🧠 Our latest newsletter is out today!
☕ Read it here:
@dns-uom.bsky.social @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social @uom-dcs.bsky.social
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27.02.2026 08:06
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Did you watch The Surgeon on Channel 5 last night?
Only one week left until the episode featuring Salford Royal neurosurgeon and Centre strategy lead Omar Pathmanaban airs 📺
🔗 ow.ly/nZgo50YlK5L
The countdown is on... 📆 Wednesday 4 March at 9pm
26.02.2026 16:40
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Climbing Snowdon for brain tumour research
On 26 May, Kandeel Batool, an Oncology Research Nurse at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, will be climbing Mount Snowdon to raise funds for brain tumour research.
On 26 May, Kandeel, an Oncology Research Nurse @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social is climbing Snowdon to raise funds for our brain tumour research🧠
Please consider donating💙
#Glioblastoma #Research #Fundraising
Read more on our website: gjbrainresearch.org/2026/02/19/c...
19.02.2026 12:18
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International Epilepsy Day 2026
Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic brain diseases, affecting more than 50 million people across the world. Yet one third of people living with epilepsy do not fully respond to current treatmen...
💜 Today on International #EpilepsyDay we’re highlighting some recent research from our epilepsy theme - including next‑generation tools like the flexible microfluidic mAxialtrode that helps us understand how seizures start.
Read more 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...
09.02.2026 12:15
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The next seminar in our series is on Thursday 26th February at 1pm, in collaboration with @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social. Presented by by Prof Susanne Van Veluw of @edinburghuni.bsky.social and hosted by prof Cath Lawrence. Registration via QR code below. All welcome! 🧠#strokeseminar
22.01.2026 13:30
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Last week was the 5th Annual SVD@The Jeff meeting. An amazing day showcasing ECRs research into vascular contribution in dementia from across Manchester and Sheffield. Also inspirational lectures from Dr Mohamad El Amki and Prof Craig Smith. @uom-bhfcre.bsky.social @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social
27.01.2026 10:38
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🧠 New research reveals how #stroke and the ‘fight-or-flight’ response can weaken the immune system.
People who have had a stroke have fewer of a specific type of immune cell called B cells, which normally produce antibodies to fight off infections.
🔗https://shorturl.at/ZrNKQ
22.01.2026 10:45
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NIHR award to support research in dementia imaging
MRI radiographer Alex Tam has been awarded an NIHR Pre-application Support Fund, recognising his potential as a future clinical academic...
Congratulations to MRI radiographer Alex Tam from our Imaging theme on receiving an NIHR Pre application Support Fund award - Alex is exploring how perfusion-based MRI techniques could provide earlier and more informative biomarkers of #dementia
gjbrainresearch.org/2026/01/07/n...
07.01.2026 13:34
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The University of Manchester - Job Information
Find out the specifics of this job, what it does, and whether it's a fit for you.
📢Exciting opportunity here to join the Brough lab as a PDRA for 3 years studying the NLRP3 inflammasome.
🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
@lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @dns-uom.bsky.social
07.01.2026 13:26
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Support us
🌟A BIG thank you as we wrap up the week to our partners, donors & fundraisers for supporting our research
💙 5 donor funded projects are unlocking breakthroughs that wouldn’t happen otherwise
Wishing happy holiday!🎄
🎯 Planning to fundraise in 2026?
shorturl.at/biv8O
19.12.2025 11:25
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Image of the Maxwell 7T MRI scanner
🎉 BIG News! 🎉Our Imaging Theme have secured funding for a @brukercorporation.bsky.social Maxwell 7T MRI scanner – the first of its kind in the UK!
This transformative upgrade has been made possible through an £800,000 MRC equipment grant with matched funding from UoM.
🔗https://shorturl.at/SEmJW
18.12.2025 12:31
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“Philanthropy is a catalyst - it pump‑primes research and unlocks breakthroughs” - Prof Stuart Allan.
Ep 7 of The Brain Fix Podcast: Philanthropy in neuroscience and UoM's #ChallengeAccepted.
🎙️Listen: the-brain-fix.transistor.fm/episodes/cha...
🎞️Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/BqICX9EgAHw?...
17.12.2025 13:15
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#uksf25 | Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre
✨ Members of the Rehabilitation & Living with Disability research theme recently attended the UK Stroke Forum in Aberdeen for a fantastic few days of sharing, learning, and connecting.
The team con...
Members of our Rehab Theme recently attended the @ukstrokeforum.bsky.social and contributed a range of presentations and posters, highlighting their work in stroke rehab and psychological support... and came back with two big prizes!🎉🏆 #UKSF25
Read more 👇
shorturl.at/weBw0
16.12.2025 18:52
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As this year draws to a close, we wanted to recap and celebrate our people, partnerships, and pioneering research at the Jeff. Stay tuned this week, as we spotlight a different theme, achievement… | ...
As this year draws to a close, we wanted to recap and celebrate our people, partnerships, and pioneering research at the Jeff. Stay tuned this week, as we spotlight a different theme, achievement, or...
As this year draws to a close, we wanted to recap and celebrate our people, partnerships, and pioneering research at the Jeff. Stay tuned this week, as we spotlight a different theme, achievement, or story from across our research community.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
15.12.2025 11:25
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🚨 Funded PhD opportunities at
@officialuom.bsky.social
Join VIDA DTC to tackle dementia:
🔍 Focussed ultrasound to treat Alzheimer’s 👉 shorturl.at/3tgD3
💡 Repurposing drugs for small vessel disease 👉
shorturl.at/rI4Sd
Apply now!
#PhDOpportunity #DementiaResearch
02.12.2025 15:44
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Research that changes lives, Challenge accepted. Our fundraising and volunteering campaign
YouTube video by The University of Manchester
#ChallengeAccepted
@officialuom.bsky.social has launched its first global fundraising & volunteering campaign
This short campaign clip features Fiona Moss, Director of NKMT & supporters of our research & Prof Petra Hamerlik from our brain tumour research theme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXCD...
17.11.2025 12:43
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Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre
Help Jackie Carter raise money to support University of Manchester
We're extremely grateful to Prof Jackie Carter and her colleagues & friends for their support.
As Jackie leaves her role at UoM she's asked for contributions to fund brain tumour research in memory of Laura Nuttall & in support of her own son, Huw.
shorturl.at/p4xAl
@shitscaredmum.bsky.social
11.11.2025 14:37
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📢Our latest newsletter is out now!
It’s full of updates, upcoming events, and stories from across our research themes. A great way to catch up on what’s happening at the Centre.
☕ Take a look when you get a moment...
shorturl.at/aCpsp
@fbmh-uom.bsky.social @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social
07.11.2025 10:39
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🚨 The previous link was broken — here’s the correct one: gjbrainresearch.org/2025/11/03/a...
06.11.2025 15:49
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A new academic year brings fresh energy to the Centre and we thought we would introduce some of our newest postgraduate researchers joining us across our research themes.
Here’s what a few of our students had to say…
👉https://gjbrainresearch.org/2025/11/03/a-warm-welcome-to-our-new-phd-students/
06.11.2025 10:37
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Spotlight on Manchester Brain Bank
Celebrating the Science Behind Diagnosis and Discovery National Pathology Week is dedicated to recognising the vital role pathology plays in healthcare and medical research. Pathology underpins diagno...
This #NationalPathologyWeek, explore the vital work of Manchester Brain Bank and our brain pathology theme at GJBRC - advancing research into neurological diseases.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/q6oTq
#BrainHealth #Neuroscience #Pathology #stroke #dementia #Parkinson's #Braintumours #ResearchMatters
03.11.2025 13:16
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American Heart Association Journals
🪥Can better oral health reduce pneumonia risk after stroke?The CHOSEN trial tested enhanced oral care in stroke patients with dysphagia across 4 NW stroke units.
✅ 91% adherence
✅ Safe & feasible
🧑⚕️ Lays groundwork for a full-scale trial
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
29.10.2025 13:39
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American Heart Association Journals
🧠 A new clotbuster drug-caADAMTS13-shows promise for treating platelet-rich brain clots in stroke.
🧪 In mice, it outperformed therapies like rtPA & TNK.
👏 Developed by @manchester.ac.uk researchers & funded by
@thebhf.bsky.social & @uomif.bsky.social
📄 shorturl.at/piVBQ
29.10.2025 13:37
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Cognitive problems after stroke are common—but full assessments take too long
🕒 StrokeCog-15: a 15-min test battery validated in 2 stroke cohorts, outperforming longer tools
👏Developed by Stroke IMPaCT researchers and funded by
Fondation Leducq
#WorldStrokeDay
🔗https://shorturl.at/f6hb0
29.10.2025 13:36
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🚑Diagnosing Stroke in the Ambulance
The DIAGNOSIS study aims to detect brain bleeds before hospital arrival.
Combining clinical signs with GFAP testing could transform early stroke care.
🙋 PCPIE members shared views on data use & meaningful outcomes.
🔗https://t.co/zBhgMHlT9j
29.10.2025 13:34
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🧠Saving Lives with the ABC Care Bundle
Intracerebral haemorrhage = 1 in 10 strokes, high mortality.
Prof Parry-Jones's ABC Care Bundle saves 2–3 lives/month.
@ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social
🧑🤝🧑 PCPIE group informed future research directions.
#StrokeInnovation #ICH #PCPIE
29.10.2025 13:34
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