Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection
Brain metabolomics in dementia and neurological disease
I’m honoured to be serving as the collection’s Guest Editor
and eager to read your submission. #CallForPapers @natureportfolio.nature.com Learn more about the
collection: go.nature.com/41S5bI3
January @DEMONNetworkUK Biomarkers working group is hosting an Inflammation special with Dr Maura Malpetti and Dr Sofia Michopoulou “Unravelling Inflammation in Dementia: Proteomic and Imaging Insights” 📅 Wed 14th Jan 10.30am GMT. New members welcome - pls message for details.
Trying to finish a grant submission while child plays the Imperial March on the kazoo. I hate inset days and also Santa for gifting kazoos this year.
Happy New Year everyone!
🚨Join our first @DEMONNetworkUK #Genetics #Omics meeting of 2026 - THURSDAY 8th January at 2.30 PM (UK Time). Delighted to have Juan Botia as invited speaker – “Using graph neural networks to expand what we know about neurodegeneration”
Join the network or DM for more info
The beam laser source from harwell campus
Giant lazer celebrations from the diamond light source for new year. #thebeam
Post Christmas work message but finally got our longitudinal proteomics study of Parkinson's subtypes into preprint this month. Dedicated mechanistic modules for 🧠+🩸using the Tracking Parkinson's and GNPC cohorts #parkinsons #academicSky #proteomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
There is still time to register for today Fluid and Neuroimaging Biomarker Forum discussion - todays chat will explore sample handling and data interpretation.
12pm GMT in the Dementia Researcher Community
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/live-poste...
Joint DEMON network working group this month discussing female specific lipid expression in #Alzheimer’s. Please pm me or @saobettencourt.bsky.social for more details. #academicsky ⬇️
Plastic Skeleton in his woodland lab wearing appropriate safety equipment (goggles and lab coat).
Enjoying the skeleton hard at work in his lab in this year's local Halloween trail.
Slightly muddy running footpath alongside a farmers field somewhere in darkest Oxfordshire.
Last training run yesterday before the Oxford half on Sunday. Running for Alzheimer’s Research UK and still looking for sponsors. And please have a look at all the other ARUK researchers running this weekend. @arukthamesv.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
This is an interesting one for potential reviewers. The authors used the NHANES cohort publications to count the copycats.
Picuture showing forthcoming book, called 'Keep your hair on: understanding urges to pick, pull and bite' by Clare Mackay, which will be launched in April 2026
Big news!
I loved researching and writing this book, which is all about shedding the shame, and getting really curious about urges to pick, pull and bite.
I can't wait to share it with you! It's out on April 2nd, and is available to pre-order now.
#bfrb #bfrbs #bodyfocusedrepetitivebehaviors
Enjoying this as a distraction this morning as well...
Black cat lying on a sofa
My moral support for responding to reviewers on a Saturday morning. He's fed up as well. #Caturday
Who’s ready for Manchester 2026? 🧠
AAIC Neuroscience Next is free, global, and packed with chances to present your work. Abstracts open 22 September – are you in? #AAICNeuro
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Ah, vodafone didn't come through until 4 minutes past. I'll be hiding in a cardboard box with the cat then.
Beach over sand dunes with sun behind clouds
Running path along the beach
Starting the training runs for Oxford half from the beach this morning. Will be looking for sponsorship when I get home ... www.justgiving.com/team/aruk-ru...
Just came across this graphical abstract for a paper. No idea what they were going for with the whale and rainbow, but at least it is very calming
I like the rainbow of visualisation best.
Big day for @neuroproteome.bsky.social All proteomic data released at neuroproteome.org and publications in print. Lots to read on AD, PD, FTD and ALS.
Looking for a new PhD student interested in Alzheimer’s disease and informatics starting in October. Details below.
For the June DEMON Biomarker working group we are pleased to host Dr Ehsan Pishva who will be presenting his work on DNA methylation and environmental exposures in Parkinson’s disease. Wednesday 11th June 10am BST. Please message for joining links.
🚨Calling all ECRs working on dementia biomarkers! 🚨
Are you interested in helping us shape the scientific programme for a one-day conference in February 2026?
Find out more & register your interest 👉 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/help-design-...
Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
A benchmarking crisis in biomedical machine learning www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪
In this month's DEMON Biomarker working group we are looking forward to hearing from @sanasuri.bsky.social who will be discussing her work on predicting dementia risk factors related to the heart and brain. 📅 Wed 9th April 10am (BST). Please message for joining details
Sharing on a Friday without the need for any further comment.
Lovely paper on cat coat genetics.
