"Psilocybin seems to loosen up stereotyped patterns of brain activity", Dr Taylor Lyons, first author of the new Imperial College London and UCSF study, told Science Daily. 🧠 More: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... @imperialmed.bsky.social

What if your childhood #vaccines were secretly training your body to fight cancer too? 🧠 New research from our Department shows how that hidden immunity could be redirected to attack tumours. More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Your childhood vaccines could help fight tumours in future, early research suggests

Researchers introduced a strategy that redirects the immunity people already have from routine vaccines to attack cancer instead.

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Dr Bina Ram ran peer-led workshops in NW London to explore the low uptake of NHS mental health apps. ✏️ Key findings show that schools aren't promoting these apps, parents rarely talk about mental health at home, and young people prefer human connection. 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

What if your childhood #vaccines were secretly training your body to fight cancer too? 🧠 New research from our Department shows how that hidden immunity could be redirected to attack tumours. More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Your childhood vaccines could help fight tumours in future, early research suggests

Researchers introduced a strategy that redirects the immunity people already have from routine vaccines to attack cancer instead.

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Mind Medicine Australia - Upcoming Events

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🧠 What can centenarians' brains teach us about resisting dementia? Team EMERALD, including our own Dr Alexi Nott, has won £1.5m from the Dementia Frontiers Fund to find out. 👉 Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Abidemi Otaiku, named one of 8 touchNEUROLOGY Future Leaders 2026 for his research on sleep, dreaming and brain health 🧠💤 👉 In this interview, he shares why sleep and dreaming could be key to earlier detection of neurodegenerative disease: touchneurology.com/insight/flb-...

Join me today at poster Wednesday-0364 where I will share my latest results on non-linear relationships between heart rate, diastolic blood pressure, and vascular dementia risk. #AAIC26 @ukbiobank.ac.uk @alzheimersresearchuk.org @imperialbrains.bsky.social

🧠 Two passive sensors could help track movement changes in people affected by Parkinson’s, according to a new study. These devices could be used to track things like disease progression over time and response to treatment More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

⚽ Former professional footballers may experience changes in brain health by midlife, according to new research. More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... #football @imperialmed.bsky.social

Retired professional footballers had changes in brain structure and more mental health symptoms

Former professional footballers may experience changes in brain health by midlife, according to new research

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A small pilot study from the Centre for Psychedelic Research at @imperialmed.bsky.social indicates that psilocybin – the active ingredient in psychedelic ‘magic mushrooms’ – may have potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa, when combined with therapy. More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

Psilocybin therapy shows potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa in small trial

A small pilot study from the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London indicates that psilocybin – the active ingredient in ps...

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🍄 An NHS-linked trial is exploring whether psilocybin could help people with treatment-resistant depression, working alongside therapists and nurses. Prof David Nutt, who led related research at @imperialmed.bsky.social believes the findings are encouraging. 👉 www.ft.com/content/0a2d...

Inside the NHS hospital trialling psychedelics to treat depression

Researchers hope psilocybin compounds could eventually become part of mainstream care

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🧬🔬 Scientists at Imperial College London engineered a virus to hunt cancer, explains Professor Amin Hajitou. It targets proteins found mainly on tumour cells and carries a malaria-linked signal that triggers the immune system to attack. More 👉 www.newscientist.com/article/2531...

Phages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cells

Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells using the immunity we have acquired from vaccines

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There’s only one week left to complete our alumni survey. Share your voice and shape Imperial’s future. You can choose to be entered into a prize draw and win a hamper of exclusive Imperial products. It only takes 15 minutes to complete! ⤵️ https://bit.ly/imperial-alumni-survey-2026-bs

HIE is a brain injury caused by a shortage of oxygen and blood flow around the time of birth. The COMET trial – one of the world's largest neonatal neuroprotection studies, led by @imperialmed.bsky.social – has just recruited its 100th newborn baby! 🎉 More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

International effort to improve care for newborns with brain injury recruits 100th baby

The Cooling in Mild Encephalopathy Trial (COMET) study has reached a major milestone with the recruitment of its 100th newborn baby, marking an impor...

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First in the UK, second in the world! We’ve retained our QS World University Ranking for the third year in a row! 🎉 This success is thanks to every single member of Imperial’s community, as we work together to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Really exciting work by a bunch of our PhDs and post-docs! TI stimulation within the theta-band increases neurogenesis in the hippocampus. Huge implications for neurodegeneration and a whole new perspective on brain stimulation. Full paper here: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Temporal Interference Stimulation Enhances Neural Regeneration

Temporal interference (TI) stimulation is proposed as a non-invasive approach to enhance neural regeneration in the deep brain. Theta-band TI modulation selectively promotes neural progenitor cell di...

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🧠 Imperial researchers published the first evidence that stimulating the hippocampus – the brain's memory centre – using non-invasive temporal interference (TI) stimulation helps it grow new neurons. Learn more 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

🧠 Imperial researchers published the first evidence that stimulating the hippocampus – the brain's memory centre – using non-invasive temporal interference (TI) stimulation helps it grow new neurons. Learn more 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Brain regeneration without drugs or surgery: A new approach for neurodegenerative diseases

Imperial researchers published the first evidence that stimulating the hippocampus – the brain's memory centre – using non-invasive tempo...

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❗We're hiring ❗ Are you an experienced professional ready to take on a diverse leadership role as a Clinical Imaging Facility Manager? This is a varied role combining team management, technical expertise and partnership development. More 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Finally graduated! 🎓 So proud to have completed my PhD at @ukdri.ac.uk @imperialbrains.bsky.social Huge thanks to my supervisor Alexi and the Nott lab for their guidance and support ✨ And so grateful to have shared this journey with my friend @kevincziegler.bsky.social

Dr Stuti Pant is a social scientist by training whose work in neonatal #neuroscience explores how families experience care during their most vulnerable moments. Read the full Q&A 👉 blogs.imperial.ac.uk/dobs-staff/2... @imperialmed.bsky.social

The first drugs that clear amyloid – a harmful protein found in the Alzheimer's brain – are approved in several countries, yet decline often continues. 🧠 In a new BMJ review, Professor P. Edison, J. Nowell, H. Crook and colleagues argue for combination treatments: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

A whole systems approach is required across society – not just the #NHS," said Dr Sameer Jauhar, responding to the debate around the government's interim review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism. More 👉 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Proof of need: When care becomes conditional

Is access to vital services now too dependent on a diagnosis?

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🏳️‍🌈 Join us for a White City and Hammersmith #PRIDE Picnic at the White City Campus. This relaxed, inclusive gathering is a chance to celebrate Pride Month, connect with colleagues, and show support for the LGBTQ+ community. Learn more 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/21022... @imperialmed.bsky.social

Dr Marco Brancaccio (@mbra3.bsky.social) has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. SRBR is a leading international scientific society dedicated to research on biological rhythms. More 👉 srbr.org/about-us/boa... @imperialmed.bsky.social

🧠 A new study found that #ultrasound can non-invasively reduce #brain inflammation by modulating microglial activity. More 👉https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/ultrasound-offers-a-non-invasive-new-hope-for-tackling-brain-inflammation/ @imperialmed.bsky.social

Ultrasound offers a non-invasive new hope for tackling brain inflammation

Neuroinflammation contributes to the progression of several neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, affecting millions o...

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Congratulations to the 60 exceptional biomedical and health scientists elected to the Academy Fellowship today in recognition of their outstanding contributions to advancing medical science! 🎉 Meet our new Fellows: bit.ly/3Rb82JT

Congratulations to Professors Anne Lingford-Hughes and David Sharp, among the seven Imperial researchers elected Fellows of @acmedsci.bsky.social! 🎉🎊 #healthcare

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Congratulations to our Imperial researchers who have been elected Fellows of the @acmedsci.bsky.social! 🎉🎊 From infectious disease and addiction, to vaccines and dementia, their work is shaping the future of #healthcare. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... #MedicalScience #Research

🧠 @imperialmed.bsky.social researchers have developed a new live imaging platform to study how the brain's internal clock works at the cellular level. 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @mbra3.bsky.social

New live-imaging platform reveals how the brain keeps time

Imperial researchers have developed a new live imaging platform to study how the brain's internal clock works at the cellular level.

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What if #dementia risk is shaped in part by the cells lining our brain’s blood vessels? Researchers from @imperialbrains.bsky.social uncovered new insights into the #biology behind dementia – helping deepen understanding of how it develops 🧠 #DementiaActionWeek www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

New study reveals how blood vessel cells shape dementia risk

New study reveals how blood vessel cells shape dementia risk

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