The Neuroplastics 🧠

Check out our new paper! We evaluate what we know (and don't know) about the link between memory consolidation during sleep and next-day learning 👇

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Happy #WorldRadiographyDay!

At OxCIN, our radiographers make cutting-edge brain imaging possible — combining clinical skill, research expertise and participant care. Over the past year, our Radiography Team have completed 1686 scans.

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Happy World Radiography Day to our wonderful OxCIN radiographers, who make all of our MR research possible! Why not take a moment today to acknowledge the radiographers in your life? I've heard they enjoy chocolate...

🎧 Neuroscientist Charlie Stagg hopes to treat neurological conditions using ultrasound; her latest study gets her closer than ever. @neuroplastics.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social #neuroscience #parkinsons #brain

Click here to listen to the latest episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...

Research Assistant in Neurorehabilitation and Sleep at University of Oxford Recruiting now: Research Assistant in Neurorehabilitation and Sleep on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

📣 We're hiring another role! 📣

Research Assistant in Neurorehabilitation and Sleep

The OxCIN Plasticity Lab are looking for someone who will assist with designing a sleep education package, recruitment of participants, data collection, and analysis.

Details and application:
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Charlotte Stagg reaches deep into the brain using ultrasound (she's a neuroscientist) - Socializing with Scientists Charlie grew up in England, surrounded by books. At age 11, she declared that she wanted to be a research scientist. When she was a teenager, however, she started gravitating towards helping people mo...

🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS with Charlie Stagg! Charlie has helped create a helmet that shoots ultrasound into very specific spots in the brain. Can it treat disease? @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @neuroplastics.bsky.social #parkinsons #neuroscience

www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...

Research Assistant in Sleep and Stroke Rehabilitation at University of Oxford Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Assistant in Sleep and Stroke Rehabilitation at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

📣 We're hiring! 📣

Research Assistant in Sleep and Stroke Rehabilitation

The Plasticity Lab are looking for a research assistant who will carry out studies investigating sleep, motor learning and recovery in healthy adults and people with brain injury.

Details and application:
shorturl.at/fgdm7

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✨ This week we had our annual Neuroplastics retreat! ✨

We spent 2 days getting to know each other better, having some fun, and doing a bit of science 🧠

Challenges during the retreat included building contraptions to catch eggs, blindfolded jigsaws, and showing off some killer dance moves💃🕺

New ultrasound helmet enables deep brain stimulation in people An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Clinical

NEW: Researchers at UCL and Oxford have created an ultrasound device that can target deep areas of the brain without surgery — opening up new ways to study the brain and treat conditions like Parkinson’s and depression.

Read more ⬇️

🌟 It's been a day full of celebrations for the Neuroplastics Network! 🌟

🎉 And last, but not least, @igrigoras.bsky.social received a prize for the best post-doc talk at the preclinical stroke symposium

🥳 Great to see such great work coming from our group!

🌟 It's been a day full of celebrations for the Neuroplastics Network! 🌟

🎉 Secondly, @mels-science.bsky.social has been awarded a 5-year fellowship from the Stroke Association to continue her fantastic research in the stroke and sleep field

👏 Very well deserved and we're brimming with pride!

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🌟 It's been a day full of celebrations for the Neuroplastics Network! 🌟

🎉 Firstly, a huge congratulations to Jacinta O’Shea, one of our lab PIs who has been awarded the title of full Professor.

🧠 She is now Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience - a massive well done from us all!

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨

🔎 Read about using a novel ultrasound stimulation device to precisely target deep brain nuclei below

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎉 A huge con-grad-ulations to our Dr Lasbareilles‬ who had her graduation at the weekend! 🎉

Neuroplastics Network | LinkedIn Neuroplastics Network | 8 followers on LinkedIn. A collaborative network of 3 research groups at OxCIN, University of Oxford, with a shared interest in brain plasticity. | The Neuroplastics Network is...

🔗 We're on LinkedIn! 🔗

You can see and follow our page using the link below (or if that's not your cup of tea, we'll still be here on BlueSky!)

www.linkedin.com/company/neur...

"We have to go where people are" - Juju from our wider department highlighting the importance of improving inclusivity in research and recruitment 🙌

🔗 Read more about it below!

Incredibly excited to be a part of this!

🧠 We're at Westgate in Oxford today! 🧠

Play our games, and learn about the brain! If you're in Oxford, come and see us - we'll be here until 4pm.

@oxcin.bsky.social

Are you interested in exploring career options in clinical neuroscience? Join the Clinical Neurosciences Society networking and career day focused on AI, big data, and machine learning.

9-5pm, 5 June
LT 2, Academic Centre, JR
FREE entry, plus lunch, refreshments and drinks reception

Sleep regularity index as a novel indicator of sleep disturbance in stroke survivors: a secondary data analysis - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Sleep regularity index as a novel indicator of sleep disturbance in stroke survivors: a secondary data analysis

Just published my first paper!
Really grateful to everyone at the plasticity lab @oxcin.bsky.social who made this possible.

huge thanks to my co-authors — couldn’t have done it without you.

If you want to check it out:
📄 paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An infographic summarising the methods and findings of the RISES Study. Images of stars, the moon, and people sleeping with text as follows. Summary: Sleep regularity is disturbed post-stroke, and may influence well-being. Sleep regularity: The sleep regularity index compares sleep state (i.e. sleep or wake) at time points across different days, giving a score of sleep regularity. Less regular sleep has been associated with increased health risks. Population: Data was used from 162 stroke survivors, and 60 controls who had not had a stroke. Methods: Sleep was assessed using a sleep watch, worn at home for a minimum of 5 days, and a questionnaire about subjective sleep quality. The stroke group also completed questionnaires for depression, disability, and quality of life. Findings: Stroke survivors had significantly lower sleep regularity compared to the control group. In the stroke survivor group less regular sleep was associated with worse depression scores, and more regular sleep was associated with higher reports of quality of life. Implications: This study has identified the usefulness of using sleep regularity as a metric for post-stroke sleep research. The findings highlight a potential target for improving post-stroke quality of life. Funding: Funding: Wellcome Trust, and Oxford Health BRC. Reference: Reference: Schruers, K.B., Weightman, M., Guttesen, A.á.V. et al. Sleep regularity index as a novel indicator of sleep disturbance in stroke survivors: a secondary data analysis. Sci Rep 15, 17510 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01332-4

📣 New paper alert! 📣

🔎 The RISES Study looked at the sleep regularity index in stroke survivors compared to people who haven't had a stroke.

🔗 See a summary of our findings in our infographic below, and find the full paper here: rdcu.be/emZ09

@oxcin.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social

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We are excited to be returning to the annual BRC Health Research Showcase event at the Westgate shopping centre, Thursday 29 May, 10am-3.30pm. It's a great opportunity to engage with members of the public we may not otherwise reach. Come say hi! tinyurl.com/3x49x5eh

Not one, but TWO Vice Chancellor's Awards for OxCIN today! 🏆🏆 Massive congratulations to the Ambassadors Programme and the Oxford Young Sports Leaders Programme! Read more about them here: hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/vice-chancel...

🧠 It's Stroke Awareness Month! 🧠

Our group do a lot of research with stroke recovery - here you can watch two of our researchers discussing sleep after stroke at a Bristol After Stroke session.

@mattweightman26.bsky.social, @oxcin.bsky.social

Stuart standing next to the poster showcasing our Ambassador Programmes

Poster explaining our Ambassador Programmes

Poster explaining the BReal project about building stress resilience in early adolescents' lives

So proud of our projects shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor's Awards: BReal & the Ambassador Programmes! All are welcome to learn more at the Showcase event today at the Weston Library until 4pm. Keeping our 🤞for the results on Thursday...

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🎉 We're absolutely delighted that several of our group received an OxCIN Good Citizen Award! 🎉

A huge well done to @lasbareilles.bsky.social, Poly, and Barbara!

Join us at our Health Research Showcase 2025!

📅Thursday 29 May
📍Westgate Centre, Oxford
⏲️10am to 3.30pm

Experience interactive stands showcasing the exciting medical innovation that’s taking place in Oxford
tinyurl.com/3hm6wu3t

Stylized brain (the OxCIN logo) coloured as a blue/green map of the world, with the text OxCIN Global Scholars underneath

🌍 OxCIN Global Scholars: apply by June 30th! 🌎

Our Global Scholars programme provides a year of remote MRI training and collaboration for early-career researchers from the Global South.

Apply now to join the 2025/26 cohort. Please repost!

oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/traini...

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We're excited to announce that WIN is now the Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging: OxCIN! Our mission: developing and deploying neuroimaging and related technology to solve big challenges in basic neuroscience and brain health. oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/vision

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A woman standing at a podium presenting a PowerPoint presentation slide stating "Thank you to our brilliant Director" with a photo of Heidi Johansen-Berg.

A photo of a certificate for "Good Citizen Award" with a glass award.

Yesterday we launched into a new era as the "Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging" (OxCIN) in the most wholesome and fun day! Really looking forward to seeing where this next stage takes us 👏👏

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