Dementia Researcher: Careers, community and support for early career dementia researchers.

Heather Wilkinson and Fauzia Knight on how a seed-funded link between King's and Edinburgh grew into poetry workshops, an exhibition and new grant ideas.

Carer and PPI member Fiona Hartley on the Celebrating Scottish Research conference in Stirling, co-production, and why other conditions matter in dementia.

Lesley Cousland of ENRICH Scotland asks what eight research requests landing at once mean for a busy care home, and how to coordinate studies better.

Rahul Sidhu and Prisha Sharma started out in neuroscience research. One stayed in the lab, one moved into clinical work. They compare notes on both paths.

Beccy Owen swaps the lab for gorge walking and Silverstone, and finds that a PhD might be an individual qualification, but science is a team sport.

Does rugby cause dementia? Dr Connor Richardson, epidemiologist and amateur player, reads the evidence twice and finds it messier than the headlines.