Gary Brennan

🎉 Join us for #EuropeanResearchersNight on Friday, Sept 26 at RCSI. FutureNeuro researchers will run hands-on activities for all ages exploring DNA, the brain, and technology. Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/european-r...

@rcsi.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

🏆 Congratulations to our Director, Prof @dchenshall.bsky.social, on receiving the ILAE Ambassador for Epilepsy Award at the 36th International Epilepsy Congress in Lisbon—recognising his global impact on epilepsy research.

@ilae-epilepsy.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @epilepsyireland.bsky.social

ICYMI: Temporal lobe epilepsy affects ~50 million people globally

@brennan-lab-ucd.bsky.social @futureneuro.bsky.social & team link altered RNA methylation to changes in protein expression, neuronal structure, and seizure susceptibility across models: buff.ly/odAaTRs

Delighted to see our recent study published @jci-insight.bsky.social . Here we demonstrate profound disruption of m6A in temporal lobe epilepsy and show that it may regulate seizure susceptibility. Huge thanks to all the authors involved.

@futureneuro.bsky.social
@ucd-sbbs.bsky.social

Attenuated single neuron and network hyperexcitability following microRNA-134 inhibition in mice with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy The multi-factorial pathophysiology of acquired epilepsies lends itself to a multi-targeting therapeutic approach. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are short noncoding RNAs that individually can negatively regulate ...

🚨 New preprint out! Our latest study shows that blocking miR-134 reduces seizures in mice with established epilepsy. Single-cell and network recordings reveal how this microRNA-targeted therapy could reset brain excitability. Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Inducible formation of fusion transcripts upregulates haploinsufficient CHD2 gene expression Modes of action of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are poorly understood. CHASERR is a broadly expressed lncRNA located immediately upstream of the promoter of the CHD2 gene. We show that antisense olig...

Stop the doom scrolling! A new 🗞️ from my lab, describing one of our flagship projects of many years we are super excited to share:
"Inducible formation of fusion transcripts upregulates haploinsufficient CHD2 gene expression".
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biorxiv.org/content/earl...

Had a wonderful time at @britishneuro.bsky.social 2025 in Liverpool. Wonderful science, city, people & weather. Also well done @kaushiknarasimhan.bsky.social on giving your 1st poster presentation for the lab. @futureneuro.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Thanks to @brennan-lab-ucd.bsky.social for hosting me at UCD. It’s been a fabulous visit to Dublin to chat science and soak up the Irish sun.

Thanks for visiting and the excellent talk!!

Very proud of the lab who put together a bake sale for Epilepsy awareness Day yesterday. Together they raised over €1000 for @epilepsyireland.bsky.social

Thanks Cathy!

I had a wonderful day at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences in Edinburgh presenting some of our recent data and learning lots from the wonderful faculty and staff there. Thanks for having me @pdaphd.bsky.social and looking forward to your visit to Dublin soon!