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.

Science

Forced Into Fat-Burning Mode, Microglia Gobble Up Plaques

18/10/2022

Alz Forum

Scientists led by Jie Zhang, Xiamen University, reported that hexokinase 2—a pivotal enzyme in glucose metabolism—ramps up in microglia in the AD brain.

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Profile – Dr Joni Gilissen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

18/10/2022

Dementia Researcher

Senior Postdoc Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel working on early integration of palliative care and navigation for older people with serious illnesses

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Blog – Is Leadership Important In Science?

17/10/2022

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch talks about leadership in research, exploring different styles and approaches and how you might apply them.

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Profile – Lesley Garcia, University of Nottingham

14/10/2022

Dementia Researcher

Occupational Therapist and Early Career Researcher at University of Nottingham researching Dementia and technology to support social participation.

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Blog – Writing my first grant application

14/10/2022

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Kam just wrote her first grant application (well not really her first) and in this blog she descrives how she went about it, and shares her tips

Research News

Changing working lives

12/10/2022

Dementia Researcher

Prof Veronica van Heyningen discusses the challenges to intergenerational fairness within research culture, and introduces our Changing Working Lives project.

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Profile – Dr Charlèss Dupont, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

12/10/2022

Dementia Researcher

Postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel exploring ementia, palliative care, and technology as part of the CAPACITY Project

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Blog – Are We Entering a “Golden Age” of Dementia Research

12/10/2022

Dr Sam Moxon

Dr Sam Moxon, from University of Manchester gives us a potted history lesson of Alzheimer’s Disease and drug treatments from 600AD to 2022

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Profile – Simone Anna Felding, DZNE

12/10/2022

Dementia Researcher

PhD Student in the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), exploring use of social robots for people with dementia within the DISTINCT Group.

Partner Blogs

Balance is needed when discussing academic careers

11/10/2022

Nature Careers Blog

Is a stream of negativity putting people off academia? Let’s acknowledge the good, as well as the bad. Blog by John Tregoning share from Nature Careers

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Podcast – How to create a Narrative CV

10/10/2022

Dementia Researcher

The next time you submit a grant application or apply for a promotion, you may need a new kind of CV, are you ready? This podcast can help.

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Profile – Dr Claartje Vinkenburg, Amsterdam NL

07/10/2022

Dementia Researcher

Independent expert consultant focussed on diversity in careers, specifically on gender and research careers now working with funders, EU and Universities.