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 – Listening: Key to Effective PI Leadership

13/04/2024

Adam Smith

Discover the power of listening in leadership with Adam Smith’s latest blog – a must-read for every PI aiming to excel in guiding research teams.

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Latest Advancements in Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease

13/04/2024

Dementia Researcher

This IBRO webinar recording brings together emerging early-career neuroscientists to discuss the latest advancements in understanding and detecting the disease.

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Profile – Dr Nikou Damestani, Sanofi

12/04/2024

Dementia Researcher

Physicist by training specialisting in neuroimaging, former post-doc at Massachusetts General Hospital now Data Expansion Lead at Sanofi (and line dancer)

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Blog – What It’s Really Like Being a PI

12/04/2024

Dr Yvonne Couch

Discover the real PI life with Dr Yvonne Couch’s insights on academia’s challenges, from grant writing to lab management (and sometimes research).

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Blog – Maternity Leave Priorities

10/04/2024

Emily Spencer

Update blog from Emily Spencer sharing the highs & lows of maternity leave, from cinema trips to academic rejections. #MaternityLeaveChronicles

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Citizen Science & Home Cage Monitoring

10/04/2024

Dementia Researcher

Mary Lyon Centre – Citizen Science and Home Cage Monitoring: a steep learning curve with useful data acquired and insights gained

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Blog – Art-based communication for dementia & brain health

09/04/2024

Dr Jodi Watt

Unveil the fusion of art and science in dementia research with Dr. Jodi Watt’s insights on creative expression’s role in brain health.

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Podcast – AAIC Neuroscience Next Conference Preview

08/04/2024

Dementia Researcher

All you need to know about the upcoming AAIC Neuroscience Next 2024 Conference – In-person hubs and Online, free for all early career researchers

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Profile – Dr Laura Booi, Leeds Beckett University

05/04/2024

Dementia Researcher

Senior Research Fellow, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health working on risk reduction & dementia, rementia prevention, brain & public health

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ADI fireside chat: Care in the age of new treatments

05/04/2024

Dementia Researcher

Catchup on the Alzheimer’s Disease International fireside chat with Dale Goldhawk, Professor Sube Banerjee & Professor Dame Louise Robinson

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Blog – Pulling together your PhD thesis

04/04/2024

Hannah Hussain

Hannah Hussain shares insights on PhD thesis writing, as she comes to the final stages of completing her own! Structure understanding, feedback & storytelling

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UK is a step closer to blood tests for diagnosing dementia

04/04/2024

Dementia Researcher

New countrywide trials to identify accurate & speedy blood tests to diagnose dementia, in a bid to improve the UK’s shocking diagnosis rate.