Curious about dementia? Royal Society of Edinburgh's festival of knowledge on Fri 6 Sep 15.30-17.00pm hosts experts discussing vascular causes of dementia and latest advancements in understanding diagnosis & treatment. Book for free event: zurl.co/6bQ1 #dementia #research #curious

Job alert📣 Passionate about helping researchers take good care of their data? Here's an opportunity to join us as Data Manager The University of Edinburgh Full-time, 3 years term Apply by 22nd August➡️shorturl.at/1uym2 #datamanager #Jobs

Congratulations Prof Prof Tara Spires-Jones for receiving the  Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award from Alzheimer's Association👏 The prize recognizes the senior author of the most impactful study on Alzheimer’s disease published during the past 2 years. Article here: shorturl.at/RJZgD #Neuroscience

Just finished tweaking slides for my talk at #AAIC24 today 11am plenary session today. It's such an honour for our paper to be chosen for the Grundke-Iqbal award. We are truly standing on the shoulders of giants like her! UK Dementia Research Institute British Neuroscience Association

By all accounts Prof Tara Spires-Jones brought the house down with her keynote at Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Weds! Well done to Tara & team! 👏 + Check out the award-winning paper here: shorturl.at/rIlzg 🧠

Delve deep into the bilingual mind 🧠 for Antonella Sorace's brand new #edfringe show at the The Stand! 📆 13 August 2024 at 1:40pm 📍 #Edinburgh 🎟️ £12/£10 edin.ac/3VlS4e7 School of PPLS Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas Beltane PE Network Bilingualism Matters

Check out the Hub, an online portal for researchers by the Epilepsy Research Institute. If you’re working in epilepsy Epilepsy Research Institute wants to hear from you. Join the conversation epilepsy-institute.org.uk/hub/

SIDB & Patrick Wild Centre have teamed up with 'Fusion: Art meets Science' to organise an exhibition, inspired by the developing brain. The exhibition features collaborations between artists and The University of Edinburgh staff and students working on #neurodevelopment. 🗓️29-31 August 📍InspaceGallery,

"Lovers? Users? Owners? To whom do languages belong?" From neuroscience to politics: my Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas show @ the famous The Stand in Edinburgh coming *in a week's time*: Wednesday, 21 August, 12.20noon; tickets going fast: thestand.co.uk/fringe/2085/wh… School of PPLS Edinburgh Neuroscience

Job alert📣 We're looking for 2 Assistant Research & Trials Managers for MND-SMART, our UK-wide multi-arm multi-stage clinical drugs trial, the UK's largest-ever for motor neuron disease. ➡️edin.ac/4dHQmLR #MND #ALS #research #clinicaltrials Edinburgh Neuroscience Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic

After a sold-out performance of "Old dogs need new tricks" at Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas last year, I have a new show this year: "Lovers? Users? Owners? Who owns languages?" The Stand, Wednesday, 21 August, 12.20. Get your tickets at thestand.co.uk/fringe/2085/wh… before they sell out again!

Nominations for the WiNUK Awards 2024 are open from August 12th - September 13th 🏆 Nominate/vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… The event will be held November 29th in person & online! WiNUK: Women in Neuroscience UK 🧠 #WiNUK #WiNUKAwards2024

📢Check out the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas show "It's alive!" where Rana Fetit, postodc in the AnnaWilliamsLab, explores stem cells, brain organoids and what we could, or should, do with them. 📅Fri 23 Aug, 13.40 📍Stand Comedy Club Tickets: thestand.co.uk/fringe/2088/it…

Today's talk at the Alzheimer's Research UK Scotland network meeting. Pleased to see so many researchers engaging with this discussion, sharing resources & trying to identify the barriers to doing good PE. #publicengagement Edinburgh Neuroscience

It is with immense sorrow that we are sharing the sad news that Euan MacDonald died today. Euan was an extraordinary man who brought hope and helped transform the lives of countless people living with MND & other disabilities. euanmacdonaldcentre.org/about/news/mes…

New SCAN-DAN project will use #AI and a large #data set of Scottish brain scans to predict a person's risk of dementia during routine care, supported by global collaboration NEURii ➡ eil.ac/scandan/T #innovation #collaboration #dementia Edinburgh Medical School

Professor Will Whiteley is co-leading the project-'Scottish AI in Neuroimaging to predict Dementia & Neurodegenerative Disease (SCAN-DAN)', to develop AI software tool to spot early signs of dementia from brain scans during routine appointments. edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/news/ai-softwa… #dementia

New #spinout EPIC Think Learn has launched an online platform of child-centred, research-based resources for parents and teachers of neurodivergent children➡️eil.ac/EPIC/T Wellcome Edinburgh Medical School #innovation #collaboration #neurodivergent #ADHD #dyspraxia

What a great turnout at the opening night of the Developing Brain exhibition!😃 The exhibition is running 9-5 pm Friday & Saturday at Inspace. Check it out if you haven't already! No need to register, just drop by! #neuroscience #artsciencecollab #brain sidb.org.uk/news-events/ar…

📣 Congratulations to SIDB Group Leader Rebecca Jordan for being awarded a highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) grant. Dr Jordan’s research aims to understand how the brain learns to predict the sensations that are generated within our brain whenever we move. #ERCStG