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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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Profile – Dr Joe Abisambra, University of Florida

14/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Associate Prof of Neuroscience at University of Florida with a focus on tau biology in the context of Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury

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Peer-to-peer careers advice for research managers

14/06/2022

Nature Careers Blog

Six technicians and managers share tips on how their roles can be better developed and supported, written by Nikki Forrester for Nature Careers

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Blog – Are we Proactive Enough about Dementia?

13/06/2022

Dr Sam Moxon

Is dementia research going too slow? Or at a pretty rapid pace given the available resources? Dr Sam Moxon reflects on the pace and direction of research.

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Profile – Dr Eduardo R. Zimmer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

12/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Assistant Professor Researching Glial Cells, neuroimaging and neurodegeneration at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Profile – Sophie Roberts, Alzheimer’s Society

11/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Senior Research Grants Officer at Alzheimer’s Society managing PhD Studentships and partnership grants helping them to succeed

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Profile – Dr Jennie Gabriel, Alzheimer’s Society

11/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Ex-researcher based in Scotland and now Research Grants Officer at Alzheimer’s Society working to support Early Career Researchers.

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Behold PANTHOS, a Toxic Wreath of Perinuclear Aβ That Kills Neurons

09/06/2022

Alz Forum

Mouse models of amyloidosis, poorly acidified lysosomes stuffed with Aβ distort the plasma membranes of neurons and form toxic rosettes around their nuclei.

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Blog – From PhD student to supervisor

07/06/2022

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Dr Clarissa Giebel is transitioning from doing all the research herself into supervising others (whilst also researching) in this blog we learn how its going

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Podcast – Race Against Dementia Discovery Hub

06/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Sam Moxon talks Race Against Dementia CEO Bridget Barker, and Neurologists Philip Scheltens and Siddharthan Chandran about the new RAD Discovery Hub.

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Profile – Siddharthan Chandran, The University of Edinburgh

05/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Race Against Dementia Scientific Advisor, Dean of Clinical Medicine, Head of Edinburgh Medical School, Director of Edinburgh Neuroscience

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MND Research – The Future

03/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

MND Research Leaders – Prof Justin Yerbury, Prof Lezanne Ooi & Dr Luke McAlary discuss their research from protein misfolding to drug discovery

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Profile – Bridget Barker, Race Against Dementia

01/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Bridge Barker is the CEO of Race Against Dementia, a charity established by Sir Jackie Stewart to transform and innoviate, brining a new mindset from F1