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Profile – Professor Chris Mason, Weill Cornell Medicine

11/03/2022

Dementia Researcher

Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics. Undertaking computational & experimental methodologies to identify the functional genetic elements of genome

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6 Highlights from the 2022 ARUK Conference

11/03/2022

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Research UK’s annual conference showcased the latest dementia research findings, check out the highlights in this post.

Research News

Tools to translate: ECR perspective with Dr Wioleta Zelek

10/03/2022

UK DRI

Interview with recently appointed UK DRI Emerging Leader and RAD Fellow, Dr Wioleta Zelek discussing her research journey & patenting research tools

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Blog – What is “brain health” and is it important?

09/03/2022

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

In this blog Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali discusses the challenge of trying to understand brain health, some of the latest research and why it is important.

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Blog – Am I doing PPI or Was that PPI?

08/03/2022

Nathan Stephens

Nathan discusses Public Patient Involvement, unpacking what that actually means in respect of other similar concepts such as participation and engagement

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Profile – Dr Mizuki Morisaki, University of Bristol

07/03/2022

Dementia Researcher

Interview & Bio for Dr Mizuki Morisaki focused on how “stress” affects ageing in the brain particularly in the hippocampus using in vitro/in vivo models

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Podcast – ARUK Conference Roundup 2022

07/03/2022

Dementia Researcher

This week we have a we have a special podcast recorded during last weeks Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference in Brighton – guest hosted by Dr Katy Bray.

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Profile – Sophie Sanford, University of Cambridge

05/03/2022

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Society PhD Student exploring Immunology, Neuroimmunology, Antiviral Immunity, Alzheimer’s Disease and Tauopathy

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Profile – Elizabeth English, British Heart Foundation

05/03/2022

Dementia Researcher

Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ English is a research impact analyst and WiNUK founder, working to share research impact and build fairer neuroscience spaces.

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Profile – Dr Josh Harvey, University of Exeter

04/03/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Josh Harvey is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Exeter investigating gene regulatory and epigenomic changes in neurodegenerative diseases