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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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NIA – National Summit on Dementia Care Research PT2

03/08/2020

Dementia Researcher

Recording from the US NIA Summit Virtual Meeting Series: 2020 Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers

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NIA – National Summit on Dementia Care Research PT1

03/08/2020

Dementia Researcher

Sharing the recordings from the US NIA Summit Virtual Meeting Series: 2020 Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and their Caregivers

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Big journals acting as gatekeepers to discoverability

03/08/2020

LSE Impact Blog

Open access increases the impact of academic research by making it more broadly and easily accessible. But to subscription still hold the key

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Podcast – AAIC 2020 – Day Four

31/07/2020

Dementia Researcher

Day 4 AAIC Podcast – Public Health; Care & Psychosocial Factors. Our last for 2020, with Adam Smith, Dr Riona McArdle, Dr Byron Creese and Esther Wiskerke.

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Podcast – AAIC 2020 – Day Three

30/07/2020

Dementia Researcher

Day 3 AAIC 2020 Podcast – Clinical Manifestations; Drug Development. Sharing news from Adam Smith, Dr Anna Volmer, Danielle Wilson and Dr Leonidas Chouliaras.

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15/1: How many applications does it take to get a job offer

30/07/2020

Nature Careers Blog

Survey finds that standard metrics of success can’t completely explain why some candidates get academic job offers and others don’t.

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Podcast – AAIC 2020 – Day Two

29/07/2020

Dementia Researcher

Day 2 AAIC 2020 Highlights Podcast – Biomarkers. Sharing news from this great event. Adam Smith, Dr James Quinn, Courtney Kloske and Rory Boyle.

Science

Finally: The Alzheimer’s Blood Test We’ve Always Wanted?

29/07/2020

Alz Forum

Suddenly, phospho-tau217 looks to be the most robust plasma biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease yet. That’s the general consensus…

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Podcast – AAIC 2020 – Day One

28/07/2020

Dementia Researcher

The 1st of our AAIC 2020 Highlight Podcasts, Basic Science & Pathogenesis with Dr Megan O’Hare, Professor Louise Serpell, Dr Emily Maguire & Dr Lindsay Sinclair

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Could Common Vaccines Protect Against Alzheimer’s?

28/07/2020

Alz Forum

New reports draw attention to an emerging research trend suggesting that systemic infections could help trigger Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain.

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The growth of acronyms in the scientific literature

27/07/2020

eLife

Some acronyms are useful and are widely understood, but many acronyms used in scientific papers hinder understanding, this article explores the issues.

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Profile – Rory Boyle

27/07/2020

Dementia Researcher

Kebab eating, Red-Haired King and PhD Candidate in the Whelan Lab at Trinity College Dublin, researching Neuroimaging and Cognitive Reserve