UK Dementia Research Institute
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The UK’s leading research institute transforming the lives of people affected by neurodegenerative conditions. Principally funded by the Medical Research Council.
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Hello Bluesky! 👋
We are the UK DRI, the UK's leading research institute transforming the lives of people affected by neurodegeneration 🧠
Find out more about our vision for a future prioritising healthy brain ageing for all 👉 buff.ly/42xTJCJ
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We are the UK DRI, the UK's leading research institute transforming the lives of people affected by neurodegeneration 🧠
Find out more about our vision for a future prioritising healthy brain ageing for all 👉 buff.ly/42xTJCJ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj3s...
🌟Job opportunity 🌟
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🌟Job opportunity 🌟
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
Research in the Hall Lab aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity.
🗓️ Deadline: 4 January 2026
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2d87md28
A new clinical trial, led by Prof David Hunt (UK DRI at Edinburgh), is set to test whether vaccination against a common virus found in almost all people with multiple sclerosis (MS) could help treat the condition.
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Read the full story👉 buff.ly/rxLlG8x
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A new clinical trial, led by Prof David Hunt (UK DRI at Edinburgh), is set to test whether vaccination against a common virus found in almost all people with multiple sclerosis (MS) could help treat the condition.
Read the full story👉 buff.ly/rxLlG8x
Read the full story👉 buff.ly/rxLlG8x
Very excited to share the news today that Professor Baljit Khakh will become the new Centre Director of the UK DRI at Cardiff University!
Read our full announcement 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Read our full announcement 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Very excited to share the news today that Professor Baljit Khakh will become the new Centre Director of the UK DRI at Cardiff University!
Read our full announcement 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Read our full announcement 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Scientists led by Dr Blanca Díaz Castro (UK DRI at Edinburgh) have explored how specialised cells within the blood-brain barrier interact and how this interaction alters during inflammation and disease.
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/XYSwoHx
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/XYSwoHx
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Scientists led by Dr Blanca Díaz Castro (UK DRI at Edinburgh) have explored how specialised cells within the blood-brain barrier interact and how this interaction alters during inflammation and disease.
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/XYSwoHx
Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/XYSwoHx
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Thrilled to see our recent preprint on tipping points in neurodegeneration highlighted on Alzforum!
Read it here: www.alzforum.org/news/researc.... Many thanks to Jessica Shugart for the engaging coverage, and to everyone involved in this exciting project at the @ukdri.ac.uk and elsewhere!
Read it here: www.alzforum.org/news/researc.... Many thanks to Jessica Shugart for the engaging coverage, and to everyone involved in this exciting project at the @ukdri.ac.uk and elsewhere!
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Thrilled to see our recent preprint on tipping points in neurodegeneration highlighted on Alzforum!
Read it here: www.alzforum.org/news/researc.... Many thanks to Jessica Shugart for the engaging coverage, and to everyone involved in this exciting project at the @ukdri.ac.uk and elsewhere!
Read it here: www.alzforum.org/news/researc.... Many thanks to Jessica Shugart for the engaging coverage, and to everyone involved in this exciting project at the @ukdri.ac.uk and elsewhere!
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Congratulations to Professor Sir John Hardy ( @uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk), who has been named on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for his groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Congratulations to Professor Sir John Hardy ( @uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk), who has been named on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for his groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
🌟Job opportunity 🌟
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship in the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL.
The PhD project will aim to uncover astrocyte-microglia crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/3796z55e
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship in the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL.
The PhD project will aim to uncover astrocyte-microglia crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/3796z55e
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🌟Job opportunity 🌟
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship in the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL.
The PhD project will aim to uncover astrocyte-microglia crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/3796z55e
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship in the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL.
The PhD project will aim to uncover astrocyte-microglia crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/3796z55e
Huge congratulations to Prof Sarah Tabrizi, who has been awarded the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025! 🎉 👏
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Huge congratulations to Prof Sarah Tabrizi, who has been awarded the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025! 🎉 👏
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
The award recognises Prof Tabrizi’s pioneering work translating genetic discoveries into potential therapies for Huntington’s👉 buff.ly/krZuy4x
Can we repair the ageing brain? 🧠
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Can we repair the ageing brain? 🧠
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
The UK DRI's Prof Bart De Strooper and Prof Julie Williams join Prof Sonia Gandhi, @rorycj.bsky.social and host Brian Cox to discuss dementia and the ageing brain on the latest episode of @crick.ac.uk's new podcast 'A Question of Science' 🎙️👉 buff.ly/WymdYJ6
🔬Research highlight 🔬
New work from Dr. Alexi Nott and the team at the UK DRI at Imperial reveals that different brain cell types contribute to dementia risk in unique ways.
Learn more 👉 lnkd.in/eDABR375
New work from Dr. Alexi Nott and the team at the UK DRI at Imperial reveals that different brain cell types contribute to dementia risk in unique ways.
Learn more 👉 lnkd.in/eDABR375
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🔬Research highlight 🔬
New work from Dr. Alexi Nott and the team at the UK DRI at Imperial reveals that different brain cell types contribute to dementia risk in unique ways.
Learn more 👉 lnkd.in/eDABR375
New work from Dr. Alexi Nott and the team at the UK DRI at Imperial reveals that different brain cell types contribute to dementia risk in unique ways.
Learn more 👉 lnkd.in/eDABR375
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We’re delighted to share this talk from our 2025 Symposium by Mina Ryten, Centre Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute 🧠
"Leveraging brain transcriptomics to understand and treat neurodegeneration"
🔗 https://ow.ly/NMxO50X9NYM #MilnerSymp25
"Leveraging brain transcriptomics to understand and treat neurodegeneration"
🔗 https://ow.ly/NMxO50X9NYM #MilnerSymp25
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We’re delighted to share this talk from our 2025 Symposium by Mina Ryten, Centre Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute 🧠
"Leveraging brain transcriptomics to understand and treat neurodegeneration"
🔗 https://ow.ly/NMxO50X9NYM #MilnerSymp25
"Leveraging brain transcriptomics to understand and treat neurodegeneration"
🔗 https://ow.ly/NMxO50X9NYM #MilnerSymp25
🌟Job opportunity 🌟
We're seeking a Research Technician to join the Biomarker Factory team to ensure that samples for biomarker projects are handled correctly, measured in an accurate and timely manner, and their results reported
Deadline: 26 November
Find out more tinyurl.com/bdxz8ddj
We're seeking a Research Technician to join the Biomarker Factory team to ensure that samples for biomarker projects are handled correctly, measured in an accurate and timely manner, and their results reported
Deadline: 26 November
Find out more tinyurl.com/bdxz8ddj
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🌟Job opportunity 🌟
We're seeking a Research Technician to join the Biomarker Factory team to ensure that samples for biomarker projects are handled correctly, measured in an accurate and timely manner, and their results reported
Deadline: 26 November
Find out more tinyurl.com/bdxz8ddj
We're seeking a Research Technician to join the Biomarker Factory team to ensure that samples for biomarker projects are handled correctly, measured in an accurate and timely manner, and their results reported
Deadline: 26 November
Find out more tinyurl.com/bdxz8ddj
A team led by Blanca Díaz Castro (UK DRI at Edinburgh) has uncovered how specialised cells in the blood-brain barrier communicate, and how that dialogue changes during inflammation & disease.
The research could lead to new therapeutic targets👉 buff.ly/jXxViZO
The research could lead to new therapeutic targets👉 buff.ly/jXxViZO
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A team led by Blanca Díaz Castro (UK DRI at Edinburgh) has uncovered how specialised cells in the blood-brain barrier communicate, and how that dialogue changes during inflammation & disease.
The research could lead to new therapeutic targets👉 buff.ly/jXxViZO
The research could lead to new therapeutic targets👉 buff.ly/jXxViZO
📸 Welcome to our annual science image competition 📸
These amazing images have made it as the finalists for our image competition and we want your help to decide our winner.
Take a look through the images in the LinkedIn post and comment there with your favourite number!
tinyurl.com/4nwdaym2
These amazing images have made it as the finalists for our image competition and we want your help to decide our winner.
Take a look through the images in the LinkedIn post and comment there with your favourite number!
tinyurl.com/4nwdaym2
📸 Welcome to our annual science image competition 📸
These amazing images have made it as the finalists for our image competition and we want your help to decide our winner.
Take a look through… | UK...
📸 Welcome to our annual science image competition 📸
These amazing images have made it as the finalists for our image competition and we want your help to decide our winner.
Take a look through the i...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
📸 Welcome to our annual science image competition 📸
These amazing images have made it as the finalists for our image competition and we want your help to decide our winner.
Take a look through the images in the LinkedIn post and comment there with your favourite number!
tinyurl.com/4nwdaym2
These amazing images have made it as the finalists for our image competition and we want your help to decide our winner.
Take a look through the images in the LinkedIn post and comment there with your favourite number!
tinyurl.com/4nwdaym2
Have you ever wondered what the differences are between conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and motor neuron disease? 🤔
Listen or watch the latest episode from 'Between the Signals' now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Listen or watch the latest episode from 'Between the Signals' now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Have you ever wondered what the differences are between conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and motor neuron disease? 🤔
Listen or watch the latest episode from 'Between the Signals' now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Listen or watch the latest episode from 'Between the Signals' now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Fantastic to attend the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards on Friday evening! 🥳
Congratulations to all the winners including Prof Valentina Escott-Price (UK DRI at Cardiff), & @drruthdobson.bsky.social
who was awarded the UK DRI-sponsored 'Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience' 👏 🎉
Congratulations to all the winners including Prof Valentina Escott-Price (UK DRI at Cardiff), & @drruthdobson.bsky.social
who was awarded the UK DRI-sponsored 'Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience' 👏 🎉
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Fantastic to attend the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards on Friday evening! 🥳
Congratulations to all the winners including Prof Valentina Escott-Price (UK DRI at Cardiff), & @drruthdobson.bsky.social
who was awarded the UK DRI-sponsored 'Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience' 👏 🎉
Congratulations to all the winners including Prof Valentina Escott-Price (UK DRI at Cardiff), & @drruthdobson.bsky.social
who was awarded the UK DRI-sponsored 'Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience' 👏 🎉
🎙️ New podcast! 🎙️ What's the difference between Alzheimer's disease and dementia? 🤔
In this episode, the team explore the meaning behind terms like neurodegeneration and dementia, and discuss similarities and differences between conditions.
Listen / watch now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
In this episode, the team explore the meaning behind terms like neurodegeneration and dementia, and discuss similarities and differences between conditions.
Listen / watch now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Between the Signals Podcast: What's the difference between Alzheimer's disease and dementia?
In this second episode of Between the Signals, a podcast brought to you by the UK DRI at King's, we explore the meaning behind terms like neurodegeneration,
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November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🎙️ New podcast! 🎙️ What's the difference between Alzheimer's disease and dementia? 🤔
In this episode, the team explore the meaning behind terms like neurodegeneration and dementia, and discuss similarities and differences between conditions.
Listen / watch now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
In this episode, the team explore the meaning behind terms like neurodegeneration and dementia, and discuss similarities and differences between conditions.
Listen / watch now 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Join us for our annual lecture! We have a fantastic line-up this year: a consultant neurosurgeon and two discovery scientists will discuss how they are redefining biomedical methods - using living human brain tissue - bringing us closer to curing major neurological diseases.
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Edinburgh Neuroscience Public Christmas Lecture 2025
A brain surgeon and two discovery scientists unwrap the story of their unique collaboration using living human brain slices.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Join us for our annual lecture! We have a fantastic line-up this year: a consultant neurosurgeon and two discovery scientists will discuss how they are redefining biomedical methods - using living human brain tissue - bringing us closer to curing major neurological diseases.
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Book: edin.ac/4oYHTtk
Best of luck to all the nominees at the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social Awards 2025 this evening!🥇
We're a proud sponsor of the Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience 💫
Read more 👉 www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/winuk-awards...
We're a proud sponsor of the Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience 💫
Read more 👉 www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/winuk-awards...
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Best of luck to all the nominees at the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social Awards 2025 this evening!🥇
We're a proud sponsor of the Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience 💫
Read more 👉 www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/winuk-awards...
We're a proud sponsor of the Leading Researcher Award: Sex/Gender in Neuroscience 💫
Read more 👉 www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/winuk-awards...
👏 A huge congratulations to Prof Veronique Miron who was recently awarded the Mid-Career Award in Fundamental Science from ISNI International Society of Neuroimmunology 👏
The award recognises scientific excellence, leadership, and mentorship shaping the future of the field of neuroimmunology.
The award recognises scientific excellence, leadership, and mentorship shaping the future of the field of neuroimmunology.
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
👏 A huge congratulations to Prof Veronique Miron who was recently awarded the Mid-Career Award in Fundamental Science from ISNI International Society of Neuroimmunology 👏
The award recognises scientific excellence, leadership, and mentorship shaping the future of the field of neuroimmunology.
The award recognises scientific excellence, leadership, and mentorship shaping the future of the field of neuroimmunology.
Could standardised brain scans improve tracking of inflammation for neurodegenerative conditions? 🧠
In a new study, Dr Maura Malpetti and Harry Crook (UK DRI at Cambridge) looked at how to make PET scan results more consistent and comparable across research centres👉 buff.ly/mn7TfTc
In a new study, Dr Maura Malpetti and Harry Crook (UK DRI at Cambridge) looked at how to make PET scan results more consistent and comparable across research centres👉 buff.ly/mn7TfTc
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Could standardised brain scans improve tracking of inflammation for neurodegenerative conditions? 🧠
In a new study, Dr Maura Malpetti and Harry Crook (UK DRI at Cambridge) looked at how to make PET scan results more consistent and comparable across research centres👉 buff.ly/mn7TfTc
In a new study, Dr Maura Malpetti and Harry Crook (UK DRI at Cambridge) looked at how to make PET scan results more consistent and comparable across research centres👉 buff.ly/mn7TfTc
Excellent recent series from @thelancet.com on Alzheimer's disease bringing together international experts including Prof Nick Fox (UK DRI at UCL) to distill a century of research into actionable insights 🧠
Read the full series 👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
Read the full series 👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
The Lancet Series on Alzheimer’s disease
The initial successes of anti-amyloid β monoclonal antibodies offer new perspectives for improving the clinical trajectory of Alzheimer’s disease for the first time since its identification in 1906.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Excellent recent series from @thelancet.com on Alzheimer's disease bringing together international experts including Prof Nick Fox (UK DRI at UCL) to distill a century of research into actionable insights 🧠
Read the full series 👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
Read the full series 👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
Congratulations to all the finalists in the #WiNUKAwards 2025! 👏
Fantastic to see so many familiar faces across the categories - best of luck to everyone who is nominated 🤞
@soyonhonglab.bsky.social @sorayam.bsky.social @clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Fantastic to see so many familiar faces across the categories - best of luck to everyone who is nominated 🤞
@soyonhonglab.bsky.social @sorayam.bsky.social @clairedurrant1.bsky.social
The countdown is on for the WiNUK Awards 2025! 💜✨
An evening of inspiration, celebration & connection awaits — from our opening introductions to award presentations, keynote talks by Prof. Selina Wray & Dr. Carole Torsney, and networking with brilliant neuroscience minds. 🧠🌟
An evening of inspiration, celebration & connection awaits — from our opening introductions to award presentations, keynote talks by Prof. Selina Wray & Dr. Carole Torsney, and networking with brilliant neuroscience minds. 🧠🌟
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Congratulations to all the finalists in the #WiNUKAwards 2025! 👏
Fantastic to see so many familiar faces across the categories - best of luck to everyone who is nominated 🤞
@soyonhonglab.bsky.social @sorayam.bsky.social @clairedurrant1.bsky.social
Fantastic to see so many familiar faces across the categories - best of luck to everyone who is nominated 🤞
@soyonhonglab.bsky.social @sorayam.bsky.social @clairedurrant1.bsky.social
🔬 New research 🔬
A study led by Dr Alexi Nott at UK DRI at Imperial finds that different brain-cell types are linked to genetic risk for dementia in distinct ways.
Read more here 👉 tinyurl.com/3f9rnurz
A study led by Dr Alexi Nott at UK DRI at Imperial finds that different brain-cell types are linked to genetic risk for dementia in distinct ways.
Read more here 👉 tinyurl.com/3f9rnurz
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🔬 New research 🔬
A study led by Dr Alexi Nott at UK DRI at Imperial finds that different brain-cell types are linked to genetic risk for dementia in distinct ways.
Read more here 👉 tinyurl.com/3f9rnurz
A study led by Dr Alexi Nott at UK DRI at Imperial finds that different brain-cell types are linked to genetic risk for dementia in distinct ways.
Read more here 👉 tinyurl.com/3f9rnurz
Congratulations to Dr Wioleta Zelek, who has been awarded the Rising Research Star Award at the Health and Care Research Wales Awards! 👏
The award is for emerging future leaders who are making significant contributions to their field 👉 buff.ly/Tjk2RiP
The award is for emerging future leaders who are making significant contributions to their field 👉 buff.ly/Tjk2RiP
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Congratulations to Dr Wioleta Zelek, who has been awarded the Rising Research Star Award at the Health and Care Research Wales Awards! 👏
The award is for emerging future leaders who are making significant contributions to their field 👉 buff.ly/Tjk2RiP
The award is for emerging future leaders who are making significant contributions to their field 👉 buff.ly/Tjk2RiP