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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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

The UK DRI's Prof Tara Spires-Jones explains how blood tests could revolutionise dementia diagnosis, in an article for BBC Science Focus Magazine👏

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Delighted to support the 'Working together for better brain health' event by National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) & BRAIN. We enjoyed sharing our UK Dementia Research Institute work, playing brain games, and engaging with the public. Thanks to everyone who joined us and supported our Alzheimer's Research UK fundraiser.

In the most recent episode we talked with Sarah Marzi from UK Dementia Research Institute about her work on epigenetic changes in Alzheimer's Disease, and comparing CUT&Tag to ENCODE ChIP-Seq using limited cell samples. #podcast #epigenetics

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A study by Marco Brancaccio & Marieke Hoekstra offers a deeper insight into how a neuroprotective pathway is regulated by temperature & the body clock

The research, published in PNASNews, could open new therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative disease👉buff.ly/49IQtUS

💡 Closing soon: 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

It's great to have some lots of UK Dementia Research Institute researchers here at #Translation2024

Having a fantastic time at the Dementias Platform UK conference #Translation2024 . Brilliant discussions on biomarkers, big data and trials - including a flash talk from Ben Draper and Ullrich Bartsch!

Brain first, or body first? Dr Tim Bartels & his team are looking into the link between the gut-brain axis, & Parkinson’s. Emerging evidence suggests that in some people, Parkinson’s begins in the gut.

Find out more👉buff.ly/3xHaldy

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