ConceiçãoBettencourt (@saobettencourt) 's Twitter Profile
ConceiçãoBettencourt

@saobettencourt

Professorial Research Fellow @UCLIoN. @DEMONNetworkUK Genetics and Omics Co-Lead. ARUK Fellow.
#Epigenetics, #FTD, #MSA, #dementia, #neurodegeneration, #omics

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UK Dementia Research Institute (@ukdri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧬 Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer’s disease have been identified in a new study led by Dervis Salih (UK DRI at UCL ) in collaboration with @ValentinaEPriceValen (UK DRI at Cardiff) & Prof Sir John Hardy (UK DRI at

🧬 Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer’s disease have been identified in a new study led by <a href="/DervisSalih1/">Dervis Salih</a> (UK DRI at <a href="/ucl/">UCL</a> ) in collaboration with @ValentinaEPriceValen (UK DRI at Cardiff) &amp; Prof Sir John Hardy (UK DRI at
Michael Schöll (@_michael_scholl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy to share this narrative review paper on the clinical use of blood-based biomarkers for #Alzheimer’s disease, hopefully this can serve as a resource to anyone seeking advice on implementation #endalz sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Michael Schöll (@_michael_scholl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Always my favourite post at the beginning of the year: Registration for our course “Biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases” is now open! This year’s edition takes place at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in central London on May 12-16. biomarker-course.org

ConceiçãoBettencourt (@saobettencourt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨New from the #BettencourtLab, by naiomi et al. - DNA methylation as a contributor to dysregulation of STX6 and other frontotemporal lobar degeneration genetic risk-associated loci biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #DNAmethylation #Dementia #FTLD #PSP #FTD UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Research at ARUK

Dr Ahmad Al-Khleifat (@ahmadalkhleifat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us at DEMON Network's Drug Discovery group for a special event with Prof Azzouz, Founder & Director of the Gene Therapy Innovation & Manufacturing Centre Neuroscience Institute. 🗓️ Jan 31 | 3pm 🇬🇧 Topic: "Sheffield Gene Therapy Ecosystem for Translational Research & Clinical Trials"

Join us at <a href="/DEMONNetworkUK/">DEMON Network</a>'s Drug Discovery group for a special event with Prof Azzouz, Founder &amp; Director of the Gene Therapy Innovation &amp; Manufacturing Centre <a href="/neuroshef/">Neuroscience Institute</a>.

🗓️ Jan 31 | 3pm 🇬🇧
Topic: "Sheffield Gene Therapy Ecosystem for Translational Research &amp; Clinical Trials"
ConceiçãoBettencourt (@saobettencourt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last week was a busy week for the #BettencourtLab, attending the Festival of Genomics 2025, the BNS Neuropathology conference 2025 and much more. Great presentations from the team by naiomi and Kate Fodder 😊! And lots more to celebrate 🥂. #epigenetics #DNAmethylation #Dementia

Last week was a busy week for the #BettencourtLab, attending the Festival of Genomics 2025, the <a href="/BNS_updates/">BNS Neuropathology</a> conference 2025 and much more. Great presentations from the team by <a href="/neuronaiomi/">naiomi</a> and <a href="/kate_fodder/">Kate Fodder</a> 😊! And lots more to celebrate 🥂.
#epigenetics #DNAmethylation #Dementia
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🚨Join our next DEMON Network #Genetics and #Omics meeting on THURSDAY 13th February at 2.30 PM (UK Time). Delighted to have Kimberley Billingsley as invited speaker – “Decoding the genomics of Neurodegeneration in global populations using large-scale Long read sequencing”

Scott Chiesa (@chiesascott) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UCL BHF Centre for Research Excellence in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK are seeking to better understand adolescent attitudes to heart & brain health. The short anonymous survey is aimed at anyone aged 16-24 and can be accessed using qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_6G… or

The UCL BHF Centre for Research Excellence in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK are seeking to better understand adolescent attitudes to heart &amp; brain health. The short anonymous survey is aimed at anyone aged 16-24 and can be accessed using

qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_6G… 

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Simon Mead (@smead2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

biorxiv.org/content/10.110… I'm really pleased to share this preprint comprising the bulk of Lizzie Hill's work for PhD on the role of STX6 in prion and tau neurodegenerative diseases MRC Prion Unit at UCL Institute of Prion Diseases Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hill Short thread 1/n

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🚨Join our next DEMON Network #Genetics and #Omics meeting on THURSDAY 6th March at 2.30 PM (UK Time). Delighted to have Alejandro Cisterna García as invited speaker – “Detecting epistasis in Parkinson’s Disease using VARI3” Join the network or DM for more info #Dementia #Parkinsons

Dervis Salih (@dervissalih1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our new paper is in print form: Human longevity and Alzheimer’s disease variants act via microglia and oligodendrocyte gene networks 1/ academic.oup.com/brain/article/…

ConceiçãoBettencourt (@saobettencourt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 It's been a very important day to the #BettencourtLab. Congratulations Dr Kate Fodder 🥳🥂! Proud PhD supervisor here! It's been a pleasure to work with you during this journey. Thank you so much to both examiners Simon Mead and Emma Dempster! ☺️. UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Brain Sciences

Rikesh Rajani (@rikeshrajani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Rajani Lab is hiring! We are looking for a postdoc to join us at UK Dementia Research Institute The University of Edinburgh to investigate neuronal activity and white matter changes in vascular dementia. Apply here 👇 bit.ly/44AFJHx

Front Line Genomics (@flgenomics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Discover how #multiomics is transforming disease research! Our new webinar series, Multi-Omics Online, showcases the latest advances from foundational science to clinical application. Register now to find out what’s working, what’s not, and what’s new. hubs.la/Q03wD8wT0

ConceiçãoBettencourt (@saobettencourt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨New publication alert from the #BettencourtLab! Naiomi Rambarack's first first-author paper 👏 : #DNAmethylation #dysregulation of #STX6 and other #FTLD #genetic risk-associated loci". rdcu.be/euZmw Big thanks to all contributors and funders! Alzheimer's Research UK

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#Multiomics approaches are helping decode the impact of non-coding variants and disease-associated molecular dysregulation. Hear from ConceiçãoBettencourt and Stergachis Lab TODAY in Webinar 1 of the Multi-Omics Online series. Register now: hubs.la/Q03xdjfN0