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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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Blog – Beyond the Lab Bubble: Why PhD Teamwork Matters

08/10/2026

Beccy Owen

Beccy Owen swaps the lab for gorge walking and Silverstone, and finds that a PhD might be an individual qualification, but science is a team sport.

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Funded NIHR Grant Writing Retreat for Kent, Surrey and Sussex

08/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

A free three-day residential retreat in Tunbridge Wells for Kent, Surrey and Sussex researchers preparing NIHR bids. Apply by 29 November 2026.

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Funding to Run Your Own Physics of Life Workshop

08/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Have an idea for a workshop that brings physicists and life scientists together? The Physics of Life Network will fund and help run it. Open to UK researchers.

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The Economic Case for Prioritising Alzheimer’s Disease Policy in Europe

08/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

A Biogen-funded CRA analysis estimates that prioritising Alzheimer’s policy could save Europe’s five biggest economies €182 billion by 2036.

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AD/PD 2027: Late-Breaking Abstract Submission Now Open

08/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Got new results since September? Late-breaking abstract submission for AD/PD 2027 in Barcelona is open until 18 November 2026.

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Professional Services Staff: The Invisible Majority in Universities

08/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

A new HEPI report finds professional and support staff are 56% of the UK university workforce, yet change, low pay and missing career paths are taking a toll.

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Survey: Community-Based Dementia Models of Support and Care

08/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Take part in a WHO-supported international survey on community-based dementia support and care. 10 to 15 minutes, available in 16 languages.

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How We Swapped Presentations for Silence in Lab Meetings

07/10/2026

Nature Careers Blog

Swapping to a system in which lab members read memos quietly before team discussions helped to create an open culture. From Nature Careers

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Profile – Ananta Jain, Queen Mary University of London

07/10/2026

Dementia Researcher

Ananta Jain, an MSc Neuroscience graduate from Queen Mary University of London, is interested in neurodegeneration, pain and sex differences in disease.

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Blog – Does Rugby Cause Dementia? A Player-Epidemiologist’s View

07/10/2026

Dr Connor Richardson

Does rugby cause dementia? Dr Connor Richardson, epidemiologist and amateur player, reads the evidence twice and finds it messier than the headlines.

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Propose an ISTAART Immersive Workshop for AAIC 2027

06/10/2026

Alzheimer's Association

ISTAART members can propose half- or full-day hands-on workshops to run before AAIC 2027 in Chicago, on 16 and 17 July 2027. Proposals close 13 November 2026.

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Blog – Pandas, dementia and why we need to reach Early Career Researchers

06/10/2026

Bernie McInally

Why are people living with dementia in care homes still left out of research? Bernie McInally on what early career researchers hear, and what they don’t.