Manchester Brain Bank

Are you a #neuroscience researcher looking for access to human brain tissue samples to use in your research? Visit sites.manchester.ac.uk/manchester-bra… to find out how we can help!

Congratulations to our collaborator, Liam Walker, on being awarded the @NCAresearchNHS Star of the month!

Check out our recent paper in @braincomms: C9orf72 dipeptides activate the NLRP3 inflammasome 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 With @choyle22, @mere_conjecture, @ComorbidCath, @DNS_UOM, @GJBrainResearch & funded primarily by @AlzSocResearch

PhD opportunity - Investigate the Role of Neurovascular Potassium Channels in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease with @GinnyHawkins4, @MBB_Andy and the rest of the specialised supervisory team! findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

New paper: Our findings suggest that anti-Aβ therapies are more effective if given before Aβ3pE-42 deposition. life-science-alliance.org/content/7/12/e…

New publication - Depression in older adults and its associations with sleep and synaptic density. authors.elsevier.com/c/1jiNBbXYiv2Hs [kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me]

Pick's Disease Presenting as Tremulous Parkinsonism with Limited Levodopa Response—A Rare Cause of Corticobasal Syndrome - Bhattacharjee - Movement Disorders Clinical Practice - Wiley Online Library …mentdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/md…

Another interesting clinico-pathological case study using tissue from @MancBrainBank doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.1…

New blog post 📫 shorturl.at/dhCK6

New paper alert! Blocking Hippo to boost cognition: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Registration is open for our ‘IHC workshop: Post-mortem human brain tissue’ 📆 May 2nd 2024 ⏰ 9am CDT · 3pm BST · 4pm CEST 🖥 Via Zoom Register early to secure your free place: ptglab.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @MancBrainBank #ProteintechEvents #Immunohistochemistry #Neuroscience

**NEW PAPER ALERT** Delighted for the first work from the Pick’s disease International Consortium (PIC) to be published in Lancet Neurology.. (1/12) #seccestitle160" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

Tissue from Manchester Brain Bank was utilised in this very important study thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

Self-reported late-life hypertension is associated with a healthy cognitive status and reduced Alzheimer's disease pathology burden: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38552117

Great to have been involved in this important work led by @jakobhartmann28 and @GassenNils. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Apolipoprotein-E genotyping in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded post-mortem brain tissue #neurodegeneration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Latest paper from the team at MBB! Apolipoprotein‐E genotyping in formalin‐fixed and paraffin‐embedded post‐mortem brain tissue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The countdown is on to the Jeff Showcase 2024! We're really looking forward to welcoming everyone this Friday at Hyatt Regency Manchester. All the details, from venue to programme can be found here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/geoffrey-jef… See you there! #Jeffshowcase2024

My buddies @MancBrainBank just reminded me of this nice wee paper showing that extended post mortem delay does not meaningfully impact metrics of tissue quality. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

It’s the NIHR Great Northern Research Conference today in Manchester @alishaneuro @stu_art_here & @josiemthomas are manning our exhibition stand. Come and say hello! #GNRC2023

Senior Lecturer Dr Claire Troakes showing Sophia how Alzheimer’s Disease looks under the microscope! #AD #neurotwitter #neuroscience #kclbrainbank