10 Counter-intuitive insights from an academic writing coach
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Blogs & features
Podcast – What’s new in Alzheimer’s Society fellowships
EditorFaye Boswell and Katherine Gray from Alzheimer’s Society discuss the focus for future funding programmes, tips on writing your applications and an in-depth discussion about the 4 I’s. With insider experience from Dr Antoinette O’Connor, an Alzheimer Society-funded Clinical Research Fellow.
Podcast Profile – Katherine Gray
Sleepy traveller and Research Grants Manager at the Alzheimer’s Society, supporting applicants through the review processes and working with funded researchers to support them as they work on their grants.
Funding Opportunities Summary
There are more than 35 open research calls for everything from major grants to PhD and Fellowships. With new listings from Abbeyfield Research Foundation and the Dunhill Medical Trust.
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.
Podcast Profile – Faye Boswell
Research Grants Office at the Alzheimer’s Society, supporting the grants application process and managing their portfolio of funded PhD Studentships and Dissemination grants. If you hear her sneeze, she has chocolate!
How to approach an inter-disciplinary thesis
Thesis WhispererUniversities are often very well set up for individual disciplines, but if you don’t fit firmly into one of these, you can easily find yourself marginalised. How should you go about doing interdisciplinary research?
MRI and Machine Learning Depict Brain Aging in Health, Disease
Alz ForumThe human brain follows a typical ageing trajectory, but diseased brains are further along, according to a paper in the September 24 Nature Neuroscience.
Guest Blog – My PhD plans and improving care
James WatsonFirst blog from James Watson sharing his plans and ideas as he embarks on his 1st year of a PhD at the University of Liverpool, researching variations in dementia care pathways and the health and economic impact.
Blogger Profile – James Watson
Fresh faced 1st year PhD Student at the University of Liverpool, researching variations in dementia care pathways (his CV says he is also a keen runner)
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.
Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference: Call for abstracts
Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference will take place on 18 – 19 May 2020, submit your abstract now.