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.

Partner Blogs

ChatGPT for science: how to talk to your data

22/07/2024

Nature Careers Blog

Companies are using artificial intelligence tools to help scientists to query their data without the need for programming skills. From Nature Careers

Guest blog 1 comment

Blog – Academic precarity: Moving the discussion forward

22/07/2024

Dr Lis Grey

Dr Lis Grey’s blog on academic precarity explore challenges and solutions for better research job security. Let’s create a brighter future for researchers.

Webinar add comment

Catch-up on recordings from the Salon

21/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Catch-up on past Salon recordings – Tackling sexism, options for after a PhD, person-centred care, managing feedback from peer review and reproducibility

Webinar add comment

Talks from Alzheimer’s Research UK Northern Networks Meeting

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Recordings of dementia research talks delivered at the ARUK UK Northern Networks Meeting – everying from Social Prescribing to Carbon Dioxide as a theraputic

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Wasiu Balogun, University of Pittsburgh

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pittsburgh working in the Karikari fluid biomarker lab, developing and testing potential biomarkers in human fluids.

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Llywelyn Lee, The University of Sheffield

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Research Associate at University of Sheffield studying neurovascular coupling in Alzheimer’s using 2-photon imaging, electrophysiology and behavioural tests

Profile add comment

Profile – Meenakshi Menon, Georgia State University

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Meenakshi is an ISTAART Ambassador and Incoming PhD student in Cognitive Sciences, heading from India to Georgia State University

Profile add comment

Profile – Quang Tran, Alzheimer’s Research UK

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Science Communications Officer at Alzheimer’s Research UK. Making the exciting dementia research out there as engaging and as accessible as possible.

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Osman Shabir, The University of Sheffield

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

BHF Research Fellow at University of Sheffield, targeting Neuroinflammation in Preclinical Models of Heart Disease & Dementia to understand disease mechanisms

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Emily Ho, Northwestern University

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Emily Ho is an Asst. Prof at Northwestern University working on health measurement, decision-making, cognitive ageing. Passionate about improving decsion making

Profile add comment

Profile – Caitlin Illingworth, The University of Sheffield

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

PhD Student at The University of Sheffield exploring and developing more appropriate memory assessment tool for patients across different language backgrounds.

Profile add comment

Profile – Dr Daniel Ruiz Gabarre, University of Edinburgh

19/07/2024

Dementia Researcher

Research Fellow in the UK Dementia Research Institute exploring Small vessel disease in the context of vascular dementia – fighting for LGBTQIA+ rights