Catherine Hall @cathnaledi.bsky.social Professor of Neurovascular stuff at Sussex Uni and UCL. My lab researches how the brain controls its blood flow.
Also at @catherinenhall@mas.to and @cathnaledi on what-was-Twitter
Katherine Ridley @getridl.bsky.social Neuroscience PhD student, data scavenger, all round legend. And mum first. 🔬🧠📚🤘💨
Omer Ali Bayraktar @bayraktarlab.bsky.social Group leader
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social Neural diversity, spatial transcriptomics, glia, GBM
Constantinos Eleftheriou @celefthe.bsky.social Postdoctoral research fellow in Ian Duguid's lab at the SIDB, University of Edinburgh. I study visuomotor learning in Rett Syndrome 🏴🇨🇾
https://celefthe.com
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Sebastian Raschka (rasbt) @rasbt.bsky.social ML/AI researcher & former stats professor turned LLM research engineer. Author of "Build a Large Language Model From Scratch" (https://amzn.to/4fqvn0D) & reasoning (https://mng.bz/Nwr7).
Also blogging about AI research at magazine.sebastianraschka.com.
Anuj Vadher @anujvadher.bsky.social Neuroscience PhD student researching spatial cognition 🧠 (Stirling/Edinburgh University)
And occasional painter 🧑🏼🎨
Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social Dementia Community is a Charitable Community Benefit Society, a membership cooperative that provides learning and networking opportunities for the dementia care community. For more information please visit our website: journalofdementiacare.co.uk
Gregor Rot 🌈 @grexor.bsky.social Computational RNA Biology + Full Stack WebDev
🏡 grexor.github.io
📚 pubscan.org/0009-0001-7888-6687
▶️ youtube.com/@grexorai
Adrian Duszkiewicz @adrian-du.bsky.social Systems neuroscientist | Working out how the 🧠 generates 🌐 to find its 🧭 | Lecturer (Asst Prof) at the University of Manchester | Big fan of ancient things 🏺📜 🏛️
Mena Farag @drmfarag.bsky.social ٣٤ ⋅ Doctor ⋅ MBBS, MRCP, PhD ⋅ Neurology SpR (ST7) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0679-0117
Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social Epidemiologist and science communicator | newsletter: epiellie.substack.com | cohost @casualinfer podcast | Causal inference for public health #epitwitter | Canadian in US 🇨🇦 | she/her/Dr
Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd Assistant professor at Georgetown University in Qatar (formerly GSU, BYU). Study NGOs, human rights, international politics, causal inference, and stats. 6 kids.
#rstats forever.
andrewheiss.com
Signal: andrewheiss.01
Katy Hole @drkhole.bsky.social Postdoc @crick.ac.uk | Investigating astrocyte-neuron intercellular mitochondrial transfer | Views are my own | She/her
Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀) @arambaut.bsky.social Virus evolution | genomic epidemiology| virus origins | phylogenetics | BEAST | ARTIC Network
University of Edinburgh
http://beast.community
http://artic.network
Nathan Schaefer @nkschaefer.bsky.social UCSF postdoc, human, mammal
Shane Liddelow @liddelowsa.bsky.social Neuroscientist and glial aficionado at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health in NYC. Posts in my individual/personal capacity.
My lab is full of awesome people doing amazing stuff - check them out: www.liddelowlab.com
he/him
Kashyap Chhatbar @kashyapchhatbar.bsky.social Bioinformatician II, AskBio Inc.
Previously Bioinformatics Researcher, Adrian Bird Lab
University of Edinburgh
Danilo Negro @danineuro.bsky.social Wellcome Trust PhD student in Translational Neuroscience based at UKDRI, Edinburgh University.
Jack Barrington @jackbarrington.bsky.social
Rikesh Rajani @rikeshrajani.bsky.social Group Leader at the BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research at The University of Edinburgh | Visiting Researcher at UCL | Neuroscientist/dementia researcher | Living with #LongCovid | He/him
Brain Repair Group @brainrepairgroup.bsky.social A neuroscience lab, co-directed by Prof Anne Rosser and Dr Mariah Lelos, based at Cardiff University, UK. We work on developing therapeutics for Huntington's and Parkinson's disease @riahlelos.bsky.social https://www.thebrainrepairgroup.com/
Lida Zoupi @lidazoupi.bsky.social Neuroscientist and Chancellor’s Fellow at University of Edinburgh. Myelin biology, axon-glia interactions. Zoupilab.com
Sophie Hawkins @sophiehawkins.bsky.social Research scientist @ UK Dementia Research Institute, University of Edinburgh
ALS / MND | stem cells | myelin | neurons | transcriptiomics
Affiliations: Anne Rowling Clinic | Euan MacDonald Centre | Motor Neuron Disease Research Institute (MNDRI)
@lyons-lab.bsky.social @lyons-lab.bsky.social
Conceicao Bettencourt @saobettencourt.bsky.social Professorial Research Fellow @uclqsion.bsky.social. DEMON Network Genetics and Omics Lead. ARUK Senior Fellow.
#Epigenetics, #neurogenetics, #Alzheimer's, #FTD, #MSA, #dementia, #neurodegeneration, #omics, #WhiteMatter, #oligodendrocytes #ageing
UK Dementia Research Institute @ukdri.ac.uk The UK’s leading research institute transforming the lives of people affected by neurodegenerative conditions. Principally funded by the Medical Research Council.
Jill Fowler @fowlerlab.bsky.social Neuroscientist. Investigating mechanisms of cognitive decline post-stroke / vascular dementia
Glial cell enthusiast 🧠🔬
Former Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society fellow
@bardarbunga.bsky.social @bardarbunga.bsky.social
Darren Walsh @drdarrenw.bsky.social Patch clamper based in Edinburgh
@sambooker.bsky.social @sambooker.bsky.social
Lewis Taylor @l-w-taylor.bsky.social 2nd Year Neuroscience PhD Student in the Durrant Lab @ The University of Edinburgh.
Lys @lysandrafp.bsky.social member of the Wood Dudchenko lab
interested in neurodevelopment disorders, the amygdala, and silly rat memes
founder and discoverer of the Anxious Rat Theory
The Patrick Wild Centre @patrickwildcentre.bsky.social The Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities
Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social Developing methods & assembling data to explore multi-omic dynamics across cell contexts, in stem cell models & neocortical development, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in particular: http://carlocolantuoni.org
Daniel Erskine @danielersk1ne.bsky.social ARUK Senior Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University. Interest in the neuropathology and biology of Lewy body diseases and related neurodegenerative diseases, particularly lysosomal storage disorders.
Views are my own.
Jack Humphrey @jack-humphrey.bsky.social Genetics and omics of neurodegeneration in Mount Sinai, NYC. www.humphreylab.org
Brain Communications @braincomms.bsky.social Open Access sister journal to Brain. 🧠🧠🧠
Proceeds go to Guarantors of Brain Charity to support the translational neuroscience community.
Join our community of authors, reviewers, prize winners!
Carlyle Group @bcarlylegroup.bsky.social The Carlyle Group @kavlioxford.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social, interested in the molecular mechanisms of resilience to Alzheimer’s disease and mental health problems. Feel free to DM us if you are interested — we would love to chat!
Fergal Waldron @fergalwaldron.bsky.social Advanced Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen | ALS/MND/FTD | Early diagnosis & precision-prevention | Biomarkers | Disease Heterogeneity | Non-motor symptoms
Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research @euanscentre.bsky.social We are no longer using BlueSky as a social media platform. We look forward to you following us on LinkedIn and Facebook for all our MND/ALS/SMA research news.
Kris Holt @kris-holt.bsky.social Neuroscience PhD Student @ Edinburgh Uni | Scientific Editorial Team @ Brain Communications | Studying direct vs. indirect factors influencing amyloid-associated synapse loss in Alzheimer’s Disease | Connoisseur of cat memes 🐈
Sasha Philbert @sashaphilbert.bsky.social Alzheimer's Society Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester. Mass spectrometry and vascular dementia.
Melis Pisiren @mpisiren.bsky.social PhD student studying the transport across the BBB 🧠 @UCL #BBB #tau #AD #transport
Department of Brain Sciences @imperialbrains.bsky.social Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London | Part of
the Faculty of Medicine | Delivering a unique portfolio of translational research in neuroscience and mental health
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/brain-sciences/
Simon Schultz @simonschultz.bsky.social Australian expat neuron wrangler. Prof of Neurotechnology at Imperial College London. Investigates memory and cognition with photons. Runs and rides bikes a lot. Stray sheep.
Dr Byron Creese @byroncreese.bsky.social Senior Lecturer and Director of Research, Department of Psychology | Brunel University of London | Centre for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience | Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in #Dementia
Bit of a metalhead as well 🏳️🌈
Avezov lab @avezovlab.bsky.social Exploring brain cell biology, organelle dynamics & proteostasis.
📍University of Cambridge @cambridge-uni.bsky.social | @UKDRI | 🔬developing live cell biosensing tech
Klara Gawor @gawor-neuro.bsky.social PhD candidate aiming to integrate more #DataScience into #Neuropathology | Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative dementias | makes plots for fun 🙃
Barry Bradford @drbarrymbradford.bsky.social Prion disease researcher (Lecturer) at The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh.
Blanca Díaz Castro @bdiazcastro.bsky.social Neuroscientist passionate about astrocytes and the brain vasculature. Group leader at @UKDRI - @EdinburghUni. (she/her)
https://www.diaz-castrolab.com
Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) @gnomad-project.bsky.social The world's largest open resource of human genetic variation. For help please use http://broad.io/gnomad_forum; feature requests/bug reports to http://broad.io/gnomad_github
Marino Pagan @marinopagan.bsky.social Group Leader at SIDB at the University of Edinburgh studying the neural mechanisms underlying flexible decision-making. SCGB postdoctoral fellow and SFARI BTI fellow. (he/him) https://www.marinopagan.com/pagan_lab/
Ian Duguid @ianduguid.bsky.social Group leader @ University of Edinburgh, neuroscientist interested in how the brain plans, executes and adapts complex motor actions.
Bowles Lab @bowleslab.bsky.social UK DRI Group leader at the University of Edinburgh. Neuroscientist using iPSC, organoids & genetics to understand Tauopathy and other dementias.
Instagram: @bowleslab
She/Her
Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social Glaswegian Neuroscientist running a systems neuro lab @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Interests: ephys, interneurons, thalamus, oscillations, dementia, schiz & neuroinflammation. Dad, leftie, runner, wannabe chef, atheist. He/him https://craiglab.org/
Barry McColl @bmccoll.bsky.social
Manuela Marescotti @manuelamarescotti.bsky.social Scientific Editor👩🏼💻 in #neuroscience 🧠 working for Brain Communications, and Founder of science.manuela 👩🏼🔬. Passionate ❤️about communicating science 🦠.
Cristina Legido-Quigley @legidoquigley.bsky.social Scientist doing clinical research, likes fats which are 1000s diverse molecules important in brain health 🧠 & Liver disease, Dementia & Diabetes
Technology massspec, lipidomics & metabolomics, proteins & 🧬 big data
+likes 🌱🐱🏋🏻♀️🌊
Vincent @vdion.bsky.social Prof of DNA repair and neurodegeneration at the UK DRI at Cardiff university.
Huntington’s disease
Myotonic dystrophy and others
MIND Lab @sjspencerlab.bsky.social Microglia & inflammation in neurological diseases research
Orjona Stella Taso @stellataso.bsky.social Post doc @UCL Keuss/Fratta labs
ALS research 🧠🧫👩🏻🔬
Gregory lab alumni: https://rb.gy/am1ocu
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally (she/her)
Ya Yin Chang @yayinchang.bsky.social Neuroscience PhD Candidate @ Edinburgh Uni & UKDRI, I’m all about synapses & neurodegeneration 🧠 | Scientific editorial team @ Brain Comms!
Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social SIDB aims to discover the biological mechanisms underlying autism and neurodevelopmental conditions. Based at The University of Edinburgh, funded by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI).
https://linktr.ee/sidb_edinburgh
Filipe Brogueira Rodrigues @fbr.bsky.social Interested in all things Clinical Drug Development in Neurodegeneration, especially Biomarkers and Statistics
@calumahamilton.bsky.social @calumahamilton.bsky.social Postdoc at Newcastle University. Interested in dementia, MCI, and Lewy body disease.
Lizzie Dellar @lizziedellar.bsky.social Postdoc @mndoxford.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
working on protein biomarkers of ALS/MND and extracellular vesicles.
Mariah Lelos @riahlelos.bsky.social Reader (Assoc Professor) in Neuroscience. Working on Huntington's and Parkinson's disease 🧠🧪🧬🔬 Mum to 2 rascals. American settled in Wales. @brainrepairgroup.bsky.social https://www.thebrainrepairgroup.com/
MaRtiNA Hallegger @martinahallegger.bsky.social RNA biochemist, RNA-network enthusiast, IMCM fellow @NDMOxford at the @UniofOxford, former @UKDRI at King’s and @TheCrick. Fortunate to lead a great research team at the Centre for Human Genetics and we condenses RNA to study ALS and Dementia. High 5 4 RNA
Joao Pereira @jdpereira.bsky.social Neuroscientist.
Assistant Professor of Neurology at UAB
Trying for a better, more humane approach to science.
Interested in neurodegenerative diseases, AI toolsets, and science in general!
STOP ALS.
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Philip Hasel @philiphasel.bsky.social Group Leader and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at the UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh University. Interested in astrocytes at brain borders.
Michael Sewell @pichaelmichael.bsky.social 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇮🇪 Postdoc, Goate Lab @ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Interested in microglia, 🧬, Alzheimer’s and all things omics (and Formula 1!). Previously @ University of Edinburgh, Montagne Lab
Christina Brown @cmbneuro.bsky.social Postdoc in the Miron Lab @ University of Edinburgh Dementia Research Institute. Loves glia, ephys and Lateral Entorhinal Cortex.
Charis Wong @chariswong.bsky.social Clinical Fellow in Data-driven Drug Selection and neurology registrar. Interested in evidence synthesis, clinical trials, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Dervis Salih @dervissalih1.bsky.social Scientist studying molecular links between Alzheimer's, Ageing, microglia & diet @UCL @UKDRI @ARUKnews #Dementia Trained @BabrahamInst @Cambridge_uni @Stanford
Beth Williams @bfabeth.bsky.social Postdoc in the Opazo lab in the UKDRI at Edinburgh Uni 🔬🧠
Olivia Todd @oliviagjt.bsky.social Precision Medicine PhD student at the UK-DRI in Edinburgh. Opazo Lab. I'm interested in the concept of cognitive resilience to Alzheimers disease... and the synapse!
Ian Simpson @tisimpson.bsky.social Professor of Biomedical Informatics @InfAtEd, Dir. @AI4BI_CDT - Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, BioNLP, Genomics, Genetic Disease
Mike Daniels @mikejddaniels.bsky.social Research Scientist at AbCellera discovering new antibodies to treat disease. Previous postdoc in the @UKDRI studying microglia in dementia. 🇬🇧➡️🇨🇦 🏔️He/Him
Jamie Rose @jlrose1.bsky.social Lab Manager, Miron Lab. UK Dementia Research Institute @ University of Edinburgh
Jonathan Brenton @jwbrenton.bsky.social Post-doc at UCL and University of Cambridge working on transcriptomics in Parkinson’s disease and neurodegeneration
Rik van der Kant @rikvanderkant.bsky.social Researcher, all things Alzheimer, brain diseases and lipids
Amy Lloyd @amylloyd.bsky.social ARUK-RAD Fellow at the University of Dundee. I use proteomics to understand how microglia contribute to Alzheimer's Disease. GK for TNT Netball Club.
Eduardo Zimmer @erzimmer.bsky.social Researcher interested in neurodegeneration and astrocytes.
Assistant professor at UFRGS (🇧🇷), Researcher at Hospital Moinhos de Vento (🇧🇷) and Adjunct Professor at McGill (🇨🇦)
https://zimmer-lab.org/ 🌎
zimmerneurolab.bsky.social 🦋
@lizzieenglish.bsky.social @lizzieenglish.bsky.social Final year (read: stressy & sleepy) PhD at Cambridge, studying protein aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease 👩🏻🔬
🧠 Founder of @womeninneurouk.bluesky.social
📸 lizzieandtheneurons on insta
Jace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He) @jaceflatt.bsky.social Social & Behavioral Scientist, LGBTQIA+ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Health Equity, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Housing, Social Justice
Jennifer Palmer @jenniferepalmer.bsky.social Scientific Researcher at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) studying microglial phagocytosis. Also a kayaking, hiking and climbing enthusiast. Views my own.
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social Principal Research Fellow @UCL studying the glymphatic system in dementia | Hubby to Laura | Dad to Emilie and Ayla | Coffee addict and writer of lists
David Ashbrook @davidashbrook.bsky.social Baszucki Foundation Chancellor’s Fellow edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/david-ashbrook
Associate Prof in Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics @UTHSC
Genomes, environments, their interactions, behaviour, and disease.
PhD Manchester 🇬🇧 Postdoc Toronto 🇨🇦
Andy Northcott @andynorthcott.bsky.social Mild mannered professor by day, slightly grumpier professor by night
Dementia research, politics, music, films, wrestling, moaning
Edinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social Edinburgh Neuroscience is a diverse community of world-class researchers in neuroscience, psychology & clinical psychology at the University of Edinburgh.
https://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/
Sonia Garcia-Ruiz @soniagr.bsky.social Computer Scientist | Using transcriptomic data to understand RNA splicing changes in human disease | Research Associate at the @RytenLab #UKDRI Cambridge | But also interested in cats, music and astronomy 😄🐈⬛📒
Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social A support service for Early Career Dementia Researchers Worldwide. Delivered by UCL funded by Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society, Race Against Dementia & the NIHR - https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
Sean Flynn @seanflynn.bsky.social Enhancers and 3D genome structure | Lecturer @uniofexeter.bsky.social | sites.google.com/view/flynnlab/
Mathieu Bourdenx @mbourdenx.bsky.social Neuroscientist at @UKDRI at UCL working on Ageing and Dementia. 🧠
Dad x2
Serial procrastinator