🧠 The Department of Brain Sciences has landed on LinkedIn! Follow us for the latest updates, research news, events and more from our community 👇 www.linkedin.com/company/dobs... @imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

"Psilocybin seems to loosen up stereotyped patterns of brain activity", Dr Taylor Lyons, first author of the new Imperial College London and UCSF study, told Science Daily. 🧠 More: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Dr Bina Ram ran peer-led workshops in NW London to explore the low uptake of NHS mental health apps. ✏️ Key findings show that schools aren't promoting these apps, parents rarely talk about mental health at home, and young people prefer human connection. 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

🧠 What can centenarians' brains teach us about resisting dementia? Team EMERALD, including our own Dr Alexi Nott, has won £1.5m from the Dementia Frontiers Fund to find out. 👉 Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Abidemi Otaiku, named one of 8 touchNEUROLOGY Future Leaders 2026 for his research on sleep, dreaming and brain health 🧠💤 👉 In this interview, he shares why sleep and dreaming could be key to earlier detection of neurodegenerative disease: touchneurology.com/insight/flb-...

🧠 Two passive sensors could help track movement changes in people affected by Parkinson’s, according to a new study. These devices could be used to track things like disease progression over time and response to treatment More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

❗We're hiring ❗ Are you an experienced professional ready to take on a diverse leadership role as a Clinical Imaging Facility Manager? This is a varied role combining team management, technical expertise and partnership development. More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Dr Stuti Pant is a social scientist by training whose work in neonatal #neuroscience explores how families experience care during their most vulnerable moments. Read the full Q&A 👉 blogs.imperial.ac.uk/dobs-staff/2... @imperialmed.bsky.social

The first drugs that clear amyloid – a harmful protein found in the Alzheimer's brain – are approved in several countries, yet decline often continues. 🧠 In a new BMJ review, Professor P. Edison, J. Nowell, H. Crook and colleagues argue for combination treatments: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

🏳️‍🌈 Join us for a White City and Hammersmith #PRIDE Picnic at the White City Campus. This relaxed, inclusive gathering is a chance to celebrate Pride Month, connect with colleagues, and show support for the LGBTQ+ community. Learn more 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/21022... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Dr Marco Brancaccio (@mbra3.bsky.social) has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. SRBR is a leading international scientific society dedicated to research on biological rhythms. More 👉 srbr.org/about-us/boa... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Building on this research, the team has also developed a free #AI tool to help brain banks worldwide standardise their datasets and improve data interpretation. 👉 brainttruth.openscience.mcgill.ca @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @theneuro.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk @imperialmed.bsky.social

🧠 Temperature may matter more than time when it comes to preserving brain tissue after death – new research from @imperialmed.bsky.social could change how #brain banks work. 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @theneuro.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk

🧠 Meet Rory Smith, Brain Bank Engagement Manager, who is running the 2026 London Marathon on Sunday dressed as a brain to raise funds for the @mssocietyuk.bsky.social Tissue Bank. ✅ Contribute 👉 www.justgiving.com/page/brain-r... ✅ More about Rory's role 👉 bit.ly/4vlljyZ @imperialmed.bsky.social

🧠 In profile: Marcelina Wojewska, a PhD Student at the Department of Brain Sciences @imperialmed.bsky.social, talks about her research, what it takes to study the human brain, and why curiosity drives great science 👇 blogs.imperial.ac.uk/dobs-staff/2...

🧠 Wellcome has awarded Dr Samuel Barnes and a team of researchers at Imperial College London, led by Dr Amanda Foust, £3.92M to develop a 3D imaging system capable of capturing the electrical activity of thousands of neurons simultaneously, in real time. 👉 bit.ly/4mxVyHE @imperialmed.bsky.social

🧠 Discover the Landmark Project @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, profiling over 400 human brain donations to develop technologies for predicting disease progression and drug response in Parkinson's More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/256397/... #WorldParkinsonsDay

🧠 To mark #WomenAtImperialWeek, we've rounded up recent profiles, interviews, and multimedia features spotlighting academics and professional staff from the Department of Brain Sciences. More 👉 blogs.imperial.ac.uk/dobs-staff/2... @imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Alcohol addiction affects millions worldwide, including around 600,000 people in the UK. Prof Anne Lingford-Hughes and Prof Mark Thursz will discuss the neurobiology of addiction and alcohol's impact on the liver. ✅ Register: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20538... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Could the #psychedelic drug DMT be a future treatment for depression? Researchers @imperialmed.bsky.social found a single dose of DMT – the psychoactive component of ayahuasca - had a ‘significant and lasting’ effect. 👉 More: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

🧠 Interested in joining the Department of Brain Sciences, home to world-class research in #neuroscience & mental health? @imperialmed.bsky.social is hiring new non-clinical Assistant Professors. 👉 Applications are open until 11 March 2026: bit.ly/404qCnU #mentalhealth

💡 Imperial-led trial shows promise for Alzheimer's treatment: liraglutide reduced brain volume loss by nearly 50% and slowed cognitive decline by 18%. But Novo Nordisk's semaglutide failed. 👉 More: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Join the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social AHSC webinar "Alcohol - the biology of addiction and its effect on the liver" on Friday, 20 February, 1 – 2 pm with Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes and Professor Mark Thursz. 👉 Register: bit.ly/46k3XaK @imperialmed.bsky.social

Meet Sara Reed: Psychedelic Research Therapist l& Dept EDI Co-lead. We discussed her EDI vision, what it means to be a "mental health futurist," and her journey from Yale-trained psilocybin therapist to global equity advocate. ✅ More: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/dobs-staff/2... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Are you an early-career researcher looking to establish or transition to independence? @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is seeking expressions of interest to support UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship applications with the university as host. 👉 Find out more: www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and...

🏥 Professor David Owen was appointed Faculty of Medicine Campus Director for Imperial College London’s #Hammersmith Hospital Campus in October 2025. We spoke with Prof Owen about his vision, background, and plans for the hospital. 👉 More: imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

Meet Brianna Austin, a 1st-year PhD student @imperialmed.bsky.social. Her research aims to predict & improve outcomes for traumatic brain injury survivors. She's a co-creator of Craving Clarity, a podcast amplifying underrepresented voices in #neuroscience. 👉 More: bit.ly/4hNbPWE

Every year, ~120 people donate their brain and spinal cord tissue to advance #MS & #Parkinson's research. We spoke with Rory Türkmen Smith, Tissue Bank Engagement Manager, about facilitating these precious donations. 🧠 Read more: bit.ly/43ZdR0f @imperialmed.bsky.social

Congratulations to our Dr Nir Grossman for receiving £4.1m of ARIA research funding! The award is to will help develop technology capable of precisely stimulating deep brain regions implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. 👉 imperial.ac.uk/news/260073/...

Researchers have mapped how genes work over 2.3 million brain cells from 400 human brain tissue donors. The work could help us better understand how genes influence neurological health and diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. 👉 imperial.ac.uk/news/259876/...