A practical guide to research assistant job applications in UK dementia research: how shortlisting really works, reading the grant behind the post, supporting statements, sensible use of AI, visas and interviews.
Professor Christian Benedict and Dr Alana Brown on why women's sleep differs from men's, what the menstrual cycle changes, and why sleep apnea gets missed.
Dr Becky Carlyle on what a PI loses when a postdoc leaves, and the record keeping, offboarding and reframing that keep a lab going without them.
Free research tools for PhD students that rarely make the usual lists, from literature search and statistics to AI assistants, figures and policy impact.
Stanford researchers grew human cortical tissue in mice engineered without a cortex, producing the first lab-grown von Economo neurons, cells lost early in FTD.
A new AI Large Language Model system will help scientists to refine large language models for longevity research and clarify ‘biological’ age.
EquaDem Research Internships: one day a week for up to 12 months to research solutions to dementia inequalities. For care and charity staff. Closes 27 Nov.
Beccy Owen on 10 things my PhD has taught me so far, from troubleshooting and resilience to boundaries, confidence and not having your career mapped out.
Prisha Sharma is an Assistant Psychologist at Brainkind, working in a neurobehavioural service and researching neuropsychological outcomes after brain injury.
Changes to the Open Science Framework’s policies will come into effect in November, forcing researchers to reconsider their workflows.
Professor Andre Altmann is a UCL biomedical data scientist using statistics and AI on imaging and genetic data to study dementia onset and progression.
ISTAART members are invited to register interest in peer reviewing grant applications for the Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program.
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