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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 – Professor Carmela Tartaglia, University of Toronto

15/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Professor Carmela Tartaglia is a Toronto neurologist researching neurodegeneration and biomarkers to improve diagnosis and precision care.

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Podcast – Agentic AI and the Future of Dementia Research

12/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

In this podcast, Dr Niranjan Bose, Jonathan Hoover and Dr Kexin Huang on the Alzheimer’s Insights AI Prize and what agentic AI means for dementia research.

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Speak at the Salon: Showcase Slots Open (Sept–Nov)

12/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Want to present your dementia research to a global ECR audience? Salon Showcase slots for Sept to Nov are open. Apply via the form.

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Blog – The Hidden Work of Finishing a PhD

11/06/2026

Emily Spencer

Emily Spencer reflects on the final PhD stretch, hidden thesis tasks, conference pressure, rejected funding, and finding focus before submission

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When drug discovery fails: scientists share their frustrations with the process

10/06/2026

Nature Careers Blog

In clinical trials, there are many times (and ways) a therapeutic can come up short. Tammy Worth writes for the Nature Careers blog.

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Profile – Professor Christian Benedict, Uppsala University

10/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Professor Christian Benedict is Professor of Pharmacology at Uppsala University, researching how sleep affects the brain and dementia risk.

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Alzheimer’s Research UK invests £9.5m in research

10/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Research UK invests a record £9.5m in 25 dementia research projects, supporting new ideas, better diagnosis and future treatments.

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Profile – Dr Clare Ellis-Smith, King’s College London

10/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Clare Ellis Smith is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London researching dementia palliative care and person centred outcomes for families and carers.

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The Hidden REF 26 is open & dementia research belongs in it

09/06/2026

Dementia Researcher

The Hidden REF 2026 is open. It celebrates the data, tools and people dementia research relies on but the REF overlooks. Entries close 13 Sept.

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Introducing the new Alzheimer’s Society awardees

09/06/2026

Alzheimer's Society

Alzheimer’s Society funds 17 new dementia research awards, supporting early career researchers across diagnosis, care, prevention and disease biology.

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Blog – Learning to Belong Somewhere New

09/06/2026

Dr Connor Richardson

Dr Connor Richardson swapped Newcastle for Edinburgh after almost ten years. He reflects on the excitement, the fear and learning to belong somewhere new.