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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Improving UK research culture

07/02/2020

Dementia Researcher

Results of a survey published by Wellcome Trust, have revealed high levels of stress and insecurity. You can help inform plans to how this should be improved.

Careers, Partner Blogs

Top tips for getting your science out there

04/02/2020

Nature Careers Blog

Craig Cormick explains how scientists can get their arguments across to members of the public in this post shared from the Nature Careers Blog site.

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Podcast – Illness perceptions & service use in dementia

03/02/2020

Dementia Researcher

Jane Gregg and Dr Josie Jenkinson discuss their work on understanding how people with dementia perceive themselves and their future after dementia diagnosis

My Research

When to move to a care home with dementia?

31/01/2020

Dementia Researcher

In this blog shared from the King’s College London blog site, Dr Kritika Samsi shares findings from the Optimal Time Study

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How to turn off work thoughts during your free time

30/01/2020

Dementia Researcher

Feeling burned out? Psychologist Guy Winch shares 3 simple techniques to stop work worries and help you truly relax and recharge after hours.

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Profile – Jane Gregg, Lancaster University

29/01/2020

Dementia Researcher

Jane Gregg is NHS Deputy R&D Manager and PhD Student researching Mental Health, exploring illness perceptions among people with dementia

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Four principles for practising and evaluating co-production

28/01/2020

LSE Impact Blog

A new working definition of co-produced research and suggest how different elements of successfully co-produced knowledge can be understood and evaluated.

Careers, Partner Blogs

Orderly desk, orderly mind

23/01/2020

Nature Careers Blog

A tidy desk, a clear mind: discover how one researcher’s compulsive order fuels creative thinking and helps their lab tackle unexpected research themes.

Science

Human and Mouse Microglia React Differently to Amyloid

23/01/2020

Alz Forum

Human and mouse brains respond differently to amyloid. A new study reveals why transgenic mice may fall short in modelling Alzheimer’s disease.

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Profile – Dr Emily Maguire

23/01/2020

Dementia Researcher

Jigsaw loving Research Associate working in the UKDRI at Cardiff University using stem cell-derived microglia to study Alzheimer’s disease

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Blog – VOICEland: A Journey Through PPI in Dementia Research

21/01/2020

Ester Bellavia

PhD researcher Ester Bellavia shares how storytelling helped her explore PPI in dementia research, navigating the ‘Research Involvement Ocean’ to VOICEland.

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Podcast – Molecular Basis of Alzheimer’s Disease

20/01/2020

Dementia Researcher

Professor Louise Serpell and Dr Karen Marshall join us on the Dementia Researcher Podcast to explore amyloid fibrils, protein misfolding, and drug development in Alzheimer’s.