Genome Editing Mice for Medicine (GEMM) – Call Open
The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell has announced the launch of a new Genome Editing Mice for Medicine (GEMM) call inviting the UK academic research community to nominate ideas and designs for...
View ArticleRevised diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s Published
Today, Prof. Howard Feldman presented revised diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Conference in Madrid on behalf of the International...
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Blog – Unexpected Snags and Small Wins as a PhD Mum
With the start of the new academic year, I’m starting to get a sense of what the rest of my time as a PhD student is going to look like. In the latest in my blog series on parenthood and academia,...
View ArticleNIHR ARC Series on Health Inequalities
This year, the NIHR ARCs annual national webinar series (#ARCseminar) centred on health inequalities. Speakers from across the ARCs explored how health inequity cuts across life stages and places,...
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Profile – Josh Wright, Alzheimer’s Research UK
Josh Wright Name: Josh Wright Job Title: Research Manager Place of work / study: Alzheimer’s Research UK Area of research? Grant and Programme management How is your research funded: ARUK / Peoples...
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Profile – Dr Russell Chander, University of New South Wales
Dr Russell Chander Name: Dr Russell Chander Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Officer Place of work / study: Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, University of New South Wales Area of research? Vascular...
View ArticleAAIC 2025 Abstracts and Immersives
AAIC 2025 Abstract Submissions Open in Early December It’s nearly time to submit your abstracts for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2025 (AAIC®), taking place from 27-31 July in...
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Balancing Accountability and Support in the Lab
The problem Dear Nature, A PhD student in my laboratory was consistently unmotivated and failed to do the most basic things that I consider essential for research, such as keeping an up-to-date...
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Amyloid Plaques Turn More Toxic as They Age
Scientists still debate how much different types of plaques harm the brain, with some recent evidence suggesting that microglia pack Aβ into deposits to corral the peptide and mitigate the damage (Dec...
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Blog – Imposter Syndrome as a PI
I’m going to write about imposter syndrome today. I don’t believe I’ve written about this much for various reasons but the beast has reared its ugly head recently and I thought I’d overshare too many...
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