There's still time to register for this exciting event we're co-organising with Miranda Weston-Smith! 🙌 ⬇️

Get an inside track on the latest developments in diagnosis through to care, fundraising and start-ups.

🗓️ 16 May
📍 Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
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'Through the The Royal Society Pairing Scheme, I've not only gained insights into the mechanisms behind policymaking but also a fantastic network'

Dr George Starling shares her experience of the scheme which saw her shadow a civil servant for a week👉buff.ly/3wa93Yf

Interested in a PhD in #Parkinsons and gene editing? Come join the Vincent Dion and Beccano-Kelly labs at UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University.
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Parkinson's UK British Neuroscience Association Black In Neuro 🧠

That's a wrap on day 2 of our Parkinson's ECR meeting - fantastic sessions on cell models and big data, plus an important discussion on open science🙌

Congratulations to our prize winners Natalie Kaempf (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research), Kathryn Todd (@UniofOxford) and Aishwarya Vedula (Oxford)👏🎉

We promise this is not an image from a distant galaxy, but of a star-shaped cell which plays a supportive role in the human brain!

Melissa Cooper, PhD took this beautiful image of an astrocyte found on the brain’s surface.⭐

#ARUKImageOfTheWeek Philip Hasel UK Dementia Research Institute

Zoe Kourtzi, Professor of #Computational #neuroscience Cambridge University, Adaptive Brain Lab, will deliver the keynote #BioBeat24 on #AI for better #brain #health : from the #cloud to the clinic, 16 May, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, London SWC UK Dementia Research Institute. Info at eventbrite.co.uk/e/biobeat24-dr…

💡Exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join Bowles Lab!

Interesting project investigating the functional and transcriptomic effects of astrocytic tau pathology in progressive supranuclear palsy👉buff.ly/3JBnEPM

Great to welcome over 100 researchers to our Parkinson's ECR meeting in collaboration with Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s today!

Brilliant talks & posters, & thanks to Parkinson's UK & @ARUKScientist for a super useful session on grant writing ✍️👏

Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow🙌

This week at the UK Dementia Research Institute-CARD Expertise Exchange Forum, Professor Henry Houlden offered insights into approaches for enriching diversity within research cohorts and among researchers, emphasising its crucial importance in advancing the field. NIH UCL Brain Sciences UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Last month, KIRAN K G RAVINDRAN (UK DRI Care Research & Tech) took part in the The Royal Society Pairing Scheme, an initiative facilitating collaboration between scientists & policymakers.

He shares his experience with the scheme & its impact on his perspective👉buff.ly/3JzBX7p

Dr Georgina Starling (Adrian Isaacs Lab, UK DRI at UCL) recently took part in the The Royal Society Pairing Scheme, a prestigious scheme that allows scientists to experience first-hand how science & policy intersect.

She gives us a snapshot of her experience👉buff.ly/3wa93Yf

The field of digital solutions for neurodegeneration is exploding. BioBeat24 is an opportunity to get an inside track on the latest developments

Ahead of the event, the UK DRI's Iraida Soria-Espinosa & Miranda Weston-Smith spoke to keynote speaker Prof Zoe Kourtzi👉buff.ly/3U8mlfW

📢Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Conference
📍Rey Don Jaime Grand Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
🗓️Sunday 4th - Friday 9th August 2024
⏰Application deadline Sunday 7th July 2024
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Black In Neuro 🧠 BlackInGenetics Latinx in STEM

Members of our Policy and National Influencing teams were delighted to visit the UK Dementia Research Institute Care Research & Technology centre yesterday, and hear more about the work they are doing to improve dementia care at home- including their fantastic Minder programme. Thank you for having us!

Great to host UK DRI founding funders Alzheimer's Society for a visit to our Centre for Care Research & Technology yesterday, where the team showcased how our research is supporting people affected by dementia to live independently in their homes for longer🙌

💡 Interested in investigating the functional and transcriptomic effects of astrocytic tau pathology in progressive supranuclear palsy?

Exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join Bowles Lab👉buff.ly/3JBnEPM

Applications for a Postdoc position with us UK Dementia Research Institute Edinburgh Neuroscience are still open for 2 more weeks! 🥼🔬🧠

Check us out, get in touch and apply below! 👇

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A big welcome to our new Group Leader in Edinburgh, Philip Hasel!👏

During his postdoc, Dr Hasel discovered a distinct type of astrocyte, only found in a single cell layer on the brain's surface. He tells us what is so significant about these cells👉buff.ly/3Jm7lWC

Excited to be at LifeArc's Translational Science Summit today!

Looks set to be a fantastic programme of science🙌

#LATSS2024

💡Closing soon: 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