James Spyrou

Celebrating three PhD milestones in the past few months: 1 thesis accepted + 2 fantastic orations. Amazing work, Dr. Chaseley McKenzie, James Spyrou and Hian Mun Lee! @TheFlorey @spyroujames #PhD #epilepsy

Prof Chris Reid, Research Lead of The Florey's Epilepsy Mission, has joined a project with experts from University of Queensland to test new epilepsy drugs derived from spider venom. Read here: florey.edu.au/news/2024/09/u… @UQ_News @ReidLab_Florey #TheFlorey #epilepsy #neuroscience

Very happy to share my latest paper, now available in Neurobiology of Disease: "Slc35a2 mosaic knockout impacts cortical development, dendritic arborisation, and neuronal firing", using a novel mouse model to shed some light on the pathogenesis of MOGHE. doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.…

Congratulations to @spyroujames and Hian Mun Lee for winning the travel award and Graduate Symposium runner-up award respectively today at @TheFlorey Awards Ceremony. Special thanks to the generous donors including @HaroldMitchFoun.

Why did you choose to pursue neuroscience at The Florey? Catch our interview with Dr Lauren Bleakley, a postdoctoral researcher studying epilepsy, who shares how she began her career and her biggest advice for students in science. 🧪 Read here: florey.edu.au/news/2024/08/h…

A Zoom call with Florey researchers Prof Chris Reid and Dr Lauren Bleakley changed the lives of Philip Stevens' family and his daughter, Fern, who was diagnosed with HCN1 epilepsy. 🎥 Watch their full story: youtube.com/watch?v=_JlGMW… #neuroscience @ReidLab_Florey @neurallauren_

Different fluorescent labels report distinct components of spHCN channel voltage sensor movement, say Magdalena Wojciechowski, Ian Forster, Christopher Reid @ReidLab_Florey @TheFlorey and colleagues: hubs.la/Q02FPtt20 #MolecularPhysiology #ProteinStructure #ProteinDynamics

📰 In today's Herald Sun, read the story of Fern Stevens, and how the work of Florey researchers Prof Chris Reid and Dr Lauren Bleakley means Fern no longer suffers from seizures. Read the story: florey.edu.au/news/2024/05/s… @ReidLab_Florey @theheraldsun

Slc35a2 mosaic knockout impacts cortical development, dendritic arborisation, and neuronal firing in the developing brain biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

PhD student James Spyrou presenting his award-winning work on mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia and epilepsy (MOGHE) at the 2024 Melbourne Epilepsy. Congratulations @spyroujames! @TheFlorey @EpilepsySocAus

Congratulations to the winners of the Florey Awards! @spyroujames, @TheFlorey, @mingsoh2, @HaroldMitchFoun, Chaseley McKenzie, Prof Chris Reid

Well done to some of @ReidLab_Florey members who presented at the 2023 Epilepsy Research Retreat about models of epilepsies. @NovotelGeelong @TheFlorey

🧠 Discover your career in brain research at our Open Day! If you're a prospective honours, masters or PhD student come and join us in just a few weeks and learn about studying at The Florey. 📅 Tuesday Sept 12, 12pm-1:30pm 📍 Parkville 🔗 Register: bit.ly/TheFloreyOpenD…

This week will see the next generation of neuroscientists visit The Florey's Parkville campus for the annual @ACAN_Course! 👩‍🔬 We’re proud to work with @AusNeuroSoc and @UniMelb on this course, where a number of Florey and non Florey staff teach advanced neuroscience techniques.

🚨ICYMI Prof Chris Reid featured on the latest episode of Global Victoria’s HealthTech Talks podcast. He discusses how collaborations within the Parkville precinct and wider Victoria have assisted with taking ideas from bench to bedside. 🎧Listen now: bit.ly/3JkTVee

Some 🦆 highlights from #ANS2022 at Albert Park @AusNeuroSoc

A #research review in @NatRevNeurol co-authored by Prof Chris Reid discusses #epigenetics in #epilepsy, providing an overview of the various epigenetic causes of epilepsy and focusing on #genes that encode the proteins critical to this process. 📖: ow.ly/SZ9w50KiolS

Prof Chris Reid & Lauren Bleakley have worked tirelessly to improve life for 4-yr-old Ebony & other children with rare #geneticepilepsy. Read @theheraldsun: florey.edu.au/about/news-med… @BrigidOConnell Their world-first research is published in @Brain1878: doi.org/10.1093/brain/… 👇

Another important report of mtDNA modifications in human iPSCs. We were the first to observe this (Prigione et al Stem Cells 2011). Ten years later, mtDNA is still overlooked. We need new guidelines for iPSCs studies @ISSCR. nature.com/articles/s4146…

The group of @HansClevers (@GeurtsMaarten @CleversLab), in collaboration with @oncodeinstitute & @UMCUtrecht, corrected mutations that cause cystic fibrosis in cultured human stem cells. They published their results in @LSAjournal today. Read more: hubrecht.eu/new-crispr-cas…