🧠 Discover what makes your brain incredible! This August, families can explore memory, movement and brain health with Your Incredible Brain, an interactive science show inspired by FutureNeuro’s #MyMovingBrain programme. 🔗 futureneurocentre.ie/from-my-movi... @researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social

Celebrating 30 years of #MSCA, supporting researchers through collaboration, mobility and innovation. We're proud to be part of this legacy through #NeuroAdapt, our #COFUND programme training 11 postdoctoral researchers in translational neuroscience. @researchireland.ie @ec.europa.eu

💡 Sleep difficulties affect up to 80% of children with autism. The #FamilySleeps study, led by FutureNeuro PI Prof Lorna Lopez at @maynoothuniversity.ie, is partnering with families to better understand why & to shape more inclusive research. 🔗 futureneurocentre.ie/why-can-slee...

👏 Congratulations to FutureNeuro Deputy Director Prof Cavalleri on his appointment as Co-Lead of the Predisposition & Screening Research Network Community within @genomicsengland.bsky.social. A well-deserved recognition of his leadership in #Genomics. 🔗 www.genomicsengland.co.uk/about-us/gov...

Governance

Our governance teams work to enable and advance genomic research, while protecting participant privacy, to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients.

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What role does microglia play in Alzheimer's disease? New research involving FutureNeuro Investigator Prof Mark Cunningham at @tcddublin.bsky.social, published in Brain, sheds new light on how microglia help maintain healthy brain network activity. 🔗 Read more: futureneurocentre.ie/publications...

💡 A key message from last week's Neurology at the Forefront of Innovation event: Ireland has cutting-edge research and a highly skilled workforce. Now we need the infrastructure and capacity to translate this strength into better neurological health outcomes. 🔗 futureneurocentre.ie/futureneuro-...

FutureNeuro was proud to contribute to an Associated Event of Ireland's EU Presidency, helping shape discussions on the future of neurological health in Europe. Research and innovation must be embedded in healthcare to improve outcomes for patients. #WorldBrainDay #Ireland2026EU @braincouncil.eu

Thank you to the NAI for bringing together this important event during Ireland's EU Presidency. We're proud to be a partner and look forward to joining colleagues from research, healthcare, policy & patient advocacy to help shape the conversation on neurological health across Europe. #WorldBrainDay

🧠 Could a cancer drug help protect the brain after stroke? New research, involving FutureNeuro NeuroInsight Fellow Dr Gergő Porkoláb, suggests it might be. 👉 Read more: futureneurocentre.ie/publications... @researchireland.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social

Research has the greatest potential to improve lives when informed by patient experience. Through our Researcher Clinic Visit Programme at Beaumont Hospital's Epilepsy Clinic, FutureNeuro researchers gain firsthand insight into epilepsy care, strengthening patient-centred research. #WhyWeDoResearch

Looking forward to working with colleagues on @futureneuro.bsky.social as part of the EPISLEEP study! Find out more below! 👇 www.epilepsy.ie/content/new-...

New study to explore role of sleep technology in epilepsy management

We are looking forward to working with colleagues in FutureNeuro on the EPI-SLEEP study, which will evaluate the use of sleep technology in adults with epilepsy.

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📢 Calling all early-career researchers! Join the Interdisciplinary Health Research Networking Event on 28 Aug to connect with NeuroInsight, NeuroAdapt, FutureNeuro and Insight researchers, share your work, and explore new collaborations. Register by July 18: docs.google.com/forms/d/19V9...

Our new Ireland Initiative is making researchers based in Ireland aware of the Prize - it's open to outstanding early-career biomedical researchers in the UK and Ireland. lister-institute.org.uk/news/backing... #ListerPrize2027 applications are now open. Who in Ireland could you tell today?

💡One year on, this interview with FutureNeuro Director Prof David Henshall continues to highlight important developments in #Epilepsy research, from the potential of microRNA therapies to the growing impact of climate change on #BrainHealth. 🔗 epilepsy-institute.org.uk/eri/research...

MicroRNAs, climate change and the future of epilepsy research | Epilepsy Research Institute

David Henshall is Professor of Molecular Physiology and Neuroscience at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Director of the FutureNeuro Research Centre and an advisor to the Institute’s A...

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⭐ We're delighted that FutureNeuro Investigator Dr Cristina Reschke will be speaking at the @epilepsyireland.bsky.social National Conference 2026 on 19 September. We'll also be there with our engagement stand, sharing outcomes from #MyMovingBrain. 🔗 Find out more: www.epilepsy.ie/content/epil...

Epilepsy Ireland National Conference 2026

This year our national conference will take place in Cork - with the Cork International Hotel hosting the annual event on Saturday, September 19th! Our conference is a fantastic opportunity to hear fr...

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Welcome to the 15 newly selected #FENSKavliScholars! Representing 12 European countries, they join a network of 30 Scholars across 21 countries and 25 nationalities. 🧠✨With thanks to @fens.org, @kavlifoundation.org, @alleninstitute.org and our partners for supporting FKNE. h1.nu/1t8Lw

👏 Congratulations to FutureNeuro Investigator Dr Michael-John Dolan on being selected as a 2026 @fkne-scholars.bsky.social. This prestigious programme recognises outstanding early-career neuroscientists across Europe: futureneurocentre.ie/futureneuro-... @researchireland.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social

🤝 We’re delighted to bring everyone together today at @rcsi.bsky.social for the official kick-off of the FutureNeuro–Ozlo collaboration, which will evaluate personalised in-ear sleep technology and its impact on sleep disturbance and circadian health in adults with #Epilepsy. #DigitalHealth

💡FutureNeuro is delighted to be co-funding this PhD studentship with the Rinn AI Centre, bringing together AI, genomics and epilepsy research to help improve epilepsy risk prediction in Ireland. Applications close on July 3: www.rcsi.com/dublin/resea... @researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social

Join us for the next #DataForCare Webinar on 30 June (3:30–4:30pm). Hear from Dr Ronan Glynn, Assoc Prof Catherine Quinlan, and Rory Davidson (SNOMED) on AI in healthcare, digital innovation, clinical leadership, and the future of care delivery. Register: DataAndInformationStandards@hse.ie

📅 Registration open for the Irish Epilepsy League (IEL) / ILAE Epilepsy Expert Day 2026, 16 Oct, Gibson Hotel, Dublin. Great to see strong FutureNeuro representation at this year's event, including Prof Tobias Engel on the speaker line-up. Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/iel-confer...

IEL conference - Epilepsy Expert Day

Join us in person at the IEL conference - Epilepsy Expert Day for the latest in epilepsy care and research!

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🤝 We were delighted to visit FutureNeuro Investigator Dr @brennan-lab-ucd.bsky.social and his team at the Conway Institute, UCD, this week. Great discussions on public engagement, engaged research, communications and growing our PPI community across FutureNeuro. #PPI #PublicEngagement

We are more than delighted to welcome our new #ListerPrize2026 Fellows! These eight inspiring researchers are set to pursue ambitious biomedical science, thanks to our flexible funding. Bravo! 👏 Meet the new #ListerFellows (read thread) and repost ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/news/our-lis...

👏 Congratulations to FutureNeuro StAR Lecturer at @rcsi.bsky.social, Dr Chris Greene, who has been awarded a prestigious 2026 Lister Prize Fellowship for his research on the blood–brain barrier & its role in schizophrenia. 🔗 futureneurocentre.ie/dr-chris-gre... @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Chris Greene, RCSI and @futureneuro.bsky.social, on being named a 2026 Lister Prize Fellow. The prestigious Lister Prize provides £300,000 in funding to support ambitious and innovative biomedical research. 🔗 www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-... #RCSIdiscover #ListerPrize2026

RCSI’s Dr Chris Greene awarded prestigious Lister Prize to advance schizophrenia research

Dr Chris Greene has been named a 2026 Lister Prize Fellow, receiving £300,000 to support pioneering research into the blood-brain barrier. More ...

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🎉 FutureNeuro Investigator Prof Rory Johnson (UCD) has been awarded a €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant to support research into long non-coding RNAs and RNA-based therapeutics. 🔗 futureneurocentre.ie/futureneuro-... @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

FutureNeuro is delighted to be co-funding a PhD studentship with the Rinn Artificial Intelligence – Research & Innovation in Data Science and AI Centre, focused on AI-driven models for epilepsy risk prediction. 📅 Apply by July 3: www.rcsi.com/dublin/resea... @researchireland.ie @rcsi.bsky.social

Rinn artificial intelligence: AI-driven models for epilepsy risk prediction

We are offering PhD studentships in a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research centre Rinn Artificial Intelligence, funded by Research Ireland, in areas such as foundational methods, translatio...

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FutureNeuro is pleased to support the Tech for Mental Health series, co-led by our PhD student Ben Bond. The next event “Social Media for Mental Health” takes place on 25 June at @rcsi.bsky.social. 🎟️ This is a free event, open to everyone: www.eventbrite.ie/e/social-med... @researchireland.ie

Social Media for Mental Health

Join us online or in-person to learn how social media really impacts our mental health and what the correct political response might be.

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Exciting times ahead - we're officially opening a second lab in the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with @futureneuro.bsky.social . We'll soon be recruiting Postdocs and Research Assistants. We're particularly keen to hear from glial/oligodendrocyte/myelin biologists!

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Prof. Denise Fitzgerald has been awarded €6.26 million Research Professorship funding to investigate ways that ageing affects how the immune system helps repair brain tissue in illnesses such as Multiple Sclerosis. Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/trinity...

New FutureNeuro supported research shows adenosine can have opposite effects on the blood–brain barrier depending on which side it acts from. Read more: futureneurocentre.ie/publications... @tcddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie