The Genomics of Neurons. And Alzheimer’s. And Everything Else.
Derek Lowe’s commentary on drug discovery and the pharma industry. An editorially independent blog from the publishers of Science Translational Medicine.
All posts by Dementia Researcher
Blog – Leaping Across the Pond
Guest Blog from Dr Robert Andrew, Post-doctoral Researcher at The University of Chicago – sharing his story of how he went from UK to the USA, with advise for others who may want to follow.
Alzheimer’s Research UK Annual Conference – speaking slot deadline approaching
This year there is the opportunity to have a 15-minute speaking slot in all of the Conference sessions – take a look to find out more.
Profile – Dr Robert Andrew
Pond-hoping triathlete, researching Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis at The University of Chicago.
Get Involved – The Fawcett Society
The Fawcett Society has been supporting the advancement of women’s equality since 1866, find out more about their work, and how you can get involved.
Plugging the leaky pipeline for UK female chemists
The Royal Society of Chemistry has a plan to boost retention and promotion of female academic researchers.
How Facebook and Twitter could be the next disruptive force in clinical trials
Participants in medical research are more empowered than ever to influence the design and outcomes of experiments. Now, researchers are trying to keep up.
Podcast – Gender Equality in Research
In this podcast we talk gender discrimination, maternity leave and the issues that researchers face, what is being done to address the issues.
At the coalface for Dementias Platform UK
Blog from Joshua Bauermeister for DPUK, providing an insight into a key job that makes it possible for researchers to compare data across different cohorts in the Data Portal.
Profile – Dr Natalie Marchant, University College London
Associate Professor at University College London working on understanding how the way we think and feel affects how we age.
Profile – Dr Frances Wiseman
Former lost property aficionado working at UCL researching dementia in people who have Down syndrome
Twenty things I wish I’d known when I started my PhD
PhD students and postdoctoral researchers at Oxford share practical advice and the things they wish they had known before starting doctoral study.