Blood-Brain Barrier Symposium
This symposium provides an opportunity for ECRs to present their research on the barriers of the CNS in the form of talks or poster presentations, in the hopes of fostering connections between BBB researchers.
Tag: UK Dementia Research Institute
CZI Awards $4.5M to Advance Innovative Approaches to Fighting Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dementia ResearcherChan Zuckerberg Initiative announced $4.5 million in funding to support 30 pairs of researchers to collaborate and apply novel approaches for gaining greater insight into neurodegenerative disorders.
Dementia Biodesign Workshop
Knowledge Transfer Network is holding the 4th in its series of biodesign workshops in collaboration with the UK DRI
DEMON Network & UK DRI: driving forward experimental dementia research with data science and artificial intelligence
You are invited to attend the launch event for the newly established partnership between the DEMON Network and UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI).
Detecting and Characterising the Protein Aggregates Formed in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Hosted by Prof Kei Cho (UK DRI at King’s), as part of the Basic and Clinical Neuroscience WeX seminar series. Sir David Klenerman is a Group Leader at UK DRI at Cambridge, Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ’s College. He is best known for his work on next-generation sequencing of DNA (which subsequently resulted in Solexa,…
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.
Microglia a double edged sword: Neuroinflammation and new routes for drug discovery
In this Webinar, Byron introduces the concept of MBI, and presents his recent research into prevalence and cognitive correlates in healthy older adults and introduce new findings on genetic associations.
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
All 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.