It's a beautiful day in Aberdeen - safe to say autumn has officially arrived on campus! ☀️🍂♥️ #wishyouwerehere

Thank you to everyone who participated in Ride the North for MND Scotland! 🚲 Together, you have raised over an AMAZING £8880 so far! 🥳 Interested in Ride the North 2026? Register your interest here: [email protected] 💙

Congratulations to Olivia Soper on successfully defending her PhD thesis! 🎓👏 Thanks to Derek Garden and Kat Bowles for serving as external examiners and for their thoughtful input. #PhDDefense #Neuroscience

We’re hiring in Neuroscience @ Aberdeen! Lecturer/Assistant Prof focused on neurodegenerative disease research, with strong support to start your group. Great opportunity to join Europe’s largest Health Campus.

JOB ALERT: Teaching Assistant in @Anatomy University of Aberdeen to start ASAP tinyurl.com/kh8nwyj5 Come join our innovative, highly-regarded team working in modern purpose-built facilities with excellent cadaveric and digital resources. Informal enquiries to me please.

Had a fantastic day at #MNDLEARN in Aberdeen! I presented on how blood vessels may influence MND progression & loved connecting with researchers and those with lived experience. Big thanks to MND Scotland for an inspiring event! 💙⚡ #MNDResearch

Last week the MND Scotland Research Team were at Pittodrie Stadium to host our LEARN. Thanks to Aberdeen FC, our presenting researchers, Fergal Waldron, Tatiana Langerová, @hazelAllardyce, volunteers Claire and Kathleen, and our wonderful guests for making the event a huge success.

🔬 Opening Doors to Science in Aberdeen! At @UniofAberdeen’s Doors Open Day, Dr Hazel Allardyce and Parson Lab showed how motor neurons link brain and muscle, and what happens in MND. 👉euanmacdonaldcentre.org/about/news/ope…

‘Dementia isn’t just for ‘old people’ - it isn’t age biased!’ Katrina’s mum was diagnosed with advanced dementia at the just 57. She is sharing her story to raise awareness that dementia affects younger people too, shouting the message that people shouldn’t be dismissed as ‘too

🧠New preprint: Neurodegeneration-associated proteinopathies aren't confined to the brain, they can be detected in routine GI biopsies, years before symptom onset. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Prof Jenna Gregory Tatiana Langer George Ramsay #neuroscience #EarlyDetection #BrainHealth

🧠New preprint: Neurodegeneration-associated proteinopathies aren't confined to the brain, they can be detected in routine GI biopsies, years before symptom onset. Tatiana Langer GregoryLab Fergal Waldron Angus J Mackintosh Watson medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

🪔 Happy Diwali ✨ To all our #AbdnFamily and friends celebrating #Diwali today we wish you a peaceful time full of light and happiness. #HappyDiwali #FestivalOfLights #Diwali2025 #WeAreInternational

Dr Guy Bewick was invited to speak at the recent Association of Anaesthetists Conference at the P&J Live, where he spoke about exploring the cross-talk between proprioceptors and nociceptors within the spindle capsule and its potential role as a trigger for acidosis-induced chronic pain (sng).

New preprint! We present a new human iPSC-derived hippocampal organoid model that recapitulates key features of hippocampal development and neurogenesis. Spearheaded by Olivia Soper biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Neuroscientists at the University of Aberdeen have published a new study in Nature Communications. It maps how extracellular matrix (matrisome) genes shape human cortical development and are linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. Read the paper here: rdcu.be/ePnyU

Delighted to have Prof Jenna Gregory as today's Biomedical Science seminar speaker from Aberdeen Neuroscience Jenna presented her work on improving translation in neurodegenerative diseases Hosted by Prof Stephen Smith

Prof Jenna Gregory Aberdeen Neuroscience Two of Jenna's PhD students, Lucas and Jemima, also visited York. Over lunch with YBRI junior staff and students they shared their work on developing a diagnostic model that categorises images of neuronal cells

👏 Huge thanks to Westhill Rotary for funding the purchase of a mannequin designed to help medical students learn how to carry out ear examinations. Many of the group’s members are patient partners at the university, and they donated more than £2,000 for the specialist equipment.

Exciting PhD opportunity! Looking for a motivated PhD student to join my lab to help identify new convergent pathways and phenotypes in models of autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability. Application deadline: 15th December 2025. tinyurl.com/2ebpre93

Christmas tree and lights making Kings College in Old Aberdeen even more stunning