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The Fellowship's Legacy: 50 Years of Pain Research at IASP's World Congress
Ever wondered what it's like to attend the IASP World Congress? Exciting sessions, wisdom from Nobel Laureates and early career networking..
Vandana Vedartham
Mar 55 min read
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The Gender Credibility Gap: Embracing femininity in a world of masculinity
Lizzie responds to Becca's blog about the WiNUK 2024 Awards, pondering the binary perception of the words 'feminine' and 'scientist'...
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' English
Jan 312 min read
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WiNUK Wrapped 2024: A Year in Review
2024 has been a monumental year for Women in Neuroscience UK...Let's take some time to reflect on our highlights from 2024
Rebecca Pope
Jan 1712 min read
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Sheltering from Time: A Review of Time Shelter
Georgi Gospodinov discusses transporting patients with Alzheimer's Disease back in time in a 'clinic for the past', as a promising treatment
Rebecca Pope
Dec 2, 20244 min read
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ARUK Panel Questions Blog: Addressing Unanswered Queries
It was fantastic to see the huge amount of thought-provoking questions for our panel at our ARUK24 workshop, ‘Tackling gender gaps in dement
Rebecca Parker
Aug 26, 20249 min read
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Being You: Coming to terms with living in a hallucination
Fran Hardyman reviews Being You: A new science of consciousness, a bestselling book of the renown author, Anil Seth. Seth challenges the sub
Fran Hardyman
Aug 8, 20243 min read
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Lessons in Chemistry: A Review
In this snappy review, Emily Beswick discusses Bonnie Garmus' bestselling and engaging novel, Lessons in Chemistry, which exposes the world
Emily Beswick
Jul 30, 20243 min read
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ARUK24 & WiNUK: Our experience
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) Conference is the largest annual dementia research conference in the UK, held this year in Liverpool....
Rebecca Parker
Jul 14, 20244 min read
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The Woman Behind the Cells: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
We’ve all heard of HeLa cells, and the incredible research performed on them, but where did they come from and whose cells were they?
Naomi Thorne
May 23, 20244 min read
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A Review of 'How the Brain Lost its Mind'
Emily Beswick reviews 'How the Brain Lost Its Mind', which challenges our misunderstanding of brain disease and mental illness. Explore...
Emily Beswick
Apr 15, 20243 min read
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Joined Up Thinking: The Science of Collective Intelligence and Its Power to Change Our Lives
Carly Hood reviews Hannah Critchlow's Joined Up Thinking, a book designed to push us to explore the benefits of community and cooperation, a
Carly Hood
Feb 27, 20243 min read
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Empire of Pain: A Review
Emily Beswick reviews Patrick Keefe's Empire of Pain, an insight into the controversy surrounding Purdue Pharma and its supposed medical bre
Emily Beswick
Jan 30, 20243 min read
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WiNUK Wrapped 2023: A Year in Review
Hello, readers! As we wave goodbye to 2023, let’s take a moment to reflect on the incredible year that we’ve had at Women in Neuroscience UK
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' English
Jan 12, 20247 min read
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Miracles or Mirages – Should we be psyched up about psychedelics?
Katie Birditt delves into the world of mind-altering drugs with her review of 'Psychedelics' by Professor David Nutt. Psychedelic therapy ha
Katie Katherine Birditt
Nov 29, 20234 min read
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The Gendered Brain: A Review
Carly Hood reviews Gina Rippon's book, The Gendered Brain, highlighting why we must move on from searching for sex differences in the...
Carly Hood
Aug 28, 20234 min read
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A day with ARUK
Katie Birditt reflects on her visit to Alzheimer’s Research UK's London Network Open Day and why making research accessible is so...
Katie Katherine Birditt
Aug 4, 20234 min read
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We are our Brains: A review of this guided tour of the brain
Katie Birditt reviews the book We are our Brains: From the Womb to Alzheimer's, by neurobiologist Professor Dick Swaab. I was excited...
Katie Katherine Birditt
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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Pint of Science: A Review
Pint of Science brings the public and researchers together for themed evenings of science talks all over the world. The festival...
Naomi Hannaway
Jun 29, 20233 min read
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Sacks' Story and Stories
Emily Beswick reviews Oliver Sacks’ classic, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and reflects on the life and works of the eccentric...
Emily Beswick
Jun 28, 20233 min read
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Time is Brain - Possibilities, Proteins and Patronage in Stroke Research
On 31 May, WiN UK held an event for Stroke Awareness Month called Time is Brain, the title emphasising that brain tissue is rapidly lost...
Katie Katherine Birditt
Jun 21, 20233 min read
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