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#PhDs & #ResearchFellows from Nottingham Trent University took part in FOSAC-led engagement at Festival of Science Week in Clifton, delivering hands-on STEM for primary pupils.

Public engagement builds trust, develops researchers, and inspires scientists.
#PublicEngagement #STEM #NTUResearch #SHiMR

Strong turnout at our Public Engagement Workshop at Nottingham Trent University 🙌
Academics from across disciplines, including neuroscience 🧠, discussed why public engagement matters and how to share research beyond academia. Thanks to our speakers 🎤 and all attendees.
#PublicEngagement #NTU #SHiMR

🧠 Great turnout at the Neuro @ Notts Annual Event between NTU & UoN!

Excellent talks from Martina (extracellular vesicles in ageing) and Elisa (in vitro BBB models), plus posters from Jessica, Zak & Jack.

Neuroscience is thriving in Nottingham!
#NTU #SHiMR #research #neuroscience #Neuro@Notts

Loved seeing the #ISTeC Fuddle bringing everyone together to celebrate the holidays 🎉

Wishing everyone happy holidays and a great New Year from all of us — here’s to a bright 2025! ✨🎄
#PhD #Post-doc #NTU #SHiMR

Great night at our Neuroscience-themed public outreach event! 🧠✨
Wonderful discussions with the public and a reminder of how vital outreach is to our work.
Huge thanks to our three presenters for their varied and fascinating topics!
#Neuroscience #Outreach #NTU #SHiMR #SciComm #LEAP #Research

Lab Christmas pottery painting! #Sciencemas @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

Evaluation of the toxicity and efficacy of a multi-target polymer-drug nano-polyplex in SH-SY5Y cells and Drosophila model of tauopathy - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Evaluation of the toxicity and efficacy of a multi-target polymer-drug nano-polyplex in SH-SY5Y cells and Drosophila model of tauopathy

Congratulations to Shreyasi Chatterjee and PhD student Sri Nithya Parachuri on their recent publication on a novel potential tauopathy drug in Drosophila and cells! 🧠🪰 In collaboration with colleagues from @robertgordonuni.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #Tau
🤓 Read more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rebecca on a train wearing headphones with a beautiful view of the lake district - heather covered hills and blue sky - out the window

Travelling north to give a seminar talk and meet with colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

We were delighted to host Prof Delphine Boche ( #SouthamptonUni) for our #SHiMR_NTU Seminar! She shared insights into #neuroinflammation in #Alzheimer’s disease and innovative methods to study #microglial cells in the human brain. Thanks to Dr Shreyasi Chatterjee for hosting! @ntuneuro.bsky.social

💡Big questions and bigger ideas at Friday's Neuroscience-metabolism Journal Club! Hosted by Alex Wilson-Slomkowski, sparking lively debate on how much data is enough for a paper? Brilliant insights, great company and of course, cake 🍰 #NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #Metabolism #JournalClub #ScienceChat

L-R Maisie, Rebecca, Annabelle and Marwa working at the bench in the lab

This week we welcomed new team member Maisie Smedley on placement from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social BSc Neuroscience who will be working on tissue clearing and mapping hypothalamic networks. We were all busy in the lab this week! @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
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A great start to our joint journal club with @ntumeta.bsky.social, looking forward to more discussion and ideas between us... And maybe more cakes..?🎂🧠🔬🤓

This week @helferlab.bsky.social and I had a great and productive day visiting @mrcharwell.bsky.social to help get set up for my @acmedsci.bsky.social funded animal study. Really excited to be moving forward! 🐭🧠🍔🔬

📸 Here’s #PhD student Jack from the Hulse Group presenting his poster at #NeuroDiab2025 in Bucharest!

🧬 His work focuses on the role of hypoxia in diabetic neuropathy — an exciting area with big implications for understanding disease mechanisms.

#Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch #NTU #SHiMR

🎤Honoured to present at the 35th Annual #NEUROdiab Meeting in Bucharest!
Explored how spinal cord vasculature contributes to diabetic neuropathy using spatial transcriptomics🧬
🙏Thanks to the organisers + my colleagues in the Hulse Group, #NTU & #SHiMR.
#NeuroDiab2025 #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch

🌍✈️The Hulse Group is heading to Bucharest for the 35th Annual #NEUROdiab Conference (Sept 11–14)!
Global leaders in diabetic neuropathy — from biomarkers & AI to emerging therapies. Excited to share our work + learn from the best.
🔗 2025.neurodiab.org
#NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #DiabetesResearch

Using biobanks to boost research: a how-to guide Nature - From large national databases to bespoke sample collections, biobanks offer a wealth of avenues for scientific enquiry.

📢👩‍🔬Researchers, are you wondering how resources like UK Biobank can support your project?

This helpful guide from @natureportfolio.nature.com explains what biobanks are, how they work, and compares some of the global options available 🔽

BSN Comms monthly zoom call: clockwise from top L - Rebecca Dumbell Agnes Becker, Isadora Furigo and our virtual CEO Sue Thorn shows us two little puppies

The best meetings involve puppies! One of the perks of @bsneuroendo.bsky.social Comms meetings #DogsOfBluesky 🐶
@isadoracfurigo.bsky.social

Well done Sam! Great to see NTU neuroendocrinology highlighted and winning prizes 🏆 #BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

What a great conference @bsneuroendo.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025 with team NTU (and Annabelle not in the photo). Showcasing Neuroendocrine NTU!
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science

The #DumbellLab on tour! #BSNbradford2025 left-right it's me, Bharat, Marwa @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social and Annabelle. Posters might be over but chat to us about our work here at the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting!

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@ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

In this afternoon's poster session come and meet Bharat Muthukumar talk about ZFHX3 #metabolic effects and Sam Bennett on mice divergently selected for metabolic differences and altered behavioural #rhythms.

#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social

Rebecca Dumbell holding a microphone to close the session. In front of a slide "thank you for your attention"

A great session this morning, thank you to my co-chair Stephen Manchishi and all the speakers Jonathan Johnton, Beatrice Filippi, Chris Coyle and Szilvia Vas and great discussion from the audience. 🧠🎤🍔🕘🐭

Denise Belsham introduces her Alison Douglas memorial lecture on hypothalamic neurons and the trainees doing the research

An inspiration to women in science and scientists in general. @denisebelsham.bsky.social starts with a fitting tribute to Alison Douglas and her support for early career scientists #ShowUpAsYouAre #BSNbradford2025

Day 2 of #BSNbradford2025 I'm co-chairing session 1: #Rhythms and Hormonal interactions 9am. Looking forward to talks on #Chrononutrition, #astrocytes and metabolic control, retinal ganglion cell-> #SCN rhythms, and brainstem regulation of #GnRH pulse generator. 🕘🕥🍔🧠 @bsneuroendo.bsky.social

Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025

Dr Rebecca Dumbell wearing sunglasses on a train with green scenery moving quickly in the background through the window

Great day to be travelling to Bradford for the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting! See you there? 🤓😎🧠

Multi-modal comparative phenotyping of knock-in mouse models of frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Summary: We report side-by-side behavioural and sensory phenotyping data of two knock-in next-generation mouse models of aspects of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia disease sp...

Congratulations to Gareth Banks and colleagues on their recent publication in @dmmjournal.bsky.social on a mouse knock-in model of frontotemporal #dementia / #AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #ALS & colleagues from @mrcharwell.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @utoronto.ca
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling - Translational Psychiatry Translational Psychiatry - The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling

🧠 New Research Alert!

Dr. Gareth Banks' latest study in Translational Psychiatry highlights the role of the murine ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcc5 (MRP5/cMOAT) in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation, and glutamatergic signalling.

📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

🧠🔬A new era of 3D imaging!
The Miltenyi BLAZE lightsheet microscope is transforming how we visualise large tissues with stunning clarity.
📸Image from the Hulse group shows spinal cord vasculature — a glimpse of how BLAZE advances neuroscience research.
#SHiMR #NTU #LightsheetMicroscopy #Neuroscience