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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Great to attend the first IoN Research Technician Showcase this afternoon - celebrating the staff who are the driving force behind so much of what we do. And super proud that two of the fantastic techs from our group, Katie and Lucrezia, received the silver and bronze poster awards 🥳 🎉

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Another reel for #brainawarenessweek - what a week in an Alzheimer’s research lab looks like! (we’ve decided all of our lab work needs a D&B soundtrack now) @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

For #brainawarenessweek - come and meet the team! (Yes, Hugh Jackson is an honorary member) Reel by @sophie0g.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Always an exciting day when you get images like these ✨⭐️

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I have thoroughly enjoyed writing for @pet-bionews.bsky.social the last 6 weeks as part of their BioNews writing scheme! This week I had the pleasure of reviewing a seminar on the ethics of organoid and chimaera research 🧠🧫. See the link below to read! www.progress.org.uk/event-review...

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Event Review: HDBI Ethics Seminar – Ethics of human brain organoids and human-animal chimaeras | PET

Professor John Evans discusses investigations into the US public's opinion on the use of human brain organoids and human-animal chimaeras in research.

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Look at these beautiful organoids grown by @sophie0g.bsky.social ! Who needs fireworks when we can look down the microscope at these stunners 😎

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Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A woman seeking to understand why she has two genetic conditions, despite no family history, discovered that her mother’s #fertility doctor was her biological father. Sophie Goldsmith writes in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/fertility-fr... #FertilityTreatment #FertilityClinics #Infertility

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Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A rare eye #Cancer which may have otherwise been missed, has been detected in a newborn baby enrolled in @genomicsengland.bsky.social WGS study: The Generation Study. Sophie Goldsmith writes in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/rare-eye-can... #Cancer #EyeCancer #Gene #genomics #genetics #Genome #DNA

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Super excited to be running the London Landmarks Half next April for The National Brain Appeal 🧠🏃🏼‍♀️ just set up my just giving page - any donations / sharing my page would be FAB ⭐️ www.justgiving.com/page/sophie-...

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Charlie Arber @celarber.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

What a treat to share a walkies and a BBQ with my colleagues. The rain in the background caught us on the way home. But that’s normal for a British bbq, right?

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Feat. @sophie0g.bsky.social presenting her organoid work! 🧠

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Thrilled to share that I passed my PhD upgrade viva yesterday!Extremely grateful for all the support I’ve had from my supervisors & team who have helped me get to this point & a big thank you to my upgrade panel for the insightful feedback & discussion. 🧫🧠 @selinawray.bsky.social

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

New paper from the lab, under the leadership of @celarber.bsky.social !

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Super exciting that The Brain at Rest is out! Was a huge privilege to be Joe’s research assistant for this book, searching through all the research papers & learning so much in the process! Huge thank you to Joe for this opportunity to help out on such a fab project! Go give it a read ☺️

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Had a fantastic time at the FTDUK conference yesterday in Edinburgh ⭐️🧠so many brilliant talks - exciting to hear about the cutting edge FTD research & clinical trials underway!

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Was a huge pleasure to co-host the 2nd GENFI Participant Webinar on Friday! Nearly 100 attendees and a fantastic lineup of speakers—thank you to everyone who joined and to all the speakers for their brilliant talks! Followed by a hugely informative participant engagement board roundtable!

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Fab first day at the Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration conference in Edinburgh! 🧠 #SCMND So many exciting talks, and I really enjoyed presenting my poster with the work from the first year of my PhD! Looking forward to the rest of the conference! 🧫🧠

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This was so powerful - few of us can imagine the reality of having a family devastated by familial FTD - and the response of Jordan/Cian to their own risk is incredibly inspiring. Find them in instagram/TikTok as the FTD Brothers and follow their story…!

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Cure MAPT FTD @curemaptftd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Hello BlueSky. One of our cofounders, Linde Jacobs, is profiled in The New York Times today. It’s a moving snapshot of what an FTD family goes through. Help us fight for therapies that can cure dementia for under 60s. #ftd #aftd #dementia #tau #alzheimers #mapt www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/h...

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A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate (Gift Article)

A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Getting some final images before going on Xmas break! 🧫🎄GFAP & Nestin staining in forebrain organoids using whole mount ICC 🧠

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Lab holiday photo 2024 ☺️☺️ Feat. @celarber.bsky.social @sophie0g.bsky.social @lecrawf0.bsky.social and many more not in the bluesky yet :)

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Sophie Goldsmith @sophie0g.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Fantastic talk yesterday from @bowleslab.bsky.social discussing tau & iPSC models 🧠🧫 & was lovely to meet you after! ☺️

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Kukar Lab @kukarlab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Excited to share the lab's recent publication. Granulins are critical for lysosome function and brain health to prevent neurodegeneration. Our data suggest that granulin peptides could be used to treat frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease. t.co/pN28kabjIA

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James Catterson @scotsfriction.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🧠 130 people now in this UK Dementia Starter Pack! 🧠 📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈 A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians. Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋 go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp

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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Very happy to share our paper on Familial British Dementia (FBD) which is online today! Using patient iPSC,we show the amyloidogenic peptide in this disease -ABri -is mainly produced by microglia… Never heard of FBD? You won’t be the only one… explainer incoming! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Microglia contribute to the production of the amyloidogenic ABri peptide in familial British dementia - Acta Neuropathologica

Mutations in ITM2B cause familial British, Danish, Chinese, and Korean dementias. In familial British dementia (FBD), a mutation in the stop codon of the ITM2B gene (also known as BRI2) causes a C-ter...

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