Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 11/03/20265 talks and a poster to prep in the next 2 weeks. Ooooof. 160
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Ever lost days of data and only realised when it was far too late @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social shares one of those moments we all pretend never happened! Full episode '12 Research Fails of Christmas' is a comfort listen for anyone doing real research. youtu.be/LufA2YbicSc 031
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Join Dr Fiona McLean, @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social, @sorayam.bsky.social & Dr Kate Harris for a festive podcast special where they share their lab mishaps, admin chaos, and lessons learned from experiments that went wrong but taught them the most. pod.fo/e/3698bd 042
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 03/12/2025The recording of our Salon webinar with @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social and @aramblingrosie.bsky.social is now open access. They share lessons from setting up a first independent research lab. Watch here youtu.be/C-qwORXnSvMyoutu.beAdvise for Starting Your First Research LabYouTube video by Dementia Researcher 011
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Meet the new @alzsocresearch.bsky.social Fellows! £4.9m in funding will back research into tau clearance, diagnosis of mixed dementias, vascular damage, and more. #Alzheimers www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/meet-the-new...dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.ukMeet the new Alzheimer’s Society’s Fellows - DEMENTIA RESEARCHERAlzheimer’s Society awards £4.9m to 13 projects, including 10 led by early career researchers, advancing diagnosis, treatment and care in dementia research. 063
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 24/06/2025🚨 Just released! @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social & @davidebrunophd.bsky.social discuss transitioning from researcher to research leader in this Salon session. 🎥 First aired in the Dementia Researcher Community – join live every Wednesday or catch up later. Watch Now: youtu.be/UDPCYiELO-Yyoutu.beTransition to IndependenceYouTube video by Dementia Researcher 032
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🎙️ Live from #BNA2025! Learn how to boost your academic visibility with Dr Emma Yhnell and guests in this special podcast episode. 📺 Watch now or listen tomorrow: @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social @emmayhnell.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social youtu.be/ZD5Gyg3p3Ooyoutu.beMake Your Mark: Elevating Your Academic Visibility - BNA2025 Festival of NeuroscienceYouTube video by Dementia Researcher 022
Reposted by Ian HarrisonRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Chilling to see this list of terminated NIH grants. Research on Alzheimer's, HIV, rare diseases, vaccines -- gone. Cancer centers closed, training grants & fellowships terminated. Young scientists stranded. Patients waiting for treatments that'll never come. Just sad. taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...taggs.hhs.gov 312589
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Wow, these spam emails are getting interesting! 😂 010
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Next weeks Salon Webinar is all about "Transitioning to Independence" with guest speakers @davidebrunophd.bsky.social & @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social Join us at 12pm on Wednesday 12th March communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/tra...communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.ukDementia Researcher Salon Webinar - Transition to IndependenceDementia Researcher Salon Webinar - Transition to Independence 045
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Me to new lab members: "It's sooooo important to maintain a good work-life balance. Make sure you take care of yourself!" Also me: Doing my lab walk-around tasks on a Saturday morning because I was too busy during the week. 🫣 #PILife 070
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Dr Amanda Heslegrave @ajh1269.bsky.social is seeking a Research Assistant to join her team workin in the UK DRI / UCL Fluid Biomarker Lab on 'UK-TBI REpository and data PORTal Enabling discoveRy' @ukdri.ac.uk - Closing date: 9th March www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.ukResearch Assistant: Fluid Biomarker LabDr Amanda Heslegrave is seeking a Research Assistant to join her team workin in the UK DRI / UCL Fluid Biomarker Lab on 'UK-TBI REpository and data PORTal Enabling discoveRy' 176
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Back at work today after an amazing ARUK Research Conference, feeling even more fired up to find a cure. Such an honour and a privilege to be awarded this year's David Hague award and join the list of amazing scientists to have received the award in previous years. Now the work begins.. #foracure 🧠 2111
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDr Cara Croft @caracroft.bsky.social · 24/01/2025One week left to get your applications in for this exciting PhD studentship fully-funded for students eligible for UK fees. Deadline: 31st January 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comUnderstanding selective vulnerability to Lewy body pathology in Parkinson’s disease at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Understanding selective vulnerability to Lewy body pathology in Parkinson’s disease at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com 015
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Addicted! Sandwich loaf for lunches and a mini loaf for soups. Love the house smelling of freshly baked bread on working from home days! 🍞 060
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 19/12/2024A great opportunity with an amazing scientist and boss! Message Yvonne if you're interested! 020
Reposted by Ian HarrisonAndrew Octavian Sasmita @aosasmita.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Clearance of beta-amyloid and tau aggregates are size-dependent and altered by an inflammatory challenge academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...academic.oup.comClearance of beta-amyloid and tau aggregates are size-dependent and altered by an inflammatory challengeFertan et al. show that inflammation can initiate an Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology in a stem-cell model without prior disease phenotype and worsens th 0135
Reposted by Ian HarrisonNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10/12/2024This is a significant move for UK institutions towards Bluesky. The UK Parliament has arrived here today! 🦋 Accounts are verified. @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk 27845261
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Back to my old stomping ground today for a collaborative project, 10 years to the day since picking up my thesis from the printers here! Where has the time gone?! 020
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDaniel Erskine @danielersk1ne.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Hello everyone, happy to share my first post here on BSky. I've moved over from Twitter and looking forward to seeing and discussing interesting science here. Please give me a follow if you're interested in #Lewy body diseases or #lysosomal storage disorders. Thank you! 093
Reposted by Ian HarrisonPhil Kitchen @kitchenphil.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Our lab's first Biorxiv deposition is live! We show that two commercially-available "aquaporin-4 inhibitors" do not inhibit aquaporin-4 as previously described. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgAER-270 and TGN-020 are not aquaporin-4 water channel blockersAquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the most abundant water channel protein in the brain. It controls water homeostasis, facilitates glymphatic function and is a drug target for brain edema following injury or stro... 1174
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Welcome @dave-mri.bsky.social!! Good to see you on here! 🥳 020
Reposted by Ian HarrisonIsabel N Christie PhD @izzynchristie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Do you know someone looking for a PhD opportunity in London? Here's a project from a future leader! Anna Hadjihambi researches how liver disease causes brain decline. Interdisciplinary and important topic for an ageing population. Please repost www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comRestoring brain health in steatotic liver disease at King’s College London on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Restoring brain health in steatotic liver disease at King’s College London, listed on FindAPhD.com 022
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Self care Sunday. Though questionable having to play on this many flats! 😓 120
Reposted by Ian HarrisonJohn Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Tau filaments are tethered within brain extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTau filaments are tethered within brain extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease - Nature NeuroscienceUsing cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and proteomics, this study identifies the tethering of pathological tau filaments within defined brain extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease, shining l... 1265
Reposted by Ian HarrisonDr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Today is #EqualPayDay From today, women essentially work for free for the rest of the calendar year compared to men due to the #GenderPayGap Let that sink in... 0229
Reposted by Ian HarrisonProf Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Best thing on the internet. Inject it in my veins. 1456
Reposted by Ian HarrisonJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/11/2024I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff. I like this version of social media, and the world. Thanks, folks. 897513273929
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 20/11/2024When your postdoc texts you as you're on your way to pick up the kids, to tell you that the experiment worked perfectly! 🧠 🤩 #proudPImedia.tenor.coma man is sitting in the woods with pink balloons and a tent .ALT: a man is sitting in the woods with pink balloons and a tent . 040
Reposted by Ian HarrisonRoslyn Bill @roslynbill.bsky.social · 20/11/2024This is the beginnings of a Starter Pack for aquaporin channel fans. Join the Aquaporin Party! go.bsky.app/Hdhw78e 3114
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 20/11/2024He's hoping for a last minute rush, the seminar room 5 mins before my MSc lecture this morning at UCL IoN. 😒 280
Reposted by Ian HarrisonJalees Rehman @jalees.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The anatomy of brainwashing: Glymphatic-lymphatic brain cleansing may reveal new therapeutic strategies www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe anatomy of brainwashingGlymphatic-lymphatic brain cleansing may reveal new therapeutic strategies 011
Reposted by Ian HarrisonEduardo Zimmer @erzimmer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The paper of the year! Bravo @sdas617.bsky.social and colleagues 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAstrocyte transcriptomic changes along the spatiotemporal progression of Alzheimer’s disease - Nature NeuroscienceUsing single-nucleus RNA sequencing from 32 donors, researchers identified distinct astrocytic gene expression programs activated across brain regions and Alzheimer’s disease stages. They also found u... 0269
Reposted by Ian HarrisonPaula Haynes @paulahyns.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Nedergaard lab- impaired increase of infra-slow (30s) norepinepherine-oscillations in APP/PS1 mice after sleep deprivation. Suggests Amyloid-β (or γ-secretase) may impair it's own glymphatic clearance... www.cell.com/cell-reports...cell.comSleep deprivation leads to non-adaptive alterations in sleep microarchitecture and amyloid-β accumulation in a murine Alzheimer modelCankar et al. report that sleep loss suppresses NREM norepinephrine oscillations in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease along with a parallel buildup of amyloid-β. Thus, overexpression of amyloid-β ... 021
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Our latest preprint out on bioRxiv...we show that glymphatic function influences synuclein propagation in the brain 🧠 1105
Ian Harrison @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Well this place his marvelous isn't it?! Hi! I'm Ian, I'm a Principal Research Fellow at UCL studying the glymphatic system and it's role in dementia. Daughter dad, sourdough enthusiast and general science nerd! 🤓🧠 381