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Complex Reviews Synthesis Unit @crsuuk.bsky.social · 9d

Last chance to register for our webinar with Dr Lisa Hartling this Thursday! 🚨
Details below 👇
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Complex Reviews Synthesis Unit @crsuuk.bsky.social · Jul 30

Join us for a webinar with Dr Lisa Hartling, a Professor at the University of Alberta and a Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Synthesis and Translation
✏️ Overviews of Reviews: Evolving Methods, Emerging Challenges
📅 2 October
🕐 1 PM
🔗 Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/RTMzPzgBpE

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Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry @abpi.bsky.social · 21d

🚨Out today: our manifesto to unlock Scotland’s full potential in life sciences & innovation. 🧬

@torbett.bsky.social: With the right policy choices, Scotland can become a powerhouse for discovery, development & delivery of medicines, vaccines & diagnostics.

More: bit.ly/4gnzFHS

ABPI launches manifesto to make Scotland a leader in R&D and cutting-edge medicines

The ABPI has launched its manifesto for the next Scottish Government, calling for urgent action to unlock Scotland’s full potential as a partner of choice for life sciences and health innovation.

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · 11d

Earlier this month, the Brain Health ARC hosted a writing retreat in Loch Lomond, inviting researchers get words on paper with dedicated, uninterrupted writing time. 🌳

Reflecting on her time at the retreat, Amelia McGinley-Brown has written a blog about her experience and learnings ⬇️

Writing Retreat with the Brain Health ARC

Written by Amelia McGinley-Brown As a recent graduate in Psychology with a specialism in Clinical Health from the University of Glasgow, I knew I didn’t want to lose momentum after finishing...

www.brainhealtharc.com

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Quantum ARC @quantum-alliance.bsky.social · 13d

💥 Quantum Health Connect 2025

Tay Med Connect will bring Scotland's quantum sector together with NHS and healthcare innovation experts for a two-day workshop to create a roadmap for quantum-enabled healthcare in Scotland. 🤝

📅 16 - 17/12/2025

meetdundeecityregion.co.uk/attending/co...

Quantum Health Connect 2025 | Dundee City Region Convention Bureau

Follow the link to view Quantum Health Connect 2025 section. For more information browse Dundee City Region Convention Bureau website or contact us.

meetdundeecityregion.co.uk

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · 13d

🚀 The Race Against Dementia: Data Challenge II launches 4 weeks today!

➡️ Sign up here to take part: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#DataChallengeII 🧠

Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 Did you take part in the first round of the Bio-Hermes Data Challenge?

Help us collect valuable insights by completing our outputs form! This covers everything from abstracts, posters, talks, peer-reviewed papers, and beyond.

➡️ forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · 17d

September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an international campaign to raise awareness and challenge stigma. 🧠

Discover the Alliance's suite of resources, from seed funding, webinar recordings, and the opportunity to contribute research questions ➡️ bit.ly/3Iy5H7D

#AskAboutDementia #AskAboutAlzheimers

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 27d

University of Oxford seeks Research Associate to study extracellular vesicles and biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease using blood samples and iPSC based models. Closing date: 3rd October

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Associate: Extracellular Vesicle Biomarkers

University of Oxford seeks Research Associate to study extracellular vesicles and biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease using blood samples and iPSC based models.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · 29d

📣 Introducing Race Against Dementia: Data Challenge II

Join our launch to learn more about how we're broadening dementia and brain health research through access to rich, innovative datasets with unparalleled academic and technical support, free of charge.

➡️ bit.ly/4mTg3Og

#DataChallengeII 🧠

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Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Free Webinar – Today 2–3pm 🚨

🎶 Music & Dementia: The UK’s First Centre of Excellence
👥 Giles Wilmore & Bev Taylor

Register by 1pm to join. Learn how music supports people w/ dementia.

✅ Sign up: buff.ly/rGSitxv
🔔 Follow us on Eventbrite: buff.ly/7f1ohew

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Energy, Homes and Livelihoods Alliance @ehl-alliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

🥁 It's 2 weeks until our inaugural Annual Event!

Final call to join us for a day of networking, engaging discussions, and working together to drive the future of local heat and energy efficiency. Who could say it better than our Director, @mettehigh.bsky.social? 👏

#NetZeroScotland #SRAEHL2025

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NHS Research Scotland @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk · Aug 21

Upcoming ‪@nihr.bsky.social‬ PGfAR funding is a ring fenced call dedicated to ‘Research inspired by under-represented disciplines and specialisms to drive transformational changes’.

Read more 🔗 https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/programme-grants-applied-research-october-2025/2025350-2025351-2025352

Programme Grants for Applied Research - October 2025

Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) is inviting applications with leadership from underrepresented health and care disciplines, specialisms and/or applied health research methodologists, including applications that also address NICE and James ...

www.nihr.ac.uk

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · Aug 1

📢 Are you a dementia researcher in the UK? Or one of the talented teams that took part in the #BioHermes001 Data Challenge? @kalliverse.bsky.social has some exciting news to share with you — all the way from the AAIC 2025 in Toronto!

More updates coming soon. 🧠

#AAIC2025 #BioHermes002

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · Jul 31

On #AAIC25 day 5, I shared with the amazing audience what we achieved with the first round of the @brainhealtharc.bsky.social Scottish Data Challenge. Brilliant questions gave me a chance to emphasise the need to reuse routine datasets and support cross-discipline collaboration for 2ndary analysis!!

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · Jul 30

On #AAIC25 day 4, I finally managed to get up early for a run! So glad I did, because I today I am feeling neeervous about speaking at the data sharing featured research session tomorrow at 1000🕙 in room 107📍join us to hear about the @brainhealtharc.bsky.social's first Scottish Data Challenge!!

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · Jul 27

Clearly a normal level of excited to be here!!! Watch this space bc this is my first international conference and I was sponsored to travel here as part of an award I won for the first Scottish Dementia Data Challenge 👀 can't wait to tell you (and show you!) all about it!! #AAIC25

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 Did you take part in the first round of the Bio-Hermes Data Challenge?

Help us collect valuable insights by completing our outputs form! This covers everything from abstracts, posters, talks, peer-reviewed papers, and beyond.

➡️ forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · Jul 15

“Ultimately, our piece is not about dementia. It is about the fragility of life and that eternal ‘something’ we all share that is left when memory is gone.”

The Brain Health ARC is proud to support this powerful and joyous performance from Theatre Re 💙

🎫: www.pleasance.co.uk/event/nature...

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Scottish Alliance for Food @scafarc.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 The next SCAF online networking session is taking place on Wednesday 20th August at 6pm!

Join us to make new connections, find new collaborators, gain new insights, learn more about other sectors and disciplines, or develop new ideas 💡🌱

➡️ bit.ly/4nP7nJG

#foodstudies

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · Jul 10

💡 Have you got a great idea for a grant application? Or just a desire to work amongst beautiful surroundings without interruption?

Hear from Prof Terry Quinn, Brain Health ARC Director, about our upcoming writing retreat!

✅ Deadline to register interest: 21/07/25

👉 bit.ly/4mLcom7

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Kalli ✨️ @kalliverse.bsky.social · Jul 7

Last year, I managed the first Scottish Data Challenge, opening up #Bio-Hermes-001 to UK-based Alzheimer's disease researchers. Wearing pink as usual (it's either that or total black) I hosted the closing ceremony, which propelled me into the metascienceverse - it is now nearly time for more 👀

Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the #BioHermes001 Data Challenge Summit! 🌟

On Friday we heard from the successful research teams who accessed the Global Alzheimer's Platform’s Bio-Hermes Biomarker dataset and celebrated their incredible work 👏

Watch this space for more to come...

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Quantum ARC @quantum-alliance.bsky.social · Jun 11

💥 Join the Quantum ARC this weekend at the Glasgow Science festival!

Discover the power of quantum, make objects levitate, and create and collapse your own quantum states with the team at the Riverside Museum on Saturday & Sunday 🚀

No booking required 👋

www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...

#GlaSciFest

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣 Brain Health ARC Writing Retreat!

Taking place at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment from Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th September, our writing retreat will offer an opportunity for dedicated writing time ✍️🌳

➡️ Find out more and register here: bit.ly/4mLcom7

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · Jun 4

Join Dr Selvaraj’s UK DRI team in Edinburgh to explore neuro-glial cross talk in MND using stem cell organoids. PhD and lab skills in neuroscience essential. Closing date: 16th June

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

Postdoc Research Assistant: Neuro-glial cross talk in MND

Join Dr Selvaraj’s UK DRI team in Edinburgh to explore neuro-glial cross talk in MND using stem cell organoids. PhD and lab skills in neuroscience essential.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges @brainhealtharc.bsky.social · May 21

📣 The Social Care Research Ethics Working Group & The Scottish Government are calling for views, experiences, and current practices of researchers, reviewers and stakeholders involved in ethical reviews of social care research in Scotland.

Deadline: 09/06/2025

👉 More information: bit.ly/4j8Jg5b