Fiona Kerr

If you work with neuron-astrocyte co-cultures, you will want to our new article. We show that common neuronal media can induce astrocytic Nrf2, masking drug effects. @FionaKerr_lab #Neuroscience #Astrocytes #Nrf2 #CellCulture journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

@DervisSalih1 @EdinburghNapier @ucl @UofGlasgow Drosophila models of neurodegeneration: Nathan Woodling, University of Glasgow (nathan.woodling@glasgow.ac.uk): Apply here: jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-a… Closing Date: Wednesday 25th June 2025

@DervisSalih1 @EdinburghNapier @ucl @UofGlasgow Microglial Ageing & Bioinformatics: Dervis Salih, UCL (dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk): Apply here: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… Closing Date: Thursday 26th June 2025

Excited to start our collaboration into understanding mechanisms of glial ageing and neurodegeneration with @DervisSalih1 and Nathan Woodling! We currently have post-doctoral fellow positions available @EdinburghNapier, @ucl, @UofGlasgow. Information/links in replies below:

Dr Jing Qiu @JingQiuCDBS within the Edinburgh Centre of UK Dementia Research Institute @UKDRI is seeking a Postdoc to work on Nrf2 in brain endothelial cells as a novel therapeutic strategy against Vascular Dementia. Closing date: 20th February dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoctor…

Our new paper is online: Human longevity and Alzheimer’s disease variants act via microglia and oligodendrocyte gene networks. academic.oup.com/brain/advance-… @Brain1878 @UKDRI @UCLBrainScience @UCLIoN

@DervisSalih1 @Brain1878 @UKDRI @UCLBrainScience @UCLIoN Congratulations!

If you are interested in functional genomics, glia/neurodegeneration and bioinformatics, @DervisSalih1 @NathanWoodling and I will soon be recruiting for our new team. Please get in touch for more details (f.kerr@napier.ac.uk; dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk; nathan.woodling@glasgow.ac.uk)

🎓 | The chief executive of the human rights charity @Enable_Tweets has been awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier for devoting her career to improving the life chances of people with learning disabilities. @Theresa_Shearer was presented with the honour during a graduation ceremony for students from @ENUHealthSocial at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/3U16u #ENUGrads | #MustBeNapier

For over a year, l've been working on something really personal. My Dad has dementia and we’re losing him. Please watch Anna Richardson: Love, Loss and Dementia @Channel4 on Oct 2 10pm. Dementia is the UK's biggest killer, and yet no one’s talking about it. Let’s change that.

The Scottish Neurological Research Fund is open! 📝 This is an opportunity for researchers to test ideas that may otherwise be difficult to fund within the causes, prevention and management of neurodegenerative conditions More info and apply 👇 sdrc.scot/funding-opport…

Hurry and get your applications in quick! Only a few days left to apply for an exciting postdoc position in my lab harnessing structural #proteomics to better understand neurodegenerative disease @CmdOxford @UniofOxford. tinyurl.com/mshnw9j9

The third round of the Alzheimer Scotland Student Research Programme will fund two Masters projects relating to the SDRC theme of “Living with Dementia”🏠Including: 👩‍🎓fees 💷stipend 🛍️consumables @alzscot Applications open until 7 October. More info⬇️ sdrc.scot/alzheimer-scot…

Earlier this year, you may have seen @brainhealtharc hosted a range of webinars to provide support to early career researchers in their professional and career development. Access the recordings of these, as well as clip highlights, on the SDRC website sdrc.scot/ecr-resources/…

@DrKaitlynHair @wellcometrust @ucl @EPPICentre Amazing news Kaitlyn! Well done and much deserved@

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a @wellcometrust Early Career Award. I’ll soon be relocating to @UCL @EPPICentre to spend the next 5 years investigating how we can use AI to piece together evidence in Dementia. I can’t wait to get started!

@OuraniaVarsou So many congratulations Ourania!

Guess who is now officially worthy of a lightsaber! ⚔️💥 Time to celebrate with flowers, because even Jedi need some floral flair 🌸😂 #PromotionPerks #LightsaberLife #JediUpgrade

@JosieNeuro @UofGlasgow @UofGSCMH @StuNicklin @teamWorkstroke @hw1o9 @Sheon_Mary Congrats Josie!

So thrilled to be promoted to Research Fellow @UofGlasgow @UofGSCMH 🎉🍾🥂 Incredibly grateful to those that helped with my application, and to those who reviewed it ❤️ @StuNicklin @teamWorkstroke @hw1o9 @Sheon_Mary Off to London to celebrate 😂🍾

Delighted to see Martyna Nowosielska receive her @BiochemSoc Undergraduate Recognition Award at @ENUApplyScience graduations yesterday! @CbghEnu @smkd87 @sharron_vass