Blogger Profile – Dr Hannah Scott
EditorResearch Associate at Cardiff University and, Humming Bird, investigating the effects of Alzheimer’s disease risk variants in non-coding regions of the genome on microglial cells
Tag: UK Dementia Research Institute
Four takes on observing the ARUK grant review board – Take Two by Dr Hannah Scott
This is the second of three guest blogs from Early Career Researchers who observed the recent ARUK Grant Review Board
From Academia to Industry: A Lunchtime Conversation (Event and Livestream)
Come and hear from two scientists, talking about their career pathway, their transition from academia to industry, pros and cons, career tips
From Academia to Industry: A Lunchtime Conversation (Event and Livestream)
Are you exploring a potential career move to industry? Come and hear two scientists talk about their career pathway, their transition from academia to industry.
Outputs from the UK DRI Meet The Funders Workshop
Representatives from the MRC, Wellcome, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society describing support schemes suitable for early career researchers
Podcast – 50 Shades of Microglia
Dr Katie Stubbs speaks with Dr Katie Askew, Dr Mike Daniels and PhD student Makis Tzioras. This team are all based at the UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh and discussing their research on Microglia.
Podcast – AAIC 2019 Day Four
Adam SmithAll the news from Day Four (Final Podcast) of this years Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Los Angeles. Adam Smith talks with Claire Lancaster, James Pickett and Emily Maquire.
Podcast Profile – Dr Katharine Askew
Bunny entertained and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Horsburgh Lab at The University of Edinburgh working on Neuroinflammation in vascular dementia.
Podcast Profile – Dr Mike Daniels
Postdoctoral fellow at The University of Edinburgh, UK Dementia Research Institute researching Neuroinflammation. Founder of haveyouhearduk.com and weather dependant outdoors person.
Podcast Profile – Makis Tzioras
Sometimes know as ‘Princess Glea’ and a PhD student at The University of Edinburgh, UK Dementia Research Institute researching Alzheimer’s disease and Microglia and Synapse Loss
Pushing dementia research through US-UK collaboration
For MRC grants that involve collaborations, almost half (43%) are international. They are running a symposium in Washington D.C to encourage more of this, by joining up UK early career researchers and National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers working in neurodegeneration. But what’s the international incentive? Three researchers with MRC-NIH Partnership Awards share how they hope to benefit. Dr Chi-Hun Kim,…
Saving the Synapse: Developmental critical periods and Alzheimer’s disease – Prof Carla Shatz
Professor Carla Shatz’s research aims to understand how early developing brain circuits are transformed into adult connections during critical periods of development. This talk given by Professor Shatz for the UK Dementia Research Institute on the 6th September at UCL.
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