Lucy Stirland @stirlandia.bsky.social Academic Old Age Psychiatrist, Edinburgh.
Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health
@atlanticfellows.bsky.social
Interested in multimorbidity, dementia, and complicated people
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social Director, Cell and Gene Therapy at University of California Davis Health in Sacramento.
Editor of the journal Stem Cells.
#Firstgen #celltherapy #stemcells #GeneTherapy
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-8542
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh @qmuniversity.bsky.social At QMU you won't get lost in the crowd! We stand for person-centred education and teaching, and are committed to shaping a better world. Join the #QMUCommunity
@sp1ngirl.bsky.social @sp1ngirl.bsky.social Parent to a child with SEN. Often found advocating for support for own family and others. Likes to learn/share info on related issues incl. UK law/policy. Retweets are not necessarily endorsements.
Josie Booth @drjosienbooth.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Developmental Psychology, University of Edinburgh. Trying to understand and support how children learn and the relationship with health.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/josie-booth
Dr Karri Gillespie-Smith @karri-g-smith.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh. Views my own. Scheme graduate. Autism, trauma, learning disabilities, social cognition and mental health.
UR Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social Exploring the science of mind, brain, & behavior at the University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social | Research in #BrainScience #CognitiveScience, #Neuroscience, #Psychology, & #AI | #AcademicBluesky
Prof. Rebecca Lawson @beckyneuro.bsky.social Professor of Neuroscience and Computational Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge | Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences | Senior Affiliated Scientist at MRC CBU | Fellow at Clare College | 🏳️🌈| www.lawsonlab.co.uk |
Rebs Curtis-Moss @rebscurtismoss.bsky.social Freelance Consultant | Formerly at RNLI and Shelter doing social | Occasional comic | #ActuallyAutistic | Cyclist | They/ Them | Views my own 👋
Hector Minto @hminto.bsky.social Kerbcut Founder. Strategic AI/Innovation Strategic Advocate for BASE. Ex Microsoft Accessibility lead. Former UK govt disability and access ambassador for the tech sector. Long time working in assistive technology. Sourdough/Kombucha/Pickling officionado.
Anna Kennedy OBE @annakennedy.bsky.social Founder of an Autism Charity
www.annakennedyonline.com
Autism's got Talent
Autism Hero Awards.
Give us a Break Antibullying campaign.
Passionate Autism Advocate and so much more.
Lover of Dance.
Kevin Williams @gaytonausa.bsky.social Auto journo @InsideEVs with lots of hats and homes, focused primarily on EVs, PHEVs, and Electrification.
Coco @corinne.bsky.social PM/BizDev @Protocol Labs
Just a girl navigating a tech world…
Shubhanna Hussain @shubhanna.bsky.social Policy and Engagement professional at a national carers charity in Scotland.
Interested in carer policy, social care, health inequalities, learning disabilities, human rights, and equality.
Mum | Carer | Data Geek | Mostly winging it |Views my own
UK Stroke Forum @ukstrokeforum.bsky.social The UK's largest multidisciplinary conference for stroke care professionals #UKSF26. 2026 Sponsor & Exhibitors: uksf26.eventsair.site/exhibition.
ukstrokeforum.com
Abi Herrmann @abiherrmann.bsky.social Neuroscientist. Communicator. Feminist.
Perth Autism Support @perthautismsupport.bsky.social Supporting autistic children, young people and their families in Perth & Kinross
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Gracjan Michlewski @gmichlew.bsky.social #RNA scientist
Heather Duff @heatherduff19.bsky.social Nurse Team Leader; QN 👑 Part of QNIS LD cohort who are multiple award winners with Think COULD animation 💜 Clin Doc student. Soulful dancing queen 💃👑
Miron Lab @mironlab.bsky.social Lab @ Unity Health Toronto/University of Toronto & UK Dementia Research Institute/ University of Edinburgh studying myelin health in neurological disease.
John David Eaton Chair of MS Research/
MRC Senior Fellow
www.mironlab.ca
Anna Westaway @annawestaway.bsky.social UK Speech & Language Therapist interested in autism, #accessibleinformation & #inclusivecommunication. #Makaton tutor. Impressive repertoire of cheese jokes. Sheffield.
James Cusack @jamcusack.bsky.social CEO at PSPA
Dr Gareth Noble @jgarethnoble.bsky.social Posts are my own thoughts & opinions. Born in #NorthenIreland, Live in Powys, #Wales. Associate Professor #BiomedicalSciences at #SwanseaUniversity. #Neurodiverse #Academic
Prof Victoria Simms @profvicsimms.bsky.social Professor of Developmental Psychology at Ulster Uni.
Jo Young @joysci.bsky.social Electv Training Director || Former postdoc in neuroscience & informatics || Interests: Researcher development, training, GenAI, publishing, data visualisation, startups
Renzo Lanfranco @renzolanfranco.bsky.social Principal Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet. Interested in consciousness, visual & body perception, self, face recognition, metacognition & altered states of consciousness | https://ki.se/en/people/renzo-lanfranco
Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social Learning Disability England is a movement for change. Our members are people with learning disabilities, families, & organisations. We work for human rights, equality & good lives.
https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/
CraigMcD @riversninety.bsky.social Professional Respiratory Physiologist, Amateur Bird-Watcher and River Walker. Sports in between.
Andrew McIntosh @mcintosh2001.bsky.social Director of the UKRI Mental Health Platform & VP of ISPG. Prof of Biological Psychiatry and NHS Consultant
Dr Fleur-Michelle Coiffait @drfleurmichelle.bsky.social #neurodivergent #ADHD consultant #clinicalpsychologist | #neuroaffirmative | #neurodivergence | #sport | #wellbeing | #inclusion | doing things differently driven by my values | striving to be #antiracist & #antiableist | empowering fellow humans
Rush @rushmedical.bsky.social Rush is an academic health system that includes Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Rush Oak Park Hospital and Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora.
Cian O'Donnell @cianodonnell.bsky.social Computational neuroscientist.
Senior Lecturer at Ulster University in the Great City of Derry, Northern Ireland.
"not articulate enough"
https://odonnellgroup.github.io
@fraxaresearch.bsky.social @fraxaresearch.bsky.social
Nik Sharma @drniksharma.bsky.social CEO and co-founder at BioCorteX, bacteria, data, ML, scientist, clinician (neurologist)
Talking Mats @talkingmats.bsky.social Talking Mats is a #socialenterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to think about and communicate effectively about things that matter to them.
Dr Catriona Stewart OBE @catrionastewart.bsky.social #Autistic Researcher Diagnostician Trainer: autism across the lifespan; neurodiversity inclusion; girls, women, intersectionality
@CatrionaSScot on Twitter
Polycrub owner. Lover of many things, that walk, fly or swim; music, philosophy, kindness.
The Lothian Birth Cohorts @edinunilbc.bsky.social Updates from the Lothian Birth Cohort Studies, LBC1921 and LBC1936, based in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences @schoolofppls.bsky.social
https://lothian-birth-cohorts.ed.ac.uk/
Scottish Autism @scottishautism.bsky.social
Verity Chester @veritychester.bsky.social Researcher interested in intellectual disability, autism, mental health, and forensic psychology.
Edinburgh Medical School @edinburghmedschool.bsky.social This is a holding account for the University of Edinburgh's medical school.
Dr Al Pinkerton MP @alpinkerton.bsky.social MP for Surrey Heath, @LiberalDemocrats Europe spokes. Geopolitics. Strategy.
Epilepsy Scotland @epilepsyscotland.bsky.social Providing information, support, and services to people living with epilepsy and their families in Scotland. Freephone helpline 0808 800 2200. Find out more at www.epilepsyscotland.org.uk
Sibs @sibs.org.uk Sibs is the UK charity dedicated to supporting siblings of disabled children and adults. www.sibs.org.uk
Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social Research to enhance the lives of autistic people; based in the UCL Institute of Education.
Prof Ben Paechter @benpaechter.bsky.social Part of wonderfully neurodiverse family. Trying to do my bit to promote inclusion and integrity. Professor of Artificial Intelligence at ENU. Personal A/C. likes/RTs≠Endorsement. #unfeartie
Prof Megan Freeth @shefautismres.bsky.social Director of Sheffield Autism Research Lab. Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK.
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.
The Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social Europe's largest network of physiologists. For 150 years we have been inspiring discovery for healthier lives.
NHS Research Scotland @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Ensuring NHS Scotland provides the best environment to support clinical research so patients can benefit from new and better treatments. https://www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/
Laura Crane @lauramaycrane.bsky.social Professor of Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Passionate about participatory autism research that truly benefits autistic people.
Research interests include education, healthcare, employment and criminal justice.
Navneet Vasistha @nvasistha.bsky.social Asst. Prof at UCPH, Denmark. I research how things go wrong in neurodev disorders. Still trying to figure out how the world works. Indian at heart (whatever that means)
Simone Meddle @simonemeddle.bsky.social Professor of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology at the University of Edinburgh. Bird nerd and passionate about our amazing planet…
SULSA @sulsa.bsky.social SULSA is an alliance of twelve Scottish Universities and one Research Institute that aims to advance Scotland’s research and innovation in the life sciences through strategic collaboration across institutions, disciplines and sectors
Christina Brown @clbrown.bsky.social Development and Labor Economist
Assistant Professor, UChicago
christinalbrown.com
Alastair MacDonald @alastairmacd.bsky.social Postdoc neuroscientist at UCL studying brain circuits controlling food intake in the Trapp Lab. He/him.
Michaela Dewar @michadewar.bsky.social Cognitive Neuropsychologist • Proud Mama • Fascinated by the brain • How do we remember? How do we forget? How can we improve memory in health and disease? • Memory consolidation 🧠
Bérengère G. Digard @berengeredigard.bsky.social Postdoc 🧠 researcher at Edinburgh Uni Med School CCBS (with a cool side job 🎥🎬)
| Aphantasia / Hyperphantasia / Autism / Bilingualism
| Science Communication
| faceblind girl w a confusing 1st name & unbelievable middle name 🧝♀️
📍🏴 from 🇫🇷🇪🇸 | 🍉
Michelle O'Donoghue @michelleodonoghue.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Therapy #communication #inclusion #neurodiversity #friendship
Autonomous Autist @autonomousautist.bsky.social Late-diagnosed autist.
Christian Schnell @neuroschnell.bsky.social Neuroscience Editor and Section Manager at PLOS Biology #OpenScience
How does the brain work and what's happening when things go wrong?
CheckRare @checkrare.bsky.social Rare diseases are our focus, expertise, and passion.
@lyons-lab.bsky.social @lyons-lab.bsky.social
Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social Associate Professor
Psychotherapist
Researcher in mental health, autism, adhd
Punk Rocker
Rigorous humanism
Educational psychology
Improving access in physical and mental health settings
Poetry
School of PPLS at The University of Edinburgh @schoolofppls.bsky.social The account of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at The University of Edinburgh.
AMASE @amase.org.uk Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh - helping autistic people to help each other.
#ActuallyAutistic #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #Scotland
https://amase.org.uk
Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social Therapist, supervisor, trainer & consultant. Autistic, trans, mixed race. Woodland creature. They/them
https://linktr.ee/scrappapertiger
The Cousin Lab @thecousinlab.bsky.social We study presynaptic function and dysfunction, specifically how neurotransmission is sustained during neuronal activity.
Dr. Kate Ringland @kateringland.bsky.social Assistant Prof at University of California Santa Cruz in Computational Media. PhD. HCI & Accessibility. I study the intersection of people, play, & tech. she/they, opinions own
https://kateringland.com
Emmerson Lab @emmersonlab-irr.bsky.social Based at @edinuni-IRR.bsky.social the Emmerson lab works on restoring tissue function after cancer treatment, with a special interest in #glands, #nerves, #macrophages, #radiotherapy and #chemotherapy. Posts by @doctoremmerson.bsky.social
Dr Kirsten Blakey @khblakey.bsky.social Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University • Studying cognitive development, belief revision, information seeking & social learning • she/her
Ketaki Deshpande @ketakideshpande.bsky.social 👩🔬 PhD student at Leibniz Institute for New Materials 🇩🇪
🧫 Cell biologist unraveling life’s smallest mysteries
🦠 Bridging bacterial peptides and materials to unlock the future of health and therapeutics.
Sandrine Willaime-Morawek @swmoraweklab.bsky.social Neuroscientist and stem cell biologist, iPhD programme lead, MRC DTP deputy lead, BNA education and engagement secretary
Roxanne Hawkins @rhawkins.bsky.social Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. Research human-animal relationships, nature, mental health, CYP development, maternal wellbeing, adversity, animal welfare. 🐾🌿🧠 https://www.facebook.com/scienceofpets
Lizzy Kirkham @ekneuro.bsky.social Lecturer in Applied Psychology, University of Edinburgh.
Currently researching cognitive processing in people with OCD. Other research interests include early life stress, neuroscience, and mental ill health more generally.
Lacuna Magazine @lacunamagazine.bsky.social Human rights and social justice magazine featuring creative writing, journalism and photojournalism from around the world. Based at the Centre for Human Rights in Practice. Pitches welcome www.lacuna.org.uk
Nick Fears @nickfears.bsky.social Assistant Professor - LSU Kinesiology - Director of Human Development & Daily Life Lab - Former Universities: Indiana, Tulane, Michigan- he/him faculty.lsu.edu/huddllab
Ethan Xu @be-thanx.bsky.social BME & Linguistics @Columbia
Miriam @miroconnor.bsky.social #Autistic #Psychotherapist
#NeurodiversityAffirming
Liesbeth Tip, PhD @liesbethtip.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist and Computer Science student; digital mental health
Mark James Adams @markjamesadams.bsky.social Minds, moods, and molecules ␥ Psychological and psychiatric complex trait genetics ␥ Researcher in Edinburgh, Scotland
https://differentialist.info/about/
Sophie Williams @sophiewilliams.bsky.social Mum, GP, will read anything (including the cereal box)
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com The greatest autism info you will ever find, from autistic people, professionals, and parents. www.ThinkingAutism.com & buttondown.com/TPGA. Pro-neurodiversity. Even more TPGA community discussions on IG and FB.
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.
Debbie Riby @debbieriby.bsky.social Prof Developmental Psychology, @durham_uni. centre for Neurodiversity; Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Postgraduate Research Students.
VectorBuilder @vectorbuilder.bsky.social VectorBuilder is a global leader in gene delivery technologies.
Dimitris Bolis @dimitrisbolis.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher studying social interaction and the self, with a focus on neurosocial minorities.
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/dimitrisbolis/
Harriet Axbey @draxbey.bsky.social Author, researcher, neurospicy DnD player. She/her 🏳️🌈
Dr Annabel Nijhof @annabelnijhof.bsky.social Autism researcher at EXPLORA Gent (previously King's College London). Self + social cognition. Columnist Psyche en Brein, co-editor-in-chief InMind Nederland.
🏳️🌈 https://annabelnijhof.com/
EXPLORA Gent @explora-gent.bsky.social Experimental Psychological Research on Autism @ Ghent University
/ Experimenteel Psychologisch Onderzoek Rond Autisme aan de UGent
Dutch: https://www.ugent.be/pp/nl/onderzoek/explora
English: https://www.ugent.be/pp/en/research/explora
Francisco Bustos @fbustos.bsky.social Abogado DDHH / Human Rights Lawyer / Menschenrechtsanwalt; U. de Chile, U. di Bologna, Uni. Münster. Transitional Justice Observatory (U. Diego Portales)
#MayTheForceBeWithYou
National Autism Implementation Team @naitscotland.bsky.social www.nait.scot
Researchers and practitioners focussed on the implementation of evidence informed and neuro-affirming practice in Scotland, across sectors. A small multi-disciplinary team funded by Scottish Government 🏴
Dr Siqi Zhang 张思齐 @siqizhang.bsky.social Lecturer @University of Strathclyde Sociology of Education. Gender. Social Inequality. Transnational Educational Mobility. International HE.
Ruth Connolly @ruthieconnolly.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist, leader, dog lover. Interested in Neurodiversity, Autism, trauma and mental well-being.
Melissa Thye @melissathye.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Edinburgh | semantic and social cognition • narrative comprehension • naturalistic neuroimaging • neurodiversity
Ailie McWhinnie @ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social Neuroscientist turned science writer, currently a Maria Leptin EMBO Science Journalism Fellow, writing for Science
Julia van de Korput @juliavdkorput.bsky.social Translational Neuroscience PhD student interested in the process of demyelination in Multiple Sclerosis at Prof David Lyons lab and Prof Anna Williams lab 🧠🔬
@lyons-lab.bsky.social
@annawilliamslab.bsky.social
The University of Edinburgh
Claire Durrant @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)
Janelle Pakan @pakanlab.bsky.social
Rob Crabwalk @robcrabwalk.bsky.social Occasional rain