@clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Group leader using human brain slice models to study Alzheimer’s disease at the University of Edinburgh. Race Against Dementia Dyson Fellow & Emerging Leader at the UK Dementia Research Institute. Mum, wife, nature lover. (Photo:Chris Watt)
We are happy to seek 3 post-docs across Edinburgh Napier, Glasgow & UCL in an exciting project to investigate mechanisms linking glial ageing/longevity & neurodegeneration (MRC-funded). Info attached @nathanwoodling.bsky.social
@ukdri.ac.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
Last chance to apply to join my team at the UKDRI at Imperial investigating the interaction of glia cells in neurodegeneration, funded by ARUK! @ukdri.ac.uk @alzheimersresearchuk.org
13.06.2025 10:28 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Had a brilliant time speaking at @pintofscience.uk with my talk “Gold, Guns and Brain Cells” — exploring neurodegeneration and resilience in Alzheimer’s disease.
Huge thanks to everyone who came, asked thoughtful questions, and made it such a fun night! 🧠🍻 #pint25
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Are you interested in running your own lab? This webinar is perfect for those in electrophysiology or related fields
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Very excited to join, and help grow, this wonderful society journal! In particular, would love to encourage submissions from masters or mini PhD projects to publish as short reports. There are so many small, rigorous, studies that often remain unpublished. This work is valuable to the community!
13.05.2025 12:53 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of a lectern that says university of eastern Finland and behind it is a slide that says electrophysiological techniques to measure and interpret human neuron function
A picture of very blue sky some water and trees. A very pretty sparse landscape
A picture of soraya by the water with very clear blud skies
Really privileged to be spending the week at the University of Eastern Finland, giving a talk as part of their course on electrophysiological techniques for human neuron function and also enjoying the wonderful location and weather.
12.05.2025 15:12 — 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Amazing work by the Booker lab here in Edinburgh! Another demonstration of the power of live human brain tissue 🧠.
07.05.2025 08:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I have absolutely loved my time as President of @britishneuro.bsky.social . And what an epic end giving a speech in the gorgeous Liverpool cathedral under an installation art piece of the sun. Thank you to CEO and buddy Laura Ajram and excellent exec team.
30.04.2025 15:16 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Was lovely to speak to you about our work Andrew! Thanks for such an excellent and detailed write up! 🧠
03.05.2025 19:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks for the excellent genotyping! 😆🧬
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Researchers led by @clairedurrant1.bsky.social have used living human brain tissue to show for the first time how a toxic protein in Alzheimer’s can damage synapses👏
The team hope the cutting-edge tool could help accelerate the development of new treatments👉 buff.ly/cXK2LIa
Fantastic coverage from @theguardian.com on our latest work!
30.04.2025 15:44 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Fantastic to see this work from @clairedurrant1.bsky.social group out in print! Important results using living human brain tissue to study Alzheimer’s disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...
30.04.2025 12:02 — 👍 38 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0Fantastic coverage of our recent work using living human brain slices to study Alzheimer’s disease from @itvnews.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2025-04...
So excited to see our work finally out today in Nature Communications! Brilliant summary by co-first author @sorayam.bsky.social below!
30.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
🧠 Can we defeat dementia?
This week, BNA President @tspiresjones.bsky.social took the TEDx stage to explore the powerful neuroscience that could help us do just that.
🎥 Watch her talk here: youtu.be/hJMEAd9ODis
#TEDx #Neuroscience #Dementia #BNA
It was a pleasure to visit St Andrews to deliver a TEDx talk! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJME...
23.04.2025 14:35 — 👍 29 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0Such an honor to conduct Andrew’s viva. Was a great discussion and wonderful to hear all about his hard work! A credit to @kunathlab.bsky.social! One of the nicest post- viva receptions I’ve seen (I want to start a campaign that every institution have a tannoy announcement for new doctors!)
21.04.2025 10:40 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yup! A scary proportion of the undergraduate writing I mark now has the tell tale signs of it. Breaks my heart a bit every time.
15.04.2025 16:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
15.04.2025 02:56 — 👍 10567 🔁 3398 💬 107 📌 272100%. I am so worried about the impact ChatGPT will have on students ability to write in the future. 😞
15.04.2025 13:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A photo showing a manuscript with received 27 feb 2025. Accepted 1 April 2025 (not an April fools). Published online xx xx 2025
We have proofs!!!!
10.04.2025 18:58 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Curious about how the brain might adapt to neurodegeneration? Come hear me talk about gold, guns and brain cells at @pintofscience.uk in Edinburgh! 🧠🍻 #pint25
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@scotsfriction.bsky.social describing how flies can be used to understand mechanisms of disease!
01.04.2025 13:10 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I also had a chance to speak with HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh about our work using flies in dementia research. Everybody loves the flies. 😇😅🥰
01.04.2025 12:30 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
@bonthronphd.bsky.social highlighted the importance of industrial collaborations to work towards a cure, as well as showing off our lovely microscopes!
01.04.2025 08:21 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
@sorayam.bsky.social did an amazing job demonstrating our brain dissection and electrophysiology processes.
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