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SUMMARY:Catchup - Understanding Apathy in Dementia
DESCRIPTION:Apathy is one of the most common symptoms in dementia and one of the least well understood. This session asks a simple question. What is really going on when people stop acting. \nThis livestream is part of the Dementia Researcher weekly ‘Showcase’ series. Each week we host a 45 minute online session that brings researchers together to share work. \nIn this session\, Rebecca Williams will focus on apathy in dementia\, with particular attention to frontotemporal lobar degeneration. She will introduce a different way of thinking about apathy\, not as a simple lack of motivation\, but as a loss of confidence in the outcomes of action. Drawing on her PhD research\, she will explain how this shift in thinking\, alongside computational modelling\, is helping to generate new insights into causes and potential approaches to treatment. \nRebecca is a PhD student specialising in dementia research at the MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. Attendees can expect a clear and accessible talk\, grounded in current research\, with time for questions and discussion at the end. \n\nWatch the Recording
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/research-showcase-understanding-apathy-in-dementia/
LOCATION:Dementia Researcher Communities App
CATEGORIES:Showcase
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SUMMARY:Advancing Alzheimer’s Detection with Brain-Derived pTau217 Assays
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, Jonathan Schott and Alex Forrest-Hay will showcase how new biomarker assays for brain-derived pTau217 capture disease-relevant changes earlier and with greater resolution. \nTau tangles are a key pathological feature of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)\, and increased phosphorylated Tau217 (pTau217) levels have proven to be a robust biomarker for this condition. Measuring brain-derived pTau from plasma samples with high sensitivity and specificity is shown to improve the accuracy of detecting AD and reduce the percentage of samples in the indeterminant range. \nIn this webinar\, brought to you by Alamar Biosciences\, Jonathan Schott and Alex Forrest-Hay will discuss the latest ultra-sensitive assays for measuring brain-derived pTau217 and outline how they are transforming the detection and prediction of AD. \nTopics to be covered \n\nThe role of brain-derived biomarkers in improving AD detection\nThe development and performance of high-sensitivity nucleic acid-linked immuno-sandwich assays for CNS disease\nComparison of assay performance to standard assays in real-world samples\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/advancing-alzheimers-detection-with-brain-derived-ptau217-assays/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Showcase
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SUMMARY:Catch-up - Population Approaches to Dementia Prevention
DESCRIPTION:Dementia prevention is often framed as a matter of individual lifestyle choice. This session steps back and asks what prevention looks like when we think at population level\, not just personal risk. \nThis livestream is part of the Dementia Researcher weekly ‘Showcase’ series. Each week we host a 45 minute online session that brings researchers together to share work. \nIn this session\, Simone Salemme will explore how dementia prevention can move beyond individual level interventions towards population based approaches rooted in equity\, data\, and public policy. Drawing on Italian and European initiatives\, he will discuss how prevention can be embedded within national and EU non communicable disease strategies to support brain health across the life course. \n\nSimone is a PhD Fellow and early career researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Attendees can expect a clear overview of current evidence\, policy links\, and practical challenges\, with time for questions and discussion.\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/research-showcase-population-approaches-to-dementia-prevention/
LOCATION:Dementia Researcher Communities App
CATEGORIES:Showcase
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260128T200000
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SUMMARY:Catchup - Mapping Dementia Risk Through Genes and Environment
DESCRIPTION:Why do some people develop Alzheimer’s disease while others with similar backgrounds do not. How do genetics interact with environment and social factors to shape individual risk. This session tackles these questions by looking at dementia risk as a whole system rather than a single cause. \nThis livestream is part of the Dementia Researcher weekly Showcase series. Each week we host a 45 minute online session that brings researchers together to share their work\, ideas\, and approaches. \nIn this session\, Dr Shea Andrews will introduce his research programme at UCSF\, which integrates genetic\, environmental\, and social risk factors to develop dementia risk assessment tools for personalised medicine in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. He will focus on genetic exposome approaches\, showing how combining large scale genetic data with real world exposure information can improve how we predict risk\, understand disease mechanisms\, and tailor prevention strategies. \n\nShea is an Assistant Professor at the University of California San Francisco\, specialising in genetics and genomics. Attendees can expect a clear and research focused talk that bridges population science and personalised medicine\, with time for questions and discussion at the end.\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording
URL:https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/research-showcase-mapping-dementia-risk-through-genes-and-environment/
LOCATION:Dementia Researcher Communities App
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