Calling ECRs!📢

You can read more from Prof Dave Cash ahead of #AAICNeuro : www.alzheimers.org.uk/what-we-do/r...

Dave spoke to us about:
📊his Dementia Research Leader Fellowship
💡why we need more researchers to enter dementia research
💭his advice for ECRs facing setbacks or frustrations

NEW opportunity to return to a research career!

Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social.

Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested?
daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...

Delighted our Dementia Research Leader Fellow Professor Dave Cash @davecash75.bsky.social will be speaking at #AAICNeuro! 🎉

We can't wait to hear the latest about his research validating biomarkers to translate into better patient outcomes.

Dr Charlie Arber - Blog – First and last of publication authorship Dr Charlie Arber shares his journey to senior authorship, developing iPSC astrocyte and microglia models to explore inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease.

"It’s been fantastic to come up with an idea... and have an output like this."

On @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social, we spoke to Dr Charlie Arber @celarber.bsky.social about his first senior author paper from his Alzheimer's Society funded fellowship: www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-first-a...

YouTube video by Alzheimer's Society The Alzheimer’s Society GRACE programme: Better dementia care for everyone

@alzheimerssoc.bsky.social is committing £2m to support the GRACE Programme, tackling healthcare inequalities in dementia.

GRACE, led by Professor Claudia Cooper and Jessica Budgett @QMUL, will adapt proven resources so they work for everyone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBvs...
#ItWillTakeASociety

Collaboration is key for the PREVENT team and it's great to see the research leaders of the future share their work with colleagues from so many different institutions.

Thanks for inviting us to another inspiring meeting- we look forward to seeing you all again soon!

Hear Dr Axel Laurell @axellaurell.bsky.social share the latest news from the PREVENT General Assembly.
With so much potential in the programme- we can't wait to see what happens next!

We loved catching up with Dr Sita Shah, University of Cambridge, on her work as part of PREVENT, what she's enjoying at the assembly, and the exciting future of the project!

What an incredible first day of the PREVENT General Assembly.

It was great to catch up with Prof Craig Ritchie and reflect on more than 10 years of Alzheimer’s Society support. The future of the programme holds so much promise!

Always a delight to spend the day with the PREVENT team. We can't wait to hear the latest from this exciting programme of research 💡

We're excited to be involved in the AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026!
👀Keep an eye out for future info about abstract submissions

⭐ Are you a visionary researcher with an interest in Parkinson’s?⭐

We are recruiting for 4️⃣ outstanding Group Leaders to join our new Parkinson’s Research Centre in partnership with @parkinsons.org.uk 🙌

Apply here by 22 September👉 buff.ly/2aPdAu2

The Chief Medical Officer for England’s 2023 Annual Report on Health in an Ageing Society identified that more research needs to include older people.

That's why we've joined a number of organisations to sign a statement of intent and to take action.

www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-an...

And with the brilliant final plenaries from Prof Gill Livingston @ucl and Prof Tony Wyss-Coray, that is a wrap on #AAIC25! So much to take away from 5 days of conference #dementiaresearch #cantwaituntilAAIC26

More interesting research from #AAIC25, this time highlighting the potential for drug delivery via the CSF 🧠💉🩻

How to undertake successful community engagement for diverse study participation explained by researchers from @sheffielduni on Day 5 at #AAIC25 in Toronto 📋🫂

Day 4 afternoon session at #AAIC25 included a great session from Dr Jessica Budgett of @qmul.bsky.social about the exciting NIDUS/GRACE project supporting family carers to provide excellent care #dementiaresearch #implementation #makingarealdifference

And another of our brilliant funded researchers at #AAIC25 with their poster! Dr Louise Allan of @exeter.ac.uk showcasing the MAINTAIN study on falls intervention #dementiaresearch

Understanding the cognitive and sleep disturbance differences between #AlzheimersDisease and #LewyBodyDementia at #AAIC25 with Dr Maria Cecilia Fernández 🧠📋

Interesting insights at #AAIC25 into neuroimaging for potential vascular cognitive impairment disease from Dr Eric Smith Uni of Calgary #dementiaresearch #beyondAlzheimersDisease

Highly engaging Day 4 Plenary at #AAIC25 from Prof Sharon Naismith Uni of Sydney about "waking up" to sleep in the potential diagnosis and prognosis of #AlzheimersDisease 🧠👏

Compelling Day 4 Plenary at #AAIC25 from Prof Katrin Andreasson of @stanfordpress.bsky.social showing "tremendous potential" for repurposing IDO1 inhibitors, trialled in cancer, for delaying progression in MCI and #AlzheimersDisease #dementiaresearch

In an #AAIC25 session focusing on CTE, Dr Carmela Tartaglia of Uni of Toronto showcased results that there are distinct neuroinflammatory profiles in repeated head injuries 🧠

#AAIC25 Announces LONDON as the destination for #AAIC26! We can't wait to welcome the world of #dementiaresearch to our home town 🥳

📣 Kicking off Day 4 at #AAIC25 with our very own Fiona Carragher taking part in the @worlddementia.bsky.social panel sharing @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social expertise in research & innovation, "it'll take a (global) society to beat dementia"

Day 4 #AAIC25 "if you want to make progress you have to invest ... invest now for long-term progress" - Sebastian Köhler @MaastrichtU in the morning lightning presentations 👏📣

#AAIC25 Day 4 Results: 📣 Weekly subcutaneous #Lecanemab maintains efficacy and biomarkers compared to fortnightly IV dose #dementiaresearch #beginningoftheend

Tunnelling nanotubes...! What are they?! Let's find out together in the morning session on day 3 of #AAIC25

👂👃🧠 In an engaging session at #AAIC25 on sensory abnormalities in dementia, our Carol Jennings Fellow Dr Chris Hardy @ucl.ac.uk gave a great talk about non-verbal dichotic listening and how dementia may cause early hearing loss #dementiaresearch

♀️♂️Thought-provoking featured research "from bench to bedside" at #AAIC25 - sex differences contributing to women's increased risk of #AlzheimersDisease - earlier menopause, cardiovascular health, effects of tau pathology, pregnancy & parenthood, #LancetReport risk factors