuk.bsky.social @imperialbrains.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk

10.03.2025 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@bioclocksuk.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk @imperialbrains.bsky.social Today is the last day to apply for this postdoc position investigating a new chronotherapeutic approach to Alzheimerโ€™s Disease. Please apply on the Imperial website, if interested!

10.02.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only one week left to apply to join our lab at Imperial! Please do remember to send your applications on the Imperial website, even if you got in touch with me informally. I will only be able to assess formal applications and not other expressions of interest

03.02.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First PhD student Natalie passed her viva with flying colours. Thanks to the viva panel! It was nice to see some past and present members of the lab joining the celebrations. If you would like to be a future member of the lab, a postdoc job advert is out, get in touch
@bioclocksuk.bsky.social

15.01.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

New postdoc position available to join our team at Imperial. Please feel free to get in touch if interested! Deadline 10th Feb
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... @imperialmed.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social

13.01.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Announcing award of our 5 year BBSRC sLola CircadiAgeing: clock excitability, circadian rhythms & healthy ageing grant with @hughp.bsky.social @MeganGJackson @mbra3.bsky.social @krasimiratsaneva.bsky.social @mino-belle.bsky.social @alessiovagnoni.bsky.social Edgar Buhl
bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/de...

13.12.2024 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thanks Simon!

12.12.2024 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Inter-university programme will examine the role of circadian rhythms in ageing | Imperial News | Imperial College London The CircadiAgeing Research programme has been awarded ยฃ4.4million by the BBSRC.

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/259293/...

12.12.2024 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BBSRC injects ยฃ20 million into long-term discovery research BBSRC is backing four major research projects to help pioneer critical advances in healthy ageing, drug discovery and sustainable agriculture.

Excited to be part of one of the BBSRC larger and longer grants with such a great team. Healthy circadian aging is healthy brain agingโ€ฆ @imperialmed.bsky.social

www.ukri.org/news/bbsrc-i...

12.12.2024 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Rhythmic astrocytic GABA production synchronizes neuronal circadian timekeeping in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Natalie Ness, Marco Brancaccio and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

03.12.2024 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialbrains.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social

02.12.2024 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rhythmic astrocytic GABA production synchronizes neuronal circadian timekeeping in the suprachiasmatic nucleus | The EMBO Journal imageimageAstrocytes can drive circadian behavior in mammals, but the nature of the temporal information generated by astrocytes is largely unknown. This study identifies GABA produced by polyamine de...

hot off the press! this is the work of natalie ness and others in the lab. It turns out that rhythmic GABA produced by astrocytes act as a โ€metronomeโ€ for the body clock. A pathway recently found to be altered in AD @ImperialBrains @UKDRI @ImperialMed

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

02.12.2024 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had a eureka moment when I saw the coffee bag ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚

19.11.2024 05:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

just moved to bluesky from X!

14.11.2024 05:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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