Actively doing clinical and lab-based research on both Parkinson's and Huntington's disease at the John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair. NIHR Investigator.
Cambridge, England
Joined December 2017
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The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
So excited to share our paper showing how blood neurofilament light levels could help predict proximity to disease onset in #Huntingtons
A mammoth 14 year study!
A spin off from our sleep work, TL:DR summary below…🧵
@PDandHDLab @HDBuzzFeed
link.springer.com/article/10…
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Thanks @HDBuzz for this great initiative and for all the amazing work that goes into HDBuzz articles
We're proud to announce Dr. Zanna Voysey as a 2024 HDBuzz Prize winner! She shares a new study that details racial disparities in HD care and research. Addressing this could improve the lives of people living with HD in the here-and-now. #medical #hdsa #… ift.tt/PeTy0Ab
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Thrilled to share the preprint of our 12-year polysomnography study in Huntington's!
TL:DR: 1) insomnia affects 90% early stage patients and links to greater cognitive problems and disease activity, independent of disease stage/meds/mood 🧵
@PDandHDLab
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
So much brilliant food for thought at the inaugural glymphatics symposium in Lund! Thank you @GlymphaticConf @DAcharya_
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Couldn't be happier with my PhD viva experience, a critical scientific discussion of my PhD work, followed by cake and amazing people that I am lucky enough to call friends.
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
#barkerlabequestrians reaching critical mass at this year’s lab retreat…! @PDandHDLab
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Slow-wave sleep affects synucleinopathy and regulates proteostatic processes in mouse models of Parkinson’s disease | Science Translational Medicine science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
@Marta__Camacho from @BrainRepair_VGB will be bringing her expert insights on the trending but mysterious gut-brain connection 🧐
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
✨Happy New Year! ✨ ease your brain back into neuroscience mode over a pint with 2024's first Neurotalks tomorrow evening with @HugoFleming_ , @Marta__Camacho and @DavidPosner13 telling us all about the mind-body connection - talk details below ⤵️
7pm @ The Cambridge Tap 🍻
Time to start filling up that 2024 diary! 🗓️ We'll be here to welcome you back 9 Jan for our next Neurotalks. For the theme mind-body connection, we'll be hearing from @HugoFleming_ , @Marta__Camacho and @DavidPosner13. 🧵⤵️for details!
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Breaking News! The World Parkinson Coalition announced the appointment of new Executive Leadership and two new Board members who will lead the Coalition for the next three years up through the 7th World Parkinson Congress. #Parkinsons #wpc
Read here: einpresswire.com/article/675…
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
It’s nearly that time of the year again 🎅🏽
We’re back with the UK PD-CSG 🧠 #12DaysOfParkinsonsResearch Campaign 2023!
Over the festive period we will be sharing 12 #ParkinsonsResearch studies.
STAY TUNED!
@CureParkinsonsT @ParkinsonsUK
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Insightful presentation from Dr Shaline Fazal, who shared findings from the @CambridgeBRC’s #research that aims to repair the brain after #parkinsons.
Today has highlighted the variety of impactful @NIHRresearch studies taking place across the #EastofEngland.
#AMMShowcase
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Hot off the press 📣LINE-1 retrotransposons drive human neuronal transcriptome complexity and functional diversification | Science Advances science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
@zanna_voysey and I amongst others had a great time taking part in a career panel discussion at the hugely successful #brainandbeyond in Norwich last week! Hopefully we didn’t put off any of the future generations 😀@PDandHDLab
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Team Jakobsson forming part of the winning team #HomoASAPiens at #trivianight at #ASAPLondon2023 @ATransposons @ASAP_Research @PDandHDLab @Kirkeby_Lab @AThiruvalluvan
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Excited to see our latest work on neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease dementia risk out in @Brain1878 - great collaborative project with fantastic people @PDandHDLab @AntoninaKouli @M_Malpetti @ProfJTOBrien @FAigbirhio @wbic_cam @Marta__Camacho
academic.oup.com/brain/advan…
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
We have organised a fantastic speaker programme including from @UKRMP_PSEC Hub @PDandHDLab @IvanaBarbaric3 @FlorianMerkle @CedricGhevaert not to mention @ParmarLab, @graziellapelle and colleagues from @UKRMP_ECE & @UKRMP_Smart.
ukrmp.org.uk/2023/09/ukrmp-r…
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Our third speaker is Roger Barker @PDandHDLab, “Can we realistically repair the brain in Parkinson’s” #CamNeuro2023
The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab retweeted
Don't miss your chance to register for this conference in November, where you can catch ✨3 ✨ of our PIs - Cédric Ghevaert, Andrew McCaskie, and Roger Barker @PDandHDLab. Early bird closes Saturday!
UKRMP Regenerative Medicine 2023 Conference
8-10 Nov in Edinburgh. Early bird registration closes on 30th September!
More information and registration: ukrmp.org.uk/2023/09/ukrmp-r… with @UKRMP_PSEC @UKRMP_Smart #regenerativemedicine #stemcelltherapy #stemcellresearch
