Wellcome reports on attitudes towards research
Wellcome TrustThis Wellcome report presents the results from the Wellcome Monitor, a study about public knowledge of and attitudes towards science and health research.
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Behind the Scenes of the DPUK Datathon
Dementia ResearcherTwo datathons in two weeks – autumn has certainly been busy for DPUK. Crossing the country to help a host of new dementia studies get off the ground.
ARUK Deep Dementia Phenotyping (DEMON) Network
Join the DEMON Network: a new national initiative uniting AI experts, data scientists and clinicians to transform dementia research and care through innovation.
Can Kelp Help Treat AD? Chinese Regulators Think So
Alz ForumGV-971, a seaweed-derived drug, gains conditional approval in China to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer’s, with global trials set to start in 2020.
Leaving academia: opportunities to make a difference
Leaving academia isn’t the same as leaving research, which is why we need to reimagine what a successful research career looks like.
Plagiarism detection tools
In this blog from the Science Integrity Digest, Elisabeth Bik discusses plagiarism detection, the tools she has been using, and other tools that are available.
How I overcame impostor syndrome after leaving academia
Nature Careers BlogDesiree Dickerson discusses learning to control the voice in her head that insisted she wasn’t good enough in this post shared from the Nature Careers website.
Introducing: iPSC Collection from Tauopathy Patients
A multi-institutional group, including members of the Tau Consortium, unveiled a stem cell tool kit for scientists studying primary tauopathies.
US Frontotemporal lobar degeneration consortium combines and continues research efforts
In the US a new NIH grant connects existing studies to form cornerstone for clinical research into frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Oxford University is 1st in Europe to acquire latest MEG Technology from MEGIN
Adam SmithThe University of Oxford is the first in Europe to acquire the latest technology in functional brain imaging. TRIUX™ neo, a magnetoencephalograph (MEG), is a highly sensitive non-invasive system for mapping the human brain.
MRI and Machine Learning Depict Brain Aging in Health, Disease
The human brain follows a typical ageing trajectory, but diseased brains are further along, according to a paper in the September 24 Nature Neuroscience.
What research is taking place in the UK Dementia Research Institute?
If you are curious about the dementia research taking place at the UKDRI, you can now explore the work of all their group leaders, by location, topic and technique.