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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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How to be the ‘star PhD student’ – when you are an introvert

21/07/2018

Thesis Whisperer

Do you identify as ‘introvert’? Many PhD students do. In this post from Thesis Whisperer Sharong Yong discusses how this shouldn’t be a barrier.

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ISTAART— international society for researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association.

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Experience year-round engagement with the Alz and dementia community and help stimulate scientific discussion in the field.

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Making research evaluation processes in Europe more transparent

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Researchers often cite career advancement as a key incentive for their practices and behaviours, but are research institutions slow to adapt to the modern research environment?

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Profile – Dr Aoife Kiely

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Rehabilitated Scientist now in the UKDRI, previously understanding mechanisms of synapse loss and exploring ways to prevent it.

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Profile – Dr James Quinn

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Fast talking James is a PhD Student at University of Manchester working in the Hooper Lab trying to improve the understanding the molecular mechanisms that lead to the different forms of dementia.

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Profile – Dr Yolanda Ohene, The University of Manchester

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Physicist at The University of Manchester, developing new MRI technique to measure blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Profile – Dr Nicholas C. Firth

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Fast talking James is a PhD Student at University of Manchester working in the Hooper Lab trying to improve the understanding the molecular mechanisms that lead to the different forms of dementia.

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Profile – Dr Oz Ismail, Alzheimer’s Association

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Director, Scientific Programs at Alzheimer’s Association, science communicator and self-proclaimed nerd, former researcher of Glymphatics in Alzheimer’s.

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Profile – Dr Nika Seblova

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Globe trotting PhD student, researching the causal effects of education on life-course cognitive ability and dementia (mostly seen wearing orange)

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Profile – Dr Ríona McArdle

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Research Associate at Newcastle University investigating the potential use of gait analysis in distinguishing dementia subtypes, and treading the boards in Newcastle.

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Profile – Dr Isabel Castanho, Harvard Medical School

21/07/2018

Dementia Researcher

Dr Isabel Castanho, Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School exploring the Genomics of Alzheimer’s disease (and gaming outside working hours)

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Research fellow at University of Manchester, with a batting average of 11 (which is better than your average New Zealander), investigating the role of NLRP3 activation in age related cognitive decline.