Prof Fiona Ducotterd 🟧
@fionaducotterd
Neuroscientist, Medicine Maker and Mum. CSO of Alzheimer’s Research UK Drug Discovery Institute at UCL.
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18-05-2023 11:58:18
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Great to see Prof Tara Spires-Jones of British Neuroscience Association honored with the Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award for her amazing tau studies by Alzheimer's Association #aaic24
The fabulous Reisa Sperling ended #AAIC2024 on a high thanking patients and families who contribute to our research and outlining the incredible progress #foracure in the field. Thanks Alzheimer's Association and Philly! We are getting there!
📯 Applications are still open for UK students applying to the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology's #graduate courses starting in Sept. Our #neurology related courses are delivered by global leaders in neuroscience. ▶️ Apply today bit.ly/3gdJ0Fc
Whether you plan to attend SfN or not, consider registering for the BrightFocus Foundation #alzfasttrack 2024. Reach out to a friend or colleague and attend together! You’ll learn how to put together & present a team project in a few days & will make friendships for life 🤓💪🏼🧠. It fills
Our latest special issue in the Global Spotlight Series for Alzheimer's & Dementia Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals is now open for submissions, this time highlighting dementia research occurring on the African continent. Please consider submitting your work! alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15…
See you later 😭 bbq for our fab Alzheimer’s Research UK Drug Discovery @ UCL industrial trainees Amber, Oscar and Gabriel and Dervis Salih and I’s Biochemical Society summer student, Katie. We loved making medicines with you all and can’t wait to see what you do next #foracure 🧡 Alzheimer's Research UK UCL Brain Sciences
There's still time! Alzheimer's & Dementia Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals is still accepting submissions to the special issue focused on new opportunities for therapeutic targeting of tau. Bess Frost and Dr. James Rowe are guest editing this special issue that was announced at #Tau2024.
What an incredible day today 🧡 thank you to BBC Breakfast for connecting us with Simon Squibb and hopefully helping us fulfill our dream to raise 1 Million £s towards research before we die of FTD #ForACure #theftdbrothers
Dr Jo Jackson (Dr Jo Jackson (jojacksonhere.bsky.social)) led the UK DRI Multi-‘omics Atlas Project, which aimed to create an ‘atlas’ of the brain at different stages of #Alzheimers 🧠 📽️She tells us more about the project⬇️
Our Vice President, Prof Sir John Hardy, shares his thoughts on the #lecanemab news and how the dementia research community must respond in the Financial Times. ft.com/content/776209…
🏅Congratulations to Prof Hannah Fry Hannah Fry UCL CASA and Prof Gillian Bates UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre, who have been awarded prestigious @RoyalSociety medals. Prof Fry was awarded the David Attenborough Award and Prof Bates received the Ferrier Medal. ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/aug/…
We recorded this a while ago and it’s finally out! Have a listen to our conversation with the amazing Gandhi_Lab UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology on Parkinson’s disease, COVID research and diagnosis and many other things!
Really pleased to finally be able to shout about our new Dementia Researcher online spaces & app. If you're a #dementia researcher looking for a way to connect with others, and a ton of extra features - take a look and join tonights welcome party onelink.to/dementiaresear…