Funded 3-year PhD studentship in frontotemporal dementia at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, starting February 2027. Closes 6 November 2026.
@dementiaresearcher.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.social
Selina Wray
@selinawray.bsky.social
Prof of Molecular Neuroscience UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Alzheimer’s disease & stem cell models Barnsley lass
@dementiaresearcher.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.social@selinawray.bsky.socialMy favourite time of year, what a gorgeous morning for Richmond Parkrun!
@selinawray.bsky.socialWas a pleasure Stefan and I hope she enjoyed the discussions - I know I did!
@selinawray.bsky.socialWas a pleasure to examine this fantastic thesis!
@selinawray.bsky.socialDelighted to take on this role and support the amazing work that happens in our faculty! Grateful for the opportunity 🧠🧪
@nature.comReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialNone of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women.
The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600.
See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
@smfleming.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialExcited to be launching our new PhD program in Minds and Machines at UCL with co-Directors Tali Sharot and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social
To apply, find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
Our launch event is on Nov 10th, with a cracking lineup of speakers: luma.com/cikzcth0
@uclbrainscience.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialA UCL-led project reducing MRI scan times from around 20 minutes to seven minutes, and a new hearing test, have received funding to be trialled on the NHS to help diagnose dementia.
@uclqsion.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/oc...
@bowleslab.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialAnnouncing our plenary speakers for SCMND2027!
View all of our confirmed speakers, Register, and Submit your abstract on SCMND.com
SCMND2027: 19th-21st May 2027, Edinburgh, UK
@selinawray.bsky.socialThe RNLI have been fundraising in Victoria Station since 7 am & they are still there now.Seeing the amount of people who have stopped to donate and chat to them - esp with all the right wing crap they’ve endured of late - has been a nice reminder that not everything in the world is terrible. 
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialApplications are now open for the SWC Systems Neuroscience PhD Programme.
Join us in London!
🎓 World-class neuroscience training
💰 Fully funded 4-year programme
🖥️Close links to @gatsbyucl.bsky.social
Apply by 9 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
@selinawray.bsky.socialHe found a good box ☺️
@selinawray.bsky.socialLittle lab social to the Huntarian museum followed by a drink at the Seven Stars where we got to see The General aka the cat in the ruff making their way to the royal courts Of justice 😍
@dementiaresearcher.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialWhat makes UCL a hub for dementia research? 🧠
From brain banks to data science, four researchers explain how working together makes new questions possible.
Watch or listen to our @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social 200 podcast:
pod.fo/e/6375f1
@florianmerkle.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialSeeking a PhD at Cambridge in collaboration with NovoNordisk?
Consider this funded opportunity titled "Human cellular models of leptin signalling and resistance": bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/project-refe...
Application details: bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/how-apply
Thanks for spreading the word!
@dementiaresearcher.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialIn 1986 Carol Jennings answered a newsletter appeal with a letter about her family. Forty years later, Dr Clíona Farrell reports from a UCL panel on what that letter started and what is still missing.
@dementiaresearcher.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialThis year's World Alzheimer's Day message is simple: the earlier you know, the more you can do. Selina Wray, Aygun Badalova, Tammaryn Lashley and Andre Altmann on their work, what that means for diagnosis, treatment & support, & what UCL has done to get us here. #WorldAlzheimersDay
@uclbrainscience.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.social🧠 This World Alzheimer's Day, explore how UCL's world-leading dementia research is helping improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
🔗 Find out more:
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.socialReposted by @selinawray.bsky.socialThis is the stuffed body of Martha, the last known surviving passenger pigeon, on display in the Natural History Building of the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum circa 1920 Martha, poor lonely Martha, has an interesting connection to the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs... 🧵
@selinawray.bsky.socialFuture labs starting to look like labs 😍 And I’m glad my comment of “make sure there are plenty of sockets!” appears to have been actioned 😂
