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6 highlights from the 2022 Alzheimer’s Research UK conference
The UK’s largest dementia research conference returns. Read about 6 highlights including Think Gut Health, diet and Scott Mitchell’s speech.
Leading dementia researcher Prof John Hardy knighted in New Year Honours
Leading dementia researcher, Prof John Hardy, has been awarded a knighthood in 2022 New Year Honours. The award recognises Prof Hardy’s contribution to improving the understanding of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. Prof Hardy is a leading geneticist, and long-standing ambassador for Alzheimer’s Research UK. His career, which spans over four decades, has been committed…
Six take homes from the Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference
The onset of spring means not only lighter and longer days but also the annual Alzheimer’s Research UK Research Conference.
Although we couldn’t meet in person this year, our team worked hard to recreate the event virtually and bring together dementia researchers from all around the world.
Welcome Prof James Rowe
Prof James Rowe has joined Alzheimer’s Research UK as the Chair of our forthcoming Strategic Advisory Board.
A cautious return – UK DRI at Cardiff University
We caught up with Dr Meghan Larin, a postdoctoral researcher, and Emma Randall, a research assistant, in Prof Vincent Dion’s lab at the UK DRI at Cardiff University.
Cambridge dementia researchers take to Zoom to share findings with public
Dementia researchers from the University of Cambridge are inviting the public to join a free online event on Tuesday 4 August, to hear about progress being made in dementia research. Experts from the University of Cambridge will provide new insights into identifying the very earliest stages of dementia with Lewy bodies. The free online event…
Redditch’s Tammaryn Lashley made a Professor of dementia research
Redditch-born dementia researcher Tammaryn Lashley (nee. Johnson) has been awarded a Professorship at the University College London (UCL). Prof Lashley manages her research team at one of the country’s leading brain banks, collecting post-mortem brains donated by those who died with diseases that cause dementia. Dementia affects 850,000 people in the UK, and around 5,000…
Barnsley’s Selina Wray made a Professor of dementia research
Barnsley-born dementia researcher Selina Wray has been awarded a Professorship at the University College London (UCL). In her work, Prof Wray uses cutting-edge techniques with stem cells to unravel the causes of dementia, a condition for which there is currently no cure. Dementia affects 850,000 people in the UK, including 3,000 in Barnsley alone. The…
Scottish dementia researchers head back into lab in search for breakthroughs
Today (Monday 6 July) some dementia researchers funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK have been given special access to head back into the lab at the University of Edinburgh while ensuring they comply with the strict government guidelines on social distancing. While resourceful scientists funded by the UK’s leading dementia research charity were still managing to…
Good news – Cambridge dementia researchers head back into lab in search for breakthroughs
Today (Monday 22 June) some dementia researchers funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK will head back into the lab at the University of Cambridge, while ensuring they comply with the strict government guidelines on social distancing. While resourceful scientists funded by the Abington-based charity were still managing to do some work in innovative ways wherever possible…
