Rosie Jackson

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

I'm hiring! Come and work with me at UCL to try and understand how the brain's blood vessels go wrong and promote dementia: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Good morning from a stunnng sunrise over the Tay.

You could try ultrasound jelly. Its designed to have the same refractive index as water but is a lot more likely to stay where it is supposed to.

Postdoc Research Assistant: Protein Degradation Postdoctoral Researcher Vacancy in Structural or Chemical Biology at CeTPD, University of Dundee. Focus on molecular glue discovery in MND and FTD.

Postdoctoral Researcher Vacancy in Structural or Chemical Biology at CeTPD, University of Dundee. Focus on molecular glue discovery in MND and FTD. Closing date: 6th October

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

Postdoc Research Assistant: Investigating C9ORF72 Postdoc Research Assistant in Dr Arpan Mehta’s lab at University of Dundee, using CRISPR screens in iPSC-derived motor neurons to study ALS mechanisms.

Postdoc Research Assistant in Dr Arpan Mehta’s lab at University of Dundee, using CRISPR screens in iPSC-derived motor neurons to study ALS mechanisms. Closing date: 4th August

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

A nice productive morning for me then…

Postdoc Research Assistant: Mechanisms of the C9ORF72 Join Dr Arpan Mehta's lab at MRC PPU, University of Dundee, for a 12-month postdoc using CRISPR screens to explore ALS in iPSC-derived motor neurons.

Join Dr Arpan Mehta's lab at MRC PPU, Dundee, for a 12-month postdoc using CRISPR screens to explore ALS in iPSC-derived motor neurons. Closing date: 18th July

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

So excited to see our work finally out today in Nature Communications! Brilliant summary by co-first author @sorayam.bsky.social below!

Divergent actions of physiological and pathological amyloid-β on synapses in live human brain slice cultures - Nature Communications Understanding synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease has been hampered by a lack of human model systems. Here, the authors show that manipulation of physiological or pathological Aβ has differing effects...

Fantastic to see this work from @clairedurrant1.bsky.social group out in print! Important results using living human brain tissue to study Alzheimer’s disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Always good to head back to st Andrews to chat with undergrads about neuroscience!

Postdoc Research Assistant: DNA damage in LBD Dr David Koss at University of Dundee is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work on novel nuclear alpha-synuclein (aSyn) pathology and elevated DNA damage in Dementia with Lewy bodies

Dr David Koss @davidkoss.bsky.social at University of Dundee is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work on novel nuclear alpha-synuclein (aSyn) pathology and elevated DNA damage in Dementia with Lewy bodies. Closing date: 29th April

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

We love ApoE!!
Had a blast at the AAIC #APOE conference. Two whole days full of great talks, fab posters and wonderful chat with 250 of my fellow ApoE aficionados!

In Edinburgh and just over heard a lad say to his friend that if Scotland loses today he’s going to piss on all the daffodils he can find.
Stay classy Scotland.
#sports!

I am excited to have been awarded a Wellcome Trust CDA fellowship to study whether menopause enhances AD risk by exacerbating vascular dysfunction. I will be starting my lab in Manchester in January 2026, and would love to connect with other researchers interested in sex differences and AD 🧠🩸 🔬.

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Dr @aramblingrosie.bsky.social at University of Dundee is seeking x2 #PhD Students to Investigate the effects of Rare ApoE variants on protein function & structure + the Impact of ApoE source and isoform on Neuroinflammation - Closing date: 31 March

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/find/jobs/?f...

I dont think I could afford you Tal, but if you ever want a sabbatical then we have dolphins, pies, and pints!

Investigating the impact of ApoE source and isoform on Neuroinflammation | University of Dundee, UK A PhD project at the University of Dundee

Now is the moment!! If you'd like to come and do a PhD with me in sunny Dundee then I have not 1 but 2 funded PhD positions in my lab looking at #ApoE.

Please reach out with any questions!

Come do science with us, it'll be fun!

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#ARUK2025 here I come!

Come and talk about mental health with us Wednesday at noon GMT!

Your mental health is so so important and we all have one; it may be great, it may need nurtured, but the more we talk about it the more we understand it.

I can't promise you any answers but hopefully you'll learn you're not alone!

Profile – Athina Grigoriou, University of Dundee - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER Athina Grigoriou, PhD Student at the University of Dundee working to identify a reciprocal relationship between DNA damage and neurodegeneration, specifically in synucleiopathies

The last of our new first time contributors is Athina Grigoriou, from the Koss Lab at University of Dundee. Working to identify a reciprocal relationship between DNA damage and neurodegeneration, specifically in synucleiopathies.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/profile-athi...

SO beautiful!!
Would you consider the beautiful photo of the day thing again for a little while. It was such a source of joy during covid and we might need some of that for the next wee while.

Replicaiton is so important because when p<0.05 that means there is a 5% chance you got your results by chance. 5% is small but its not nothing so everytime it is confirmed the confidence grows.

That feeling you get when you read a study that was similar (but crucially different) to yours and saw a similar result is such an amazing feeling.

Absolutely crucial paper showing that fixation time is important for RNAscope!

We also saw this when setting up our work and I only wish a paper like this had existed at the time so we knew where and how to focus our efforts!!!

Dementia Researcher Salon - Peer Reviewing your First Paper Dementia Researcher Salon - Peer Reviewing your First Paper

If you missed this weeks webinar with tips on 'peer reviewing your first paper' you can watch the recording here:

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Dementia Researcher Communities Login to Dementia Researcher Communities community via email or SSO today.

JOin us now to hear about how to review your first paper
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Would you be able to add me to this please.
Thanks 😀

Just by Tarbert, we did a quick stop on the way to Islay!

My first Dundee #cellfie!!! They’re not much but they’re mine!
Hoping they survived their trip across the pond.

The BNA scholars programme is now open for applications - this is a great scheme, instigated by @landreae.bsky.social (I can't tag the BNA as they aren't here yet I don't think)

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