News & Features

All the posts every put on our website. Blogs, Podcasts, Careers Support, News and all the good stuff that you wouldn’t want to miss. Only made possible thanks to funding from our amazing partners, NIHR, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society & Race Against Dementia.

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Blog – Communication is one of your best research tools: Here’s why

13/07/2022

Dr Sam Moxon

Dr Sam Moxon talks to the importance of communications, that goes beyond Sci Comms, and why this it’s essential to your career success

Research News

NIHR launches new publishing platform

12/07/2022

NIHR

NIHR Open Research allows NIHR researchers to freely, open access publish study findings, case reports and negative findings

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From Data to Viz – code you need

11/07/2022

Dementia Researcher

From Data to Viz leads you to the most appropriate graph for your data. It links to the code to build it and lists common caveats you should avoid.

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Profile – Dr Karissa Barthelson, Flinders University

09/07/2022

Dementia Researcher

Race Against Dementia Fellow at Flinders University, investigating common mechanisms of dementia, for a focus on Sanfilippo syndrome – childhood dementia

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Blog – Age at onset in atypical Alzheimer´s: why it matters

08/07/2022

Dr Aida Suarez-Gonzalez

Dr Aida Suárez-Gonzalez discusses the importance of research exploring the age of dementia onset, and the influence on clinical expression

Funding

New funding announced to support next generation of dementia researchers

07/07/2022

NIHR

NIHR introduces £11.8 million of new funding for promising early career researchers, enabling them to pursue dementia research

Policy

NIHR annual statistics highlight sustained public enthusiasm for participating in research

07/07/2022

Dementia Researcher

The latest NIHR statistics show research participation levels remain remarkably high, following an unprecedented period in research history

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Blog – The value of conferences

07/07/2022

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Have you met Dr Clarissa Giebel in real life? Well, she has been out and about, and in this blog she discusses the value of in-person conferences.

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How to learn Computational Neuroscience on your Own

06/07/2022

Dementia Researcher

Charlotte Fraza, PhD candidate in computational psychiatry provides a program to enable you to study computational neuroscience by yourself.

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Podcast – AAIC 2022 Preview

04/07/2022

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith & Dr Claire Sexton discuss the upcoming Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), are you going? It isn’t too late

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Blog – Is it time to look at alternatives to rodent models?

01/07/2022

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

In this blog Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali explores alternatives to mammalian models and considers whether they can drive a breakthrough

Research News

NIHR New guidance for easier payment of public contributors to research

29/06/2022

NIHR

New guidance to help organisations, researchers and involvement staff pay members of the public helping shape health and care research across the UK