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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Profile – Professor Craig Ritchie, University of St Andrews

16/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

Professor of Medicine at University of St Andrews & CEO of Scottish Brain Sciences working on translational epidemiology, clinical trials, cohort studies

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Profile – Jim Pearson, Alzheimer Scotland

16/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

Director of Policy and Practice at Alzheimer Scotland responsible for public policy development and campaigning activities

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Blog – Has a reliance on animal models delayed dementia research?

15/10/2021

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Why have preclinical studies using Alzheimer’s disease mouse models failed to translate into successful clinical trials? Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali explores

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Living with PCA – Trina and Graeme’s story

15/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

Trina was diagnosed with Posterior Cortical Atrophy in 2012, 4 years after she initially visited the doctor & 6 since starting to have problems with vision

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Profile – Nan Fletcher-Lloyd, UKDRI Imperial College London

14/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

PhD Student at the UKDRI Imperial College London investigating the use of remote monitoring technologies to improve healthcare

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Not All Bad? APOE4 Sharpens Memory in Older People

14/10/2021

Alz Forum

APOE4, the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer’s disease, & has been tied to slightly better memory in the young.

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Eight career tips from Nobel Laureates

13/10/2021

Nature Careers Blog

Stefano Sandrone’s Nobel Life features interviews with 24 prize winners on everything from handling rejection to seizing the moment. Shared from Nature Careers

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Blog – Dear Scientist… celebrating Ada Lovelace Day

12/10/2021

Dr Yvonne Couch

It’s Ada Lovelace Day and to mark the occasion Dr Yvonne Couch writes of some of the women that have inspired her & what she hopes might change

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Blog – The way we think about dementia has changed for the better

08/10/2021

Dr Sam Moxon

Dr Sam Moxon discusses how our approach to dementia has changed – pick an organ and you can probably find studies showing its potential roles in dementia.

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Study of spatial navigation in dementia offers free platform

07/10/2021

Dementia Researcher

After a successful journey gathering data from 4.3 million participating players, Sea Hero Quest is now available for studies of cognition & spatial navigation

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NIHR Evidence – How can we reduce the toll of loneliness?

06/10/2021

NIHR

This NIHR Evidence Collection brings together key findings on loneliness in older adults, to build a picture of what is known & needed.

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Blog – 5 transferable skills you can gain from a PhD

05/10/2021

Dr Beth Eyre

Beth Eyre reflects on the skills she has gained through her PhD, and how they could be transferred into the job market (over and above awesome lab skills).