
The Brain Fix – A New Neuroscience Podcast
Tune into the brand-new podcast series from the Division of Neuroscience at The University of Manchester and the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, where we explore all things neuroscience! If you’re curious about how the brain works, want insights into the world of neuroscience, or you’re interested in our efforts to treat brain diseases, then this is the podcast for you!

Advancing Pediatric Brain Cancer Research
Lindonlight Collective has awarded $1.97 million to our Chair of Translational Neuro-Oncology Professor Petra Hamerlik for her pioneering work on pediatric low-grade gliomas.

Professor Pippa Tyrrell MBE
It is with enormous sadness that we announce the death of Professor Pippa Tyrrell, emeritus Professor of Stroke Medicine at the University of Manchester and retired consultant in stroke medicine at Salford Royal

Confidence for Translation (C4T) Awardees 2024
Translation Manchester has announced the Confidence for Translation (C4T) awardees. The call was extremely competitive and we’re proud to celebrate our colleagues at the Centre whose projects were awarded.

Alzheimer’s Society Fellowship success
Dr Sasha Philbert has been awarded a prestigious 4-year Alzheimer’s Society Fellowship. Dr Philbert’s research aims to improve the diagnostic accuracy of vascular dementia by distinguishing it from early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.

Greater Manchester researchers find cognitive impairment worsens outcomes in chronic kidney disease
Researchers at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and the Northern Care Alliance, working with colleagues in the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre and international collaborators in Spain and Italy have found that people with both cognitive impairment and chronic kidney disease (CKD) had worse health outcomes than people with CKD alone.

Professor Tipu Aziz, 1956-2024
It is with great regret that we in the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre join others in acknowledging the recent death of Professor Tipu Aziz.

World’s 1st human graphene-based brain computer interface procedure at Salford Royal
The clinical investigation study was conducted at Salford Royal Hospital, part of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, UK. The study was led by Chief Clinical Investigator Dr David Coope, a neurosurgeon at the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neuroscience and Brain Tumours Theme Lead at the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, and Chief Scientific Investigator Kostas Kostarelos, PhD, Professor of Nanomedicine at The University of Manchester, the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, and Co-Founder of INBRAIN.

Navigating brain tumour diagnosis: innovations and strategies conference
Our centre was proud to sponsor and attended an event in Manchester that bought together brain tumour experts from across the UK to discuss innovative ways to improve brain tumour diagnosis nationally.

Doctoral Training Centre for Vascular and Immune contributors to dementia
The University of Manchester is the lead institute of a prestigious Alzheimer’s Society-funded Doctoral Training Centre award. A total of £2.9M has been awarded to fund the training and development of 29 PhD students over the next 8 years.
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