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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I blinked and its been over 4 months since the last time I logged on here 😵‍💫 multiple running injuries and paper submissions later, I am so excited to share what I've been up to - so much cool science and amazing collaborations!! Will recover from AAIC Neuroscience Next and return with a show&tell 🫡

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

As you're drafting your #AAICNeuro abstracts, check out this podcast (on which i do happen to feature 👀) for more details on the hub day and my top do's and dont's for abstract writing!!

Adam Smith @betterresearch.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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Registration is now open for #AAICNeuro... join us in Manchester on the 24th / 25th Feb for the brilliant @alzheimersresearchuk.org Conference & then on the 26th for AAIC Neuroscience Next. Two events, Three days, all in the 'Capital of the North'. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...

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AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 – Manchester, UK

AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026 Manchester, UK HUB. Uniting researchers and clinicans interested in new and developing biomarkers for the diagnosis of Dementia.

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Since it's somehow October 9th already (how?? 😵‍💫), wee reminder that abstract submission is OPEN for Neuroscience Next in Manchester on February 26th!! Head on to the link to submit your abstract by October 22nd - and remember this hybrid hub meeting has no registration fees!

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Gearing up for paper autumn with my People Make Research mug!! Was super late to pick it up, but buzzing to have this reminder that I made a positive impact that inspired someone to nominate me for the collaboration category! 🥹 bonus points are it matches with my current fave focus playlist 👽

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

📣 Introducing Race Against Dementia: Data Challenge II Join our launch to learn more about how we're broadening dementia and brain health research through access to rich, innovative datasets with unparalleled academic and technical support, free of charge. ➡️ bit.ly/4mTg3Og #DataChallengeII 🧠

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

my first ever research study is public! In a study designed with the amazing @drhelenapaterson.bsky.social, I replicated the mere exposure effect with human sentences reading voices, uncovering an unexpected state of "familiarly unfamiliar" voices processed differently to familiar and unknown voices

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James Bartlett @bartlettje.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Absolutely love this submission for the Munro Tidy Tuesday!

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Took multiple weeks to recover from Canada, and was ready just in time for my first externally invited talk with @alzheimersresearchuk.org Scotland centre!! Learned so much over the conference and am so grateful for the opportunity to share my work and vision with brilliant researchers in Scotland!!

Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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"The creators of human-like AI who participated in our study displayed a clear preference for implementing neurotypical standards of communication in their work and often did not consider how this interpretation of humanness may impact their end-users" dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....

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“I Hadn't Thought About That”: Creators of Human-like AI Weigh in on Ethics & Neurodivergence | Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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📢 Are you a dementia researcher in the UK? Or one of the talented teams that took part in the #BioHermes001 Data Challenge? @kalliverse.bsky.social has some exciting news to share with you — all the way from the AAIC 2025 in Toronto! More updates coming soon. 🧠 #AAIC2025 #BioHermes002

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Totally jet lagged, and returned from a windy run feeling slightly defeated... so I added the #AAIC25 badge to my collection by my messy desk as a visual reminder for whenever I feel like I haven't achieved anything (ie nearly every day) - 10/10 recommend!!

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Love this!! I remember chatting with my classmates how justified the design choices were. Totally agree, it just has potential to help in so many settings - chers to seeing non-hypothetical applications in more populations and settings 🥂

Omg i had designed a hypothetical study with paro with my classmates in undergrad!! What was it like to hold??

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If you thought I was done telling you about #AAIC25... sorry 🫣 UK-based researchers - we have an announcement for you!! ⬇️

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What a lovely message to receive, thank you!! It feels big to be seen when till recently I couldnt even see myself as a scientist!! Also thanks for what you do to involve researchers!! And for tagging soapbox, I didnt even know about it and im glad I can now connect with it!

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

someone from the audience at my #AAIC25 talk today said hi during security check at the airport - it was the 4th time someone today told me they felt empowered by my sharing my experience as an RA without a PhD. Unexpected outcome of the talk but I'll keep being vocal since we need this conversation

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Feeling so lucky for friend Angelina Kancheva 📸 whom I'm trying to convince to join here and who is one of the brightest people I know!!! There's so many amazing friends I've made through research (yes waiting for them to join here) and im so glad I could attend #AAIC25 and connect with them again!!

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

On #AAIC25 day 5, I shared with the amazing audience what we achieved with the first round of the @brainhealtharc.bsky.social Scottish Data Challenge. Brilliant questions gave me a chance to emphasise the need to reuse routine datasets and support cross-discipline collaboration for 2ndary analysis!!

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Dementias Platform UK @dementiasplatform.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Today at #AAIC25 - #DPUK ’s Prof Sarah Bauermeister will be speaking about harmonisation of datasets and federation at a session with @AD Data Initiative: ‘Harnessing The Power Of Collaborative Data Sharing And Research: Progress And Existing Barriers’ Room 107 10-11.30 #ADRD

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Why does inclusion at scientific conferences matter? Dr Lindsey Sinclair shares personal reflections, praise, and some soul-crushing moments. Read or Listen to our new blog. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-why-doe...

A promotional image for a blog titled “Why does inclusion matter at scientific conferences?” by Dr Lindsey Sinclair. The background shows a crowd of black figurines with one bright red figure standing out. Dr Sinclair's photo appears in the corner alongside her title: Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Bristol.

Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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Our second #AAIC25 special is live! Dr James Brady with @stirlandia.bsky.social, @isabelscst.bsky.social & @felixwittmann.bsky.social. Video & audio streaming now. pod.fo/e/304afe

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

On #AAIC25 day 4, I finally managed to get up early for a run! So glad I did, because I today I am feeling neeervous about speaking at the data sharing featured research session tomorrow at 1000🕙 in room 107📍join us to hear about the @brainhealtharc.bsky.social's first Scottish Data Challenge!!

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

What a privilege to be able to connect with those I look up to... I remember returning from St Andrews a month ago wondering if I'd ever have a place in dementia research, and every conversation today showed me I couldn't imagine it not because I couldn't have it, but because I'd have to create it.

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

#AAIC25 day 3 gone in a flash!! I gave myself the morning off to sleep in and see the CN tower before conference stuff. Feeling empowered by @stirlandia.bsky.social and @atlanticfellows.bsky.social, I let my brain be creative for the afternoon, thinking about what I want my metascience lab to do!!

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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Today at #AAIC25, the Association released its first evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the use of blood-based biomarker tests in specialty care—a significant step forward in transforming Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. bit.ly/477otMV

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New Clinical Practice Guideline for Blood-Based Biomarkers | AAIC

The Alzheimer’s Association released its first clinical practice guideline on the use of blood-based biomarker tests at AAIC 2025 - a landmark step in diagnosis.

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Isabel Castanho, PhD @isabelscst.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Proud of our session at #AAIC25 yesterday, "Molecular Basis of Cognitive Resilience". 💜 We really are trying to bring the field together, and I think we did a great job! 👏🏻 Thank you to the audience for making the Q&A so stimulating. 🤩 If you missed it, the recording is available online.

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Dementias Platform UK @dementiasplatform.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

It's great to see Brains for Dementia Research at #AAIC25. Like Dementias Platform UK, they are providing some of the really valuable tools for research in the UK and beyond. Call and say hello.

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📢 Did you take part in the first round of the Bio-Hermes Data Challenge? Help us collect valuable insights by completing our outputs form! This covers everything from abstracts, posters, talks, peer-reviewed papers, and beyond. ➡️ forms.office.com/pages/respon...

I think about this a lot!! From media literacy to overcoming imposter syndrome, i think cringe culture has completely reshaped grounded perspective from "this is my experience right now" to "this is how others would perceive this right now" with wide reaching consequences!

My research vision resolves around metascience and my background is unconventional for this career, so I had struggled to see a place for myself in the field. That had really hurt my esteem at a bad time, as I am writing for fellowships but hearing from pioneers shifts my focus to my ideas' merit!

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The latter especially is a true testament to the power of what one of the speakers described today as letting people find and pursue what they're passionate for. And this is where representation and visible diversity can cultivate next generations of scholars...

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#AAIC25 day 2 is finished and I am physically exhausted but am also feeling curious, inspired, and excited. It's humbling to see how fast basic science has evolved in this field, and empowering to realise that my research vision is relevant, timely, and bold.

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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Ah I relate to this a lot!!! I can't really just make my brain stop being creative, but I still feel some demand avoidance with writing. That seems to go away when, as you said, I approach it as offloading!!

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It has been another fantastic day of discovery at #AAIC25. For those in Toronto, look up to the night sky tonight to catch buildings shining in purple in honor of the conference and Alzheimer’s awareness.

The CN tower shines purple in the night sky. The AAIC25 flag flies on a lightpole in the foreground.

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Tal Nuriel, PhD @talnuriel.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Very grateful I can be a tiny part, Alz Society, and really thanks to you all for the exceptional organisation!!! 👏🥂

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This is fun. Watching your first ever mentor in science give the plenary at AAIC. I was Katerina’s first technician, helping out with her 2002 mouse studies shown on this slide. Haven’t met a more tenacious scientist since. To see a single hypothesis all the way through to clinical trials is amazing

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Thank you Prof Akassoglou for your talk! Scientific learning aside, as an aspiring research leader I will be leaving this plenary with renewed optimism for my future inspired by you and Prof Spillantini!!

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

8.2k in person makes the plenary sessions look and feel like concerts!!! Aaand amazing to see so many women not only attendees but also celebrated speakers!!

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

#AAIC25 day 2 in full swing here in Toronto!! Fascinating morning sessions, and a fantastic plenary talk by @akassogloulab.bsky.social on neurovascular interaction mechanisms!!! Now another plenary talk about heterogeneous tauopathy presentation by the eminent Prof Maria Grazia Spillantini!!

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Dementias Platform UK @dementiasplatform.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

At #AAIC25 today: DPUK's Maria Bunyan has a poster (#838) on digital lifestyle interventions for dementia risk reduction. Find it in the Public Health: Prevention section. #DementiaResearch #DPUK

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

What an achievement for your first oral presentation to be at a conference of this scale and prestige, and to have a positive outcome!! Congratulations and hope you get to celebrate!! 🎉🥂

Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Clearly a normal level of excited to be here!!! Watch this space bc this is my first international conference and I was sponsored to travel here as part of an award I won for the first Scottish Dementia Data Challenge 👀 can't wait to tell you (and show you!) all about it!! #AAIC25

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Ah I know im so happy there are recordings, as i couldn't watch live while flying over the Atlantic! Have made it to Toronto now so hope to see you and around the maze that is our conference venue 😅