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UCL Medical Image Computing Summer School 2024

Delighted to introduce Professor Sir John Hardy as Vice President of ⁦Alzheimer's Research UK⁩ John is a shining light in our field & long time supporter. Do join me in welcoming him by reading my blog #ForACure alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/introduci…

🚨I'm delighted to share a new publication from the #BettencourtLab team by Megha Murthy et al. on a cross-comparative investigation of #brain #DNAmethylation patterns in #MSA, #PD, #PSP. doi.org/10.1007/s00401…. Thank you to all involved🙏! UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology MSA Trust #epigenetics

A few more days left to apply for this PhD opporunity (deadline has been extended to the 21st July)

So thrilled to see our Imaging-genetics paper finally out in A&D!! And even more that this is happening during an amazing AAIC, were we first presented these results last year. ... 🎈 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…

More than 100 neuroimaging researchers, including Franco Pestilli, Demian Wassermann, Maryann Martone, have signed a statement for the leadership of UK Biobank —in protest of a switch from a data-download to cloud-only access model. By Calli McMurray bit.ly/4d24501

Estarellas et al. report that an adapted Subtype and Stage Inference algorithm accommodates missing data in multimodal #Alzheimersdisease studies. Mar Estarellas MIG POND UCL Neil Oxtoby (Toybox Science) Jonathan Schott Daniel Alexander Alex Young edin.ac/3SjesUI

The figure we all have to learn by heart: The updated Lancet Commission on potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia. #AAIC24

Disentangling genetic risks for development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease New scientific commentary by Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren tinyurl.com/4p5shuwp

AI’s promise in ophthalmology is immense, from handling patient backlogs to improving care. But success hinges on creating the right ecosystem. Professor Pearse Keane, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology shares his perspective in The Ophthalmologist. bit.ly/3yayBWn

Earlier this month The Lancet Commission led by Prof Gill Livingston (UCL Psychiatry) found that nearly half of #dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 modifiable health & lifestyle factors through our lives: bit.ly/4fkUwuy

Come on in and join us ! @KonradWagstyl and I have a fully-funded 4 yr PhD-ship open thru the super NIMH-UCL (D.C/London) graduate program partnership (shorturl.at/Qr5uq). Bridge Macro<-> views of 🧠 wt neuroimaging & omics (e.g. shorturl.at/W2cgo). Pls DM/apply ! 😃

🔥Two Lecturer posts available in our Department 🔥 Interested in leading research that combines engineering/physics/robotics/AI with medicine? This is the place! Closing Date: 4th Oct 2024. DM me if you have any questions.

In this week’s podcast episode, Stanford neurologist Michael Greicius discusses the promising future for Alzheimer’s therapies despite skepticism toward the effectiveness of new treatments that target amyloid plaques. #alzheimers #neuroscience 🔗neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-new-a…

HOW DOES YOUR GENETIC CODE affect your brain? 💡A new genetic roadmap of the brain (in today's Nature Genetics) reports: 💡100s of genomic loci affect deep brain structures 💡Genetic variants driving brain volume overlap with risk loci for Parkinson's, ADHD, many brain diseases

Latest paper out of the E-DADS project led by us at @CMICUCL is about Alzheimer's disease-sensitive harmonisation, improving on Combat and Neuroharmony (which can erase disease signal). doi.org/10.1148/ryai.2… FAO: Quantitative Neuroradiology enthusiasts

4 yr fully-funded PhD* to understand how dementia causes 'brainsight' loss in the largest imaging-genetics study (UK Biobank) & posterior cortical atrophy (visual variant Alzheimer's): tinyurl.com/te9snjdx * Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council * The National Brain Appeal DRC@UCL RareDementiaSupport UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology COMBINE Lab@UCL

Join us tomorrow for "The Basics of GWAS in Alzheimer's Disease". Sign up here alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…