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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Food For Thought – Diet, Disease & ALS / MND with Amber Sewell-Green

03/02/2024

Dementia Researcher

Sam Moxon and PhD Student / Dietitian Amber Sewell-Green explore how diet affects ALS / MND. Discover the power of nutrition in disease prevention & management

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Blog – Reflections on a challenging PhD

02/02/2024

Dr Jodi Watt

Dr. Jodi Watt’s raw PhD tale: a journey from feeling ‘ruined’ to profound self-recovery. Read or listen to discover resilience in academia.

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Open-science movement for sharing lab materials

31/01/2024

Nature Careers Blog

Many researchers support open science, but how can they translate this view into behaviours to boost sharing? Andy Tay for Nature Careers.

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Blog – Building non-academic collaborations

31/01/2024

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Dr Clarissa Giebel explores how non-academic partnerships enhance research and care practice, and helping the North West Coast Living Lab in Ageing and Dementia

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Journalists need to properly cite research for trustworthy news

29/01/2024

LSE Impact Blog

Andy Tattersall shows how research is often poorly represented in the media and makes a case for better community standards – shared from the LSE Impact Blog

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Playing an instrument linked to better brain health in older adults

29/01/2024

Dementia Researcher

Engaging in music throughout your life is associated with better brain health in older age, according to a new study published by University of Exeter.

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Blog – Aging in Pre-Clinical Research

29/01/2024

Dr Yvonne Couch

Uncover the nuances of age-related research variables in Dr Yvonne Couch’s blog and join her in discussing the challenge of working with older mice.

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£50m for new NIHR Dementia Translational Research Collaboration

25/01/2024

NIHR

£50m for new NIHR Dementia Translational Research Collaboration to coordinated a new network of dementia trials sites across England.

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Blog – Which hat to wear? Navigating industry-academic partnerships

25/01/2024

Kate Turley

Explore how to balance a position that crosses dementia research in industry & academia in this blog from Kate Turley exploring innovative collaborations.