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Diving deep into the brain 🧠 - Neuroscience & Psychology. Enthusiastic explorer of all things STEM: from the tiniest particles to the vast cosmos 🌟🧪🚀🔬🔭🤖

Joined March 2009
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🟢  Following World Mental Health Day on Saturday, in this interview Professor Allan Young, psychiatrist and Head of @ImperialBrains, argues that mental health is inseparable from physical health. ✅ Read the Q&A 👉 imperial.ac.uk/news/articles…
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🧠 Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder that affects over 1 billion people globally each year, with women predominantly affected. A new Seminar discusses typical symptoms, mechanisms, and treatment options: spkl.io/60107VNQg
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Wrapping up the #OxfordAutumnSchoolInNeuroscience2026 with great talks from Prof Arthur Arnold, Dr José Prius Mengual, Prof Armin Raznahan & Dr Kamila Szulc-Lerch on sex and gender as a research variable in neuroscience. @OxNeuro @UCLALifeSci @UCLA #OxAutNeuro26
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A strong start to Day 2, exploring causal manipulation of brain states and the latest advances in neuromodulation. Great insights from Dr Rosemary Bagot, Samuel Winiarski, Dr Laith Alexander and Prof Charlotte Stagg. @McGillPsych @KingsIoPPN @OxNeuro #OxAutNeuro26 @MKFlugge
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TBT: Yesterday’s Festschrift for Dr Deborah Clarke: a wonderful day of laughter and reflection. As @ZoltanMolnar64 put it, “a career linking careful experimental neuroscience with generations of students trained to think broadly, rigorously and humanely.”
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Many thanks to all the speakers for an engaging afternoon at the #OxfordAutumnSchoolInNeuroscience2026, exploring the dynamics of spatial attention. With talks from Dr Marieke Schölvinck, @AyeletLandau, @NilliLavie & @OleJensenOHBA 🧠 @OxNeuro
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Fascinating morning at the #OxfordAutumnSchoolInNeuroscience2026, exploring the predictive cortex: from sensation to strategy. With talks from @TheBrunoCortex, Dr Zilu Liang, @SonjaBHofer & Professor Mriganka Sur. Many thanks to @MKFlugge, @abhii_mit & @OxNeuro 🧠
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Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry Press release: bit.ly/3SZAbEH Popular information: bit.ly/4h1xPxd Advanced information: bit.ly/4h2P6pG
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
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Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics Press release: bit.ly/4h5wvcD Popular information: bit.ly/3T3i6Wy Advanced information: bit.ly/4y7Mhec
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
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October's issue of Brain is now online! academic.oup.com/brain/issue…
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Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine Press release: bit.ly/46p7OTB Popular information: bit.ly/4ru82ml Advanced information: bit.ly/4Adp5Nh
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BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2027 Brain Conference is now OPEN! The conference will be held on 12 March, 2027. Visit the website to view our speakers, register to attend and see information on abstract submissions: conference.guarantorsofbrain…
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I set a camera really close to the launch pad to get this shot. It was a sound activated trigger since it wasn’t safe for me to stand here. That’s all 33 Raptor engines performing nominally as Starship heads to orbit for the first time.
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Congrats @SpaceX! Gorgeous launch, getting Ship to orbit and managing every step in a safe, responsible, and especially inspirational way. @NASA, along with the rest of the interested public, is excited to help where we can and for Starship missions to become routine!
Starship performs its orbital insertion burn and enters orbit of Earth for the first time
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Rising Voices at the @V_and_A spotlights contemporary art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific, developed in collaboration with @QAGOMA. If you get a chance, go see it! On until 10 January 2027. #London #ContemporaryArt #AsiaPacificArt
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