UK Dementia Research Institute
@UKDRI
New scientific discoveries, new hope to stop dementia. Founding funders: @The_MRC @alzheimerssoc @AlzResearchUK
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Prof Selina Wray
Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Barnsley lass. she/her @wraylabUCL @UCLIoN
Alzheimer's Research UK
We are the UK's leading dementia research charity and we won’t stop until everyone is free from the heartbreak of dementia. We stand #ForACure. 🟧
Prof Tara Spires-Jones
Neuroscientist. Prof @EdinburghUni Group Leader @UKDRI founding editor @BrainComms President @BritishNeuro (you can call me madame president). she/her 🧠 🔬 📚
Adam Smith
#Dementia Research at @UCL - creator of Dementia Researcher supporting ECR Careers
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A news and information resource website helping scientists advance AD research since 1996. Alzforum doesn’t endorse any specific product or scientific approach.
Dr Sarah Carpanini Sarah Carpanini in the UK Dementia Research Institute UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University requires a Senior Technician supporting work on the complement system and T-cells in Alzheimer's. Closing date: 28th April.
dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-tec…
💡 Exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to join Patricio Opazo!
Join an interesting programme investigating synaptic repair mechanisms for Alzheimer’s disease using longitudinal in-vitro and in-vivo imaging microscopy👉buff.ly/3Jc98hb
Around 153,000 people in the UK have Parkinson's, and everyone’s journey is different.
Today is #WorldParkinsonsDay , & the UK DRI is proud to unite with the #Parkinsons community.
For info & support visit Parkinson's UK or parkinsons.org.uk.
Today is #WorldParkinsonsDay ! 🌎
Did you know every 6 minutes, someone new is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease?
We asked some of #OurImperial researchers to share what they think are the biggest challenges in Parkinson’s Disease Research.
See their responses below ⬇️
🚨We're hiring!! 📢
We are looking for a postdoc to study the impact of astrocyte pathologies in iPSC models of FTD-tau. Come join us! 👇👇👇
tinyurl.com/3em7ub25
UK Dementia Research Institute Edinburgh Neuroscience
At the UK DRI at Cardiff, Dayne Beccano is researching how neurons talk to eachother and how this goes wrong in Parkinson's 🎥 ⬇️
Find out more about how researchers across the Institute are tackling Parkinson's, in our blog for #WorldParkinsonsDay 👉buff.ly/3xHaldy
💡 The Hasel lab (Philip Hasel) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore how astrocytes at the borders of the brain contribute to brain function and dysfunction in disease!
For more info & to apply👉buff.ly/49xY2Oj
Pint of Science is back for 2024! Tonnes of great events, check out this helpful guide to the dementia related talks by Dementia Researcher👉buff.ly/3xDjML3
Look out for UK DRI researchers Sarah Carpanini, Dr Jo Jackson (jojacksonhere.bsky.social), Nathan Skene🙌🤩
Calling all dementia research ECRs!
Join us in Solihull for our 3rd annual ECR Retreat. 🆕New content each year!🆕
🔬Open to all AS funded or not!🔬
📢Exciting speakers lined up!📢
Register now & level up your career: alzheimers.org.uk/dementia-profe…… #ECRRetweet #DementiaResearcher
The Opazo lab Patricio Opazo at the UK Dementia Research Institute UK Dementia Research Institute, Edinburgh is looking for a Research Fellow with experience with in-vivo two-photon microscopy, optogenetics, stereotaxic surgeries and animal behaviour. Closing date: 7th May.
dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research-f…
Another Thursday seminar hosted by Peter J. Cullen along with Bradley Burnett this week.
On Thursday the 11th of April we are really pleased to host Karen Duff from the UK Dementia Research Institute with their talk entitled
Unravelling the contribution of tau to AD and FTD
We're excited to welcome Prof David Attwell to the UK DRI, to head up our new Centre for Vascular Dementia Research in partnership with British Heart Foundation!👏
His leadership & expertise will be key to revolutionising understanding & treatment of vascular dementia👉buff.ly/3PQbDJL
Boosting BDNF in muscle rescues impaired #AxonalTransport in a mouse model of DI-CMTC peripheral neuropathy: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Well done team! Ellie Rhymes Rebecca Simkin Ji Qu Sunaina Surana David Villarroel The MNP Lab & co.
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Brain Sciences UK Dementia Research Institute #CMT
💡 Exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to join Philip Hasel's lab (UK DRI at Edinburgh)!
Interesting role helping the lab explore how astrocytes at the borders of the brain contribute to brain function and dysfunction in disease👉buff.ly/43TrxZA
Very excited to host the brilliant Martine Therrien for our #neurogenomics seminar tomorrow - and on my first day back from holidays. Join us at 4pm UK time to hear all about her fascinating work on fatty acids and microglia. DM/email for zoom link 🧠🧬
A team led by Prof Bart De Strooper & MINDlab has transplanted human microglia into mice to study how the cells respond to amyloid plaques. Their findings will help scientists understand the complex mechanisms involved in Alzheimer's👉buff.ly/3TT7BCI
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
