On Monday 22 March we will be holding a full day for early career researchers with sessions specifically designed for PhD students, post-docs and Fellows.
The Early Careers Day is open to both Alzheimer’s Research UK and non-Alzheimer’s Research UK-funded researchers. You can register to attend the Early Careers Day along with your main Conference registration.
Through talks and workshops you will learn from experienced scientists as well as PhD students. We are pleased to offer delegates the option of attending a variety of parallel sessions. Please indicate your preference during your registration.
| 09:00 - 09:35 | ARUK welcome |
| Keynote speaker | |
| Dr Ozama Ismail (Oregon Health & Science University) |
| 09:35 - 09:40 | Break |
| 09:40 - 10:25 | PhD talk 1: Co-localization of free water diffusivity and microglia activation using [11C]-PK11195 PET in neurodegeneration |
| Audrey Low (University of Cambridge) | |
| PhD talk 2: Understanding Roles of GWAS Alzheimer’s Risk Genes In Ageing Glia Biology, Using the Power of Drosophila Melanogaster. | |
| Eilish Mackinnon (Cardiff University) | |
| PhD talk 3: Common infections and incident dementia: a historical cohort study using UK primary and secondary care data | |
| Rutendo Muzambi (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London) |
| 10:25 - 10:35 | Break |
| 10:35 - 11:20 | PhD talk 4: Investigating Abeta-induced toxicity in tau-deficient human neurons |
| Bryan Ng (University of Oxford) | |
| PhD talk 5: A dual potassium channelopathy underlies small vessel disease of the brain in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease | |
| Jade Taylor (University of Manchester) | |
| PhD talk 6: Mitochondrial processes in memory retrieval and the relevant abnormalities in amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice | |
| Wesley Ward (University of Central Lancashire) |
| 11:20 - 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Parallel Session 1 |
| Option 1 - Open science | |
| Dr George Vousden (PLOS) | |
| Option 2 - Public engagement | |
| Hana Ayoob (Freelance) |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Parallel Session 2 |
| Option 1 - Fellowships | |
| Dr Daniel Erskine (Newcastle University) | |
| Dr Frances Wiseman (UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London) | |
| Option 2 - Paper writing | |
| Dr Elliott Nikdel (University of Southampton) |
| 13:30 - 13:40 | Break |
| 13:40 - 15:00 | Career talks |
| Speakers will be announced soon | |
| 14:30 - 14:35 | Break |
| 14:35 - 15:00 | Careers Panel |
| Posters |