Immensely proud and delighted to see the enormously talented Angelika Zarkali recognised by L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science She is one to watch! Brilliant science understanding degeneration and the brain

Deadline fast approaching for Early Career Prize for best paper - don’t forget to apply before 1st May

Delighted to have contributed to this excellent article by Anna Moore The Telegraph with Daniel Erskine. Clear explanations for a common cause of dementia and inspiration from Des living positively with it. UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology DRC@UCL telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…

Great to be ⁦UCLPartners⁩ Round Table discussing preparation for DMTs in Alzheimer’s with ⁦Ruth Dobson⁩ ⁦Prof Cath Mummery⁩ ⁦Jonathan Schott⁩ ⁦Reshad Malik, Moise Roche and Nazia Hussain

Thrilled to be in Newcastle for #LewyBodyUK with ⁦John-Paul Taylor⁩ organised with ⁦Claire O'Callaghan⁩ - we have a fantastic programme - looking forward to learning a great deal - and thank you ⁦Lewy Body Society⁩ and ⁦GE HealthCare⁩

And we are off! ⁦John-Paul Taylor⁩ getting things started

First session: micro to macro chaired by ⁦Daniel Erskine⁩. mitochondrial function ⁦Prof Heather Mortiboys⁩ co-pathology ⁦Lauren Walker⁩ and DNA damage ⁦David Koss⁩ #LBUK ⁦John-Paul Taylor⁩ ⁦Lewy Body Society⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦Newcastle University⁩

Brilliant session on biomarkers for diagnosis and staging plus update on trials from Nour Majbour, Paul Donaghy and ⁦Dag Aarsland⁩ #LewyBodyUK2024

Fantastic session on new treatments, staging systems and outcome measures ⁦Emily Henderson⁩ ⁦Elie Matar⁩ ⁦Joe Kane⁩ #LewyBodyUK2024

Fantastic talk from ⁦JohnOBrien⁩ on history of DLB - where we have come from to know where we are going #LewyBodyUK

Congratulations to winners of the ECR paper prize! ⁦George E C Thomas⁩ ⁦UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology⁩ and ⁦Melissa Scholefield⁩ ⁦The University of Manchester⁩ - thank you Prof Ian McKeith for presenting the prizes! #LewyBodyUK

And to end the day a fierce (!) debate between Sean O’Dowd ⁦Tallaght University Hospital (TUH)⁩ and ⁦Dag Aarsland⁩ - for and against staging systems #LewyBodyUK

Great to see ⁦Zeena Shawa⁩ present her work testing generalisability of BrainAge in different ethnic groups to identify changes relating to Alzheimer’s ⁦OHBM⁩ ⁦James Cole⁩

Highly recommended- brilliant supervisor and exciting projects