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What do you get when you mix neurosurgeons with robotics researchers? Exoskeletons, sensors and retractors! 🤖🧠✨

Thank you everyone who braved the heat for today’s LINC - Robotics Workshop 🔥

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@livuniresearch.bsky.social - Dept Computer Science 👇
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June 26, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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💫 Wonderful news on a generous donation to advance Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research 💫

Thanks to The Lorraine and Ronnie Templeton Fund for supporting MND research.

Read more 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/giving/news/...
Generous donation to advance Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research | Stories | Giving | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
June 25, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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👏 Congratulations to Dr Gashirai Mbizvo and colleagues on their latest publication in JNNP, reporting findings from a large international real-world study.

Full article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42128620/

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@thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
June 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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👏 Congratulations to Dr Dan Roberts and team on their recent paper advancing language mapping in awake craniotomy 🧠

Read the full paper 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

#ResearchCentreforBrainandBehavior
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An advancement of intraoperative language mapping in awake craniotomy
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June 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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💫 LINC Seminar on #Neurocognition and #Neuroimaging! 💫

Thanks to Prof Simon Keller, Dr Xiaosong He and Dr Edward Rhodes for their presentations!

To read:
👉 pint-lab.github.io
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@liverpooluni.bsky.social
#UniversitofScienceandTechnologyofChina
June 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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💫 Professor Simon Keller has been awarded a Royal Society Exchange Grant for a new epilepsy imaging collaboration with the University of Science and Technology of China 💫

Dr Xiaosong He joins LINC for a neuroimaging seminar.
👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

royalsociety.org/grants/inter...
International Exchanges | Royal Society
These schemes are for scientists based in the UK who want to stimulate collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one-off visit or bilateral travel
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June 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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⭐ Today’s LINC Seminar brought the psychiatrists to the neurologists! ⭐

Thanks to our speakers:
Dan W. Joyce, Lily Farakish, Jade Thai and Yue (Peggy) Peng

📣 Mental Illness Workshop
👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@merseycarenhs.bsky.social
May 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr Gashirai Mbizvo and his team!

They have received the ABN Charles Symonds Prize for Best Platform Presentation at the Association of British Neurologists meeting in Birmingham.

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May 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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The 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 is coming up soon!

👉 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟐.𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦–𝟒.𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦
👉 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞, 𝐀𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭:
[email protected]

@liverpooluni.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
#PainResearch #ChronicPain
May 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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💫 Medicines Discovery Catapult will visit this month to give a talk on accelerating drug discovery.

LINC members and colleagues across @liverpooluni.bsky.social and NHS healthcare staff all welcome.

👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) visit to the University of Liverpool | Stories | Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
May 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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The 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 is coming up soon!

👉 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟐.𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦–𝟒.𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦
👉 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞, 𝐀𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭:
[email protected]

@liverpooluni.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
#PainResearch #ChronicPain
May 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Sold out!

Looking forward to a fantastic evening with everyone who managed to get tickets for Neuro‑Night! | Pint of Science 🧠🍺

pintofscience.co.uk/event/neuro-...

#Neuroscience
#NeuroNight
#UniversityOfLiverpool
Neuro-Night!
Vagus-baby! How can the vagus nerve treat neurological conditions like depression or recovering from a stroke? How can our canine best friends help discove…
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May 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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💫 A big thank‑you to our speakers at last night’s LINC Early Career Researcher event @immunecord.bsky.social and 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐄𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐚! 💫

📢 Great opportunity for our neuroscience Early Career Researchers!

📆 Next 𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟰𝗽𝗺
To find more 👉 lnkd.in/eXviCxfx

#Research #Academics
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April 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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📢 PhD opportunity now open!

Fully funded PhD on culture, parenting, and early child development (UK & India).

Share with your networks and any Master’s graduates!

🔗 Project link:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🗓 Deadline: 22 April
🎓 Start date: 1 July 2026

#PhDOpportunity #Psychology
April 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Bookings are now open for Neuro‑Night! | Pint of Science 🧠🍺
pintofscience.co.uk/event/neuro-...

Everyone is welcome!

📅 Tuesday, 19 May
⏰ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
📍 The Bridewell, 1 Campbell Square, Liverpool L1 5FB

#Neuroscience
#NeuroNight
#UniversityOfLiverpool
Neuro-Night!
Vagus-baby! How can the vagus nerve treat neurological conditions like depression or recovering from a stroke? How can our canine best friends help discove…
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April 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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🔬🧠 Integration of complex 2D and 3D neuronal models in Drug Discovery

A huge thank you to Dr David Moreno, Director of Translational Cell Sciences at UCB Biopharma SRL, for visiting LINC and sharing his team’s impressive work on hIPSC‑derived neuronal models

#TeamUCB
#UniversityOfLiverpool
April 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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🌟 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲!

Join us on 𝟮𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 for the next LINC ECR Event with @immunecord.bsky.social and 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗘𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗮 sharing their career journeys.

📍 Life Sciences Building, Seminar Room 4
🕓 4:00–4:45pm
April 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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⏳ One week left to get your tickets for WiNUK Day 2026

📅 24th April
📍 University of Birmingham + online
🎤 Keynote: Gina Rippon
🎯 Neurodiversity

🎟️ Sales close 1st April (or when sold out!)
www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/winuk-day-2026

#WiNUKDay2026 #WomenInNeuroscienceUK #Events
March 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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🎉 We’re excited to announce the latest recipients of the LINC Synapse Award!

This year’s award goes to @immunecord.bsky.social and Josephine Mayer for their collaborative project advancing epilepsy research.

👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

#NeuroscienceResearch
#EpilepsyAwareness
March 26, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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⭐⭐ LINC's inaugural Women in Neuroscience ⭐ ⭐

📅 15 May 2026, 09:15–16:30 (+ drinks)
📍 Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool
👉 Info & Register: www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...
March 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Falling measles vaccination rates around the world put children at risk of deadly brain diseases.

#VaccineSaveLives

Read👉 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

@benedictneuro.bsky.social
March 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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💫 Wonderful evening at the Bionow Awards 2025, where @liverpooluni.bsky.social and #RocheDiagnostics were nominated for a ‘Partnership and Collaboration Award’ – Transforming Health Together.
March 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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💫 💫 Dr Rachael Matthews awarded Alzheimer’s Research UK Clinical Fellowship 💫 💫

The Fellowship is to investigate how infections can trigger long‑term cognitive decline.

@alzheimersresearchuk.org
@livuniresearch.bsky.social

Find out more ➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...
Dr Rachael Matthews awarded Alzheimer’s Research UK Clinical Fellowship | Stories | Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
February 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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⭐ Thanks to today's Seminar speakers ⭐

- Saif Huda

- @clairehetherington.bsky.social

- Mark Ellul

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February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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🗣️ LINC video series: an interview with Selina Johnson

Dr Johnson, Clinical Research Fellow & Pain Specialist Physiotherapist @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social was awarded a prestigious Senior Clinical & Practitioner Research Award by @nihr.bsky.social

Listen here➡️ www.liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...
Video series: An interview with Selina Johnson | Stories | Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM