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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Podcast – Writing the BEST Fellowship Application

20/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Stefania Forner from Alzheimer’s Association guest hosts a discussion with the Association current & past grant holders to get their top tips

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Discovery indicates MND may be caused by abnormal lipid processing in cells

20/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Genetics study adds weight to a theory that motor neurone degenerative diseases are caused by abnormal lipid processing pathways inside brain cells

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Profile – Dr Stefania Forner, Alzheimer’s Association

17/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Director, Medical & Scientific Relations for Alzheimer’s Association, overseeing the International Research Grants Program.

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Blog – Negative Data

17/06/2022

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch talks about how ECRs can help the scientific field change by thinking about how, where and what we publish, and use the negative data.

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Podcast – What’s new with Alzheimer’s Society Grants

16/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith talks with the Alzheimer’s Society Grants Team, sharing details on 10 brand new grants – PhDs, Fellowships, Clinicians, Careers & Projects

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Profile – Dr DeAnnah R. Byrd, Arizona State University

15/06/2022

Dementia Researcher

Assistant Prof at Arizona State studying the effects of chronic conditions & stressors in older Blacks and reducing dementia among minority populations

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Blog – Can Conversation Analysis infiltrate mainstream Dementia Research?

15/06/2022

Dr Anna Volkmer

Do research funders and those responsible for comissioning service favour quantative research over qualitative? Dr Anna Volkmer thinks so

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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.