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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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Podcast – What is normal? Using language and big data to inform diagnosis of dementia

24/08/2020

Dementia Researcher

In this podcast Dr Anna Volkmer and Dr Vitor Zimmerer from UCL chat about how language and big data can inform correct dementia and Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

Science

Can Loss of a Single Protein Cause ‘Alzheimer’s’ in Mice?

20/08/2020

Alz Forum

Though it carries nary a human transgene, a new mouse model developed many of the hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease.

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CZI Awards $4.5M to Advance Innovative Approaches to Fighting Neurodegenerative Diseases

19/08/2020

Dementia Researcher

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $4.5m to support researchers to collaborate and apply novel approaches for gaining greater insight into neurodegeneration

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Report Highlights Barriers for Trials in Alzheimer’s

18/08/2020

Dementia Researcher

A new Gates Ventures report found that current trials are ‘more complicated, costly and slower’ when compared to other health areas.

Careers

4 tips to ward off impostor syndrome

17/08/2020

Nature Careers Blog

There are ways to shut up that insidious inner critic and impostor syndrome, says Paris Grey in this post shared from the Nature Careers Blog.

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Blog – Anti-Racism in STEM

12/08/2020

Dementia Researcher

Maya Gosztyla is working to facilitate more productive conversations (and in turn, tangible systemic changes) toward addressing racial discrimination in STEM