Fiona Kerr
@FionaKerr_lab
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Lecturer in Molecular Pharmacology @ENUApplyScience l ARUK Scotland Network Committee l @YoungAcademySco Member l Asking why are ageing & dementia connected?
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined February 2018
@DervisSalih1 @EdinburghNapier @ucl @UofGlasgow Drosophila models of neurodegeneration: Nathan Woodling, University of Glasgow (nathan.woodling@glasgow.ac.uk): Apply here: Closing Date: Wednesday 25th June 2025.
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@DervisSalih1 @EdinburghNapier @ucl @UofGlasgow Microglial Ageing & Bioinformatics: Dervis Salih, UCL (dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk): Apply here: Closing Date: Thursday 26th June 2025.
www.ucl.ac.uk
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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@DervisSalih1 @EdinburghNapier @ucl @UofGlasgow Astrocyte ageing & Bioinformatics: Fiona Kerr, ENU (f.kerr@napier.ac.uk): Apply here: Closing Date: Tuesday 24th June 2025.
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Excited to start our collaboration into understanding mechanisms of glial ageing and neurodegeneration with @DervisSalih1 and Nathan Woodling! We currently have post-doctoral fellow positions available .@EdinburghNapier, @ucl, @UofGlasgow. Information/links in replies below:
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RT @demrescommunity: Dr Jing Qiu @JingQiuCDBS within the Edinburgh Centre of UK Dementia Research Institute @UKDRI is seeking a Postdoc to….
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Dr Jing Qiu within the Edinburgh Centre of UK Dementia Research Institute is seeking a Postdoc to work on Nrf2 in brain endothelial cells as a novel therapeutic strategy against Vascular Dementia
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RT @DervisSalih1: Our new paper is online: Human longevity and Alzheimer’s disease variants act via microglia and oligodendrocyte gene netw….
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Graham et al. show that Alzheimer's disease-associated genetic variants are enriched in gene networks expressed by microglia and oligodendrocytes during ag
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If you are interested in functional genomics, glia/neurodegeneration and bioinformatics, @DervisSalih1 @NathanWoodling and I will soon be recruiting for our new team. Please get in touch for more details (f.kerr@napier.ac.uk; dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk; nathan.woodling@glasgow.ac.uk)
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RT @EdinburghNapier: 🎓 | The chief executive of the human rights charity @Enable_Tweets has been awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier….
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RT @AnnaRichardso: For over a year, l've been working on something really personal. My Dad has dementia and we’re losing him. Please watch….
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RT @brainhealtharc: 📢 The Scottish Neurological Research Fund round 3 is open! . An opportunity for researchers working across academic ce….
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RT @sdrc_research: The Scottish Neurological Research Fund is open! 📝. This is an opportunity for researchers to test ideas that may otherw….
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RT @darraghpobrien: Hurry and get your applications in quick! Only a few days left to apply for an exciting postdoc position in my lab harn….
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RT @sdrc_research: The third round of the Alzheimer Scotland Student Research Programme will fund two Masters projects relating to the SDRC….
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New funding and career development opportunity for ECRs from Alzheimer Scotland, supported by the SDRC. Funding 2 Masters studentships
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RT @sdrc_research: Earlier this year, you may have seen @brainhealtharc hosted a range of webinars to provide support to early career resea….
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Find out more about the SDRC webinar series, a resource for early career researchers to learn about various aspects of dementia and brain health and acdemia
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RT @brainhealtharc: We're hosting a workshop at the @RoyalSocEd's Curious Festival! 🌟. Join @DrTerryQuinn, Prof Joanna Wardlaw, and our exp….
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RT @Cara_Croft: A great primary supervisor and environment with Prof Wendy Noble and opportunities for collaborations with myself and @maji….
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Delighted to see Martyna Nowosielska receive her @BiochemSoc Undergraduate Recognition Award at @ENUApplyScience graduations yesterday! @CbghEnu @smkd87 @sharron_vass
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RT @IHAatUCL: We are pleased to announce the UCL MRes Biosciences Scholarship (2024-2025) to support UK Black, Asian and ethnic minority st….
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Congratulations @M_Elsharkasi! It's been a joy to have been part of your PhD journey. Thanks to @teamWorkstroke and @PattersonSteve1 for examining. #proudsupervisors @MarkWilliamsLab @HunterSciLab & ann graham @gcubio.
Delighted to have been part of the examining committee for @M_Elsharkasi’s #PhD defence today. An interesting discussion about #AlzheimersDisease #Nrf2 + in vitro models. You can tell by the smiles that supervisor @FionaKerr_lab is (almost) as happy as Moe 💪🤩🧠
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RT @gbma25: Post-doctoral Research Associate. Cracking post-Doc opportunity working with Dr Melissa Bowerman and @baillie_lab on understa….
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