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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Blog – Dr Christy Hung, reflecting on year one as a RAD Fellow

18/11/2020

Dementia Researcher

Dr Christy Hung discusses her work sharing what you could expect if you apply for the RAD Fellowship with Alzheimer’s Research UK

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Does Astrocyte Tau Cause Dementia?

17/11/2020

Alz Forum

Once again, tau creates havoc—this time by hijacking astrocytes. According to a report in Nature from Nicolas Toni at the University of Lausanne

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Blog – Dr Cara Croft, reflecting on year one as a RAD Fellow

17/11/2020

Dementia Researcher

In the second of a five -part blog series – Dr Cara Croft discusses her work and how this Fellowship has provided fantastic flexibility to allow her to take her research to the USA, whilst remaining part of a team in the UK.

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More useful & interesting podcasts which you may have missed

16/11/2020

Adam Smith

A new dementia research podcast from the USA with an international feel, getting into clinical research and tips for new ECRs and Data Podcasts…

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Four ways to fight science-funding cuts across Europe

16/11/2020

Nature Careers Blog

Junior researchers need to engage with policymakers, institutions and funders to argue against planned budget cut-backs, warn Brian Cahill and Marco Masia

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Blog – What’s different about a Race Against Dementia Fellowship?

16/11/2020

Dementia Researcher

In the first of a five -part blog series – Dr Penny Moyle, Race Against Dementia CEO, discusses their Fellowship programme and just what makes it different to other Fellowships (You can apply for this Fellowship now)

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Podcast – AAIC Neuroscience Next Round-up

16/11/2020

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith is joined by Lindsay Welikovitch, Courtney Kloske, Vee Balendra, Wade Self, João Pedro Ferrari Souza with highlights from AAIC Neuroscience Next

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Dementia Communication Across Language Boundaries

12/11/2020

Dementia Researcher

Professor Alison Wray present ideas from her research in layman’s terms, with practical ideas for approaching dementia communication in new ways

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Profile – Dr Wade Self

12/11/2020

Dementia Researcher

Postdoc at University of Chicago, working to understanding how the gut microbiome influences amyloid deposition in preclinical models of familial Alzheimer’s

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Blog – My Masters Degree So Far

11/11/2020

Morgan Daniel

Regular contributor Morgan Daniel shares the latest update discussing life on campus, and sharing how the new system of remote and face-to-face teaching, may just be the perfect combination – preparing for the first set of exams.