By Jo Sharpe Fruit flies: it’s hard to find a soft spot for these irritating insects, but stick them in a lab and they take on a new importance. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is more often associated with an overflowing kitchen bin than a lab, but in fact it's a great model for understanding … Continue reading Understanding Dementia on the Fly
By Charlotte Criscuolo The MRC DTP have recently hosted an online viewing of the film, Picture a Scientist. This film followed the lives of Prof Nancy Hopkins, Prof Jane Willenbring, and Dr Raychelle Burks, and their personal journeys of sexism in academia. From exclusion, gendered insults to sexual harassment. These struggles, small and large are faced … Continue reading Picture a Scientist
By Marina Gardasevic@MarinaGNeuro I’m sitting in a theatre, my coat squashed under me, staring up at powerpoint slides. I’m standing in a hot, humid conference room, paper plate in hand, staring at a poster. The person presenting this data is clearly very smart; their work sure looks complicated. They’re talking about Figure 4 now, should … Continue reading Figuring out your Presentation Figures
By Olivia M Our homes have become our offices and our offices have become our homes. With this blurring of physical boundaries brought about by a global pandemic, it’s no wonder we’re all struggling with our productivity. Once we’ve cleared the food cupboards of all snacks and have exhausted all other forms of procrastination, that … Continue reading Top tips for working from home
Naomi Phillips @NaomiPhillips95 As we’ve all been confined to our houses, keen runners and complete running newbies alike have been making the most of the sunny weather and taking the opportunity to get out of the house and get their legs moving. However, just as I’ve grown very bored of my room, my usual routes … Continue reading Runspiration!
By Dr Chris Hoyle The human brain is the most complicated computer on the planet. Its hardware consists of an intricate concoction of cells that convert countless electrical and chemical signals every second into each thought, decision or action that we make. Our brains are the reason we have sent rockets to the moon and … Continue reading Finding new ways to investigate inflammation in the brain
Leonard "Len" Benker Johnson was born on the 22nd of October 1902. He grew up in working class Clayton as the son of William Benker "Bill" Johnson, a Sierra Leonean merchant seaman, and Margaret Maher, his proudly Irish Mancunian Mother. He grew up in a multi-cultural childhood with fellow immigrants of Jewish, Irish, Italian, and … Continue reading Len Johnson: A Legend Denied
Dr Krumholz (2013) described post-hospital syndrome as "an acquired, transient condition of generalised risk" affecting some patients who are discharged from hospital1. Hospitalised patients may not only be suffering from an acute illness, but they may also be under emotional stress due to new information, new circumstances and worrying about their health and social status. Thus, … Continue reading Risk associated with medications following discharge from hospital – a new systemic review
Tarnjit Sidhu@TarnjitSidhu Lack of control and unpredictability = high stress Research shows that stress levels rise when predictability and control over a situation are low. Lockdown is the perfect example of this –we have no control over the current situation, and there is great unpredictability around when lockdown will end. On top of this – … Continue reading Tips on how to overcome the lockdown blues
Originally posted on PLOS ECR by Jessica Brown What kind of mental image springs to mind upon reading the word ‘schizophrenia’? Many envisage an individual locked in a dark institution, constantly plagued by non-existent voices and vivid hallucinations. Even as a final year BSc Biology student with a neuroscience research placement under my belt, I … Continue reading Cognition in schizophrenia: a missing piece of the therapeutic puzzle
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