Zebrafish lab in University of Manchester with interests in stroke, neuroinflammation, genetics and neurological disease

Manchester, England
Joined July 2018
I'm incredibly excited to share our new paper "Loss of col4a1 in zebrafish recapitulates the cerebrovascular phenotypes associated with monogenic cerebral small vessel disease" from my PhD work with @KasherLab and @BIG_research 🐟🧠sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Brilliant talks from the Manchester group at #neurorepair2024 #neuroprotection @KasherLab @KieronSouth @EmzMcM @victor_tapia_o
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We're delighted & very proud to see @sccrilly nominated for this Rising Star award🌟Siobhan was a PhD student, post doc, and fellow with @BIG_research at the GJBRC, before moving this year to @uniofgalway to start her own lab with a prestigious MEDTRAIN+ Marie Curie fellowship
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Check out the link below for a exciting PhD opportunity at the University of Manchester with ourselves & @KasherLab and @adrianpj1 findaphd.com/phds/project/mr…
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Research technician position @XimenaSoto40 lab! Apply!
Replying to @XimenaSoto40
Come join us in @MCF_UoM @SBS_Spotlight and help us assess the functional importance of dynamic gene expression underlying spinal cord regeneration. For more information see the link below jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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Our study into the mechanism behind the reduced blood flow in dementia has been short listed for research story of the year! We would appreciate your vote in the link below
As part of this year’s Heart Hero Awards, we invite you to discover three of our most cutting-edge research projects and vote for the one that inspires you the most. Left to right: ❤️ An AI tool predicting the risk of a heart attack - Professor Charalambos Antoniades @UniofOxford 💊 Developing routes to the first drug treatments for vascular dementia - Professor Adam Greenstein @OfficialUoM 🔬 High-tech scans helping to detect heart conditions - Dr George Joy @ucl We'll be diving into each BHF-funded research project in more detail throughout the month. Learn more and vote now for your favourite here: bhf.org.uk/researchstoryvote
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I had a great time at the @DCVS_UoM showcase today. I am really chuffed to have been awarded first prize for my talk! 🐟
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We did it!! 💨🗻🌧️🌈 Team BIG x @NKMTrust completed the 24.5 mile, 5200 ft ascent that makes up the Yorkshire 3 peaks, battling with sidewards hail, snow and 70 mph gusts! Incredibly grateful for all your donations so far - one last push for 10K! justgiving.com/page/brain-in…
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The Brain Inflammation Group is taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on April 15th to raise funds for @NKMTrust, a wonderful charity that supports essential brain haemorrhage research. Please help us reach our target by donating here: justgiving.com/page/brain-in…
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On 15th April I will be taking on the Yorkshire three peaks challenge with @BIG_research to raise money for @NKMTrust who fund life saving brain haemorrhage research! Donate using the link below to help us support this worthy cause 🧠👩🏻‍🔬🩸 justgiving.com/page/brain-in…
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KasherLab retweeted
I'm excited to see that the preprint of my PhD research, characterising a natural product inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome, is now out in the World! @KasherLab @BIG_research 👇💥 doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.30.5…
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I have had such a brilliant time at #ASMB2023 in #SLC2023. It's been great to meet fellow matrix biologists and receive such valuable feedback on my PhD work. A special thank you to @DMM_Journal and Guarantors of Brain for awarding me travel funding.
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Scientists @officialuom have developed new models to investigate brain haemorrhage that can replace the use of mammals. Hear how from @stu_art_here (@GJBrainResearch), @KasherLab and @sccrilly. @NC3Rs @animalresearch @SMC_London
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I'm pleased that our phase 2 clinical trial, BLOC-ICH, is now out! BLOC is the first trial of anakinra in intracerebral hemorrhage with further data to come from the ongoing @study_action in the Netherlands. Many thanks to all involved! @SchreuderFloris journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Excellent talk by our guest speaker, Daisy Flatman - A Zebrafish model for COL4A1 associated cerebral small vessel disease @DNS_UOM @FBMH_DocAcad @FBMH_UoM @OfficialUoM @FBMHpg @SBS_Spotlight
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Our work on human fetal brain haemorrhage and SARS-CoV-2 is out in @Brain1878! We show that cortical haemorrhages in the fetal brain are associated with the presence of SARS-CoV-2, reduced blood vessel integrity and increased immune cell infiltration academic.oup.com/brain/advan… 1/3
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