Selina Wray
@selinawray.bsky.social
Prof of Molecular Neuroscience
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Alzheimer’s disease & stem cell models
Barnsley lass
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Alzheimer’s disease & stem cell models
Barnsley lass
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Getting young ECRs established is the number one way to build a robust foundation of a research ecosystem but it comes at a cost. If you don’t put more money in the system you just end up with hundreds of mid-career labs struggling for funding in a 5-10 year cycle. We see this in Canada #FundBroadly
a man sitting on a couch with shrimp all that money just in red
ALT: a man sitting on a couch with shrimp all that money just in red
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November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Getting young ECRs established is the number one way to build a robust foundation of a research ecosystem but it comes at a cost. If you don’t put more money in the system you just end up with hundreds of mid-career labs struggling for funding in a 5-10 year cycle. We see this in Canada #FundBroadly
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Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.
· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.
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⛵ Join Prof @hugospiers.bsky.social and PhD student Maria Ahmad as they relive their adventures in the Pacific with local navigators on this BBC Sounds podcast—discover what this epic voyage reveals about the human brain.
🎧 Listen now:
🎧 Listen now:
All in the Mind - Navigating the Pacific without technology - BBC Sounds
How Marshallese sailors use the feeling of waves hitting their boats to navigate the ocean
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
⛵ Join Prof @hugospiers.bsky.social and PhD student Maria Ahmad as they relive their adventures in the Pacific with local navigators on this BBC Sounds podcast—discover what this epic voyage reveals about the human brain.
🎧 Listen now:
🎧 Listen now:
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📢 Isogenic LRRK2 iPSC lines now available via EBiSC!
Thanks to Dr Sally Cowley and her team at @ox.ac.uk, this set of iPSCs including isogenic knockouts and disease-associated variants are now available for all researchers.
See here: ebisc.org/search?q=&hp...
#Parkinsons #iPSC #research
Thanks to Dr Sally Cowley and her team at @ox.ac.uk, this set of iPSCs including isogenic knockouts and disease-associated variants are now available for all researchers.
See here: ebisc.org/search?q=&hp...
#Parkinsons #iPSC #research
EBiSC | Cell Line Search · EBiSC
EBiSC - European Bank for Induced pluripotent Stem Cells · EBiSC
ebisc.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
📢 Isogenic LRRK2 iPSC lines now available via EBiSC!
Thanks to Dr Sally Cowley and her team at @ox.ac.uk, this set of iPSCs including isogenic knockouts and disease-associated variants are now available for all researchers.
See here: ebisc.org/search?q=&hp...
#Parkinsons #iPSC #research
Thanks to Dr Sally Cowley and her team at @ox.ac.uk, this set of iPSCs including isogenic knockouts and disease-associated variants are now available for all researchers.
See here: ebisc.org/search?q=&hp...
#Parkinsons #iPSC #research
If you know of excellent papers led by PhD students; nominate them!
The Jean Corsan Prize celebrates ECRs driving progress in dementia research
Open to PhD/MD students with an excellent neurodegeneration paper (including pre-prints). Winner gets £2,500 & presents at #ARUKConf26
Nominate yourself or a colleague by 15 Dec www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
Open to PhD/MD students with an excellent neurodegeneration paper (including pre-prints). Winner gets £2,500 & presents at #ARUKConf26
Nominate yourself or a colleague by 15 Dec www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you know of excellent papers led by PhD students; nominate them!
Wonderful Annual Address lecture from Prof Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu this evening 🧬 🧠
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wonderful Annual Address lecture from Prof Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu this evening 🧬 🧠
Cold weather done right
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Cold weather done right
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👟 Meet Joe Gregory — England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research champion. He’s taken part in a whopping 12 research projects at @uclqsion.bsky.social and other universities to help find better treatments.
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“I stopped saying no to things” Joe Gregory on Parkinson’s, football and taking part in research
Why is research participation important? We speak to Joe Gregory, England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research advocate, about why he got involved with research at UCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
👟 Meet Joe Gregory — England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research champion. He’s taken part in a whopping 12 research projects at @uclqsion.bsky.social and other universities to help find better treatments.
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Under close supervision this morning 🦊
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Under close supervision this morning 🦊
I am very excited to be speaking at this meeting! Submit your abstracts and come join us!
Excited to announce, the 93rd Biochemical Society Harden Conference will be on "Endosomal-lysosomal network dysfunction in neurodegeneration". Come and join us in early September on the beautiful south coast of England. Lots of speaker slots available from submitted abstracts!
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am very excited to be speaking at this meeting! Submit your abstracts and come join us!
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Congratulations to Professor Sir John Hardy ( @uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk), who has been named on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for his groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Congratulations to Professor Sir John Hardy ( @uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk), who has been named on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for his groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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I have thoroughly enjoyed writing for @pet-bionews.bsky.social the last 6 weeks as part of their BioNews writing scheme!
This week I had the pleasure of reviewing a seminar on the ethics of organoid and chimaera research 🧠🧫.
See the link below to read!
www.progress.org.uk/event-review...
This week I had the pleasure of reviewing a seminar on the ethics of organoid and chimaera research 🧠🧫.
See the link below to read!
www.progress.org.uk/event-review...
Event Review: HDBI Ethics Seminar – Ethics of human brain organoids and human-animal chimaeras | PET
Professor John Evans discusses investigations into the US public's opinion on the use of human brain organoids and human-animal chimaeras in research.
www.progress.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I have thoroughly enjoyed writing for @pet-bionews.bsky.social the last 6 weeks as part of their BioNews writing scheme!
This week I had the pleasure of reviewing a seminar on the ethics of organoid and chimaera research 🧠🧫.
See the link below to read!
www.progress.org.uk/event-review...
This week I had the pleasure of reviewing a seminar on the ethics of organoid and chimaera research 🧠🧫.
See the link below to read!
www.progress.org.uk/event-review...
Patkrun with my mate this morning 🥰
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Patkrun with my mate this morning 🥰
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Congratulations to Professor Sarah Tabrizi @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social on earning the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award, for excellence and leadership in UK neuroscience and recognising her transformative impact on Huntington's disease research
Pioneering UCL Huntington’s researcher wins major neuroscience award
Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Director of the UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre, has been awarded the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025, the assoc...
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Congratulations to Professor Sarah Tabrizi @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social on earning the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award, for excellence and leadership in UK neuroscience and recognising her transformative impact on Huntington's disease research
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Today the UK government has released a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods.
Read more: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Read more: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Today the UK government has released a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods.
Read more: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Read more: www.gov.uk/government/n...
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🎙️ Professor Sir John Hardy’s journey at @uclqsion.bsky.social reshaped Alzheimer’s research. Discover the thrill of gene-hunting and the future of brain science in Episode 5 of Faces of UCL: “The Neuroscience Rockstar”.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🎙️ Professor Sir John Hardy’s journey at @uclqsion.bsky.social reshaped Alzheimer’s research. Discover the thrill of gene-hunting and the future of brain science in Episode 5 of Faces of UCL: “The Neuroscience Rockstar”.
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A pleasure to give the career keynote talk at the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards last night… and to take the 🐭 shoes for an outing too 😍
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A pleasure to give the career keynote talk at the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards last night… and to take the 🐭 shoes for an outing too 😍
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Finally it’s here! 🌟⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer
1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes?
2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body.
3- Is it relevant to human diseases?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer
1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes?
2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body.
3- Is it relevant to human diseases?
Fig. 1: Establishment of methods to identify astrocyte endfoot proteins. | Nature Communications
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Finally it’s here! 🌟⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer
1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes?
2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body.
3- Is it relevant to human diseases?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m sooo excited to share our latest article led by Steve Hill and Isabel Bravo-Ferrer
1- How does the vasculature communicate with astrocytes?
2- Is this communication dependent to what happens in the body.
3- Is it relevant to human diseases?
Look at these beautiful organoids grown by @sophie0g.bsky.social ! Who needs fireworks when we can look down the microscope at these stunners 😎
🔬 These images show forebrain organoids that are grown at the UCL Wray Lab to study dementia. This research focuses on a genetic form of frontotemporal dementia, and the colours confirm that the organoids have developing neurons (neural progenitors).
📸: Sophie Goldsmith, @uclqsion.bsky.social
📸: Sophie Goldsmith, @uclqsion.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Look at these beautiful organoids grown by @sophie0g.bsky.social ! Who needs fireworks when we can look down the microscope at these stunners 😎
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching