Latest news and links from Dementia Research Group
NEWS: New PhD position available in the Alzheimer's society Sussex DTC with Dr Sarah King. Please click here for details
Studentships
Seven students have been appointed to study complementary aspects of understanding the role of ApoE in Alzheimer’s disease with life span in the areas of psychology and biochemistry/neuroscience. The Supervisors are all members of the Sussex University Dementia Research group www.sussex.ac.uk/drg, and the studentships are part of a newly established Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral training centre.
Networks
Many of our members are also members of the Alzheimer's research UK South network. This is a network based at University of Southampton, chaired by Dr Diego Gomez-Nicola and administrated by Alzheimer's research UK. It consists of Dementia researchers from Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Sussex.
Press Releases
Alzheimer’s culprit causes memory loss even before brain degeneration
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/30680
Dementia expert pays tribute to Terry Pratchett
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/29674
Next generation of dementia scientists to explore genetic risk of Alzheimer’s
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/?id=28913
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/id/16498
New dementia procedure will speed up diagnosis. Dr Dennis Chan
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/id/16394
Terry Pratchett helps fund Alzheimer's research at Sussex. Professor Louise Serpell
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/media/media731.html
Upcoming conferences
ARUK Research Conference 2018
20-21 March, Queen Elizabeth Conference centre, London
Blogs/articles
Terry Pratchett gave us a million dollars for Alzheimer’s research – here’s what we did with it
FDA and New Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease: Lowering the Bar or Circumventing a Roadblock?
Amyloid in Alzheimer’s Disease – The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?
I’m Cautiously Optimistic a Treatment Which Could Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
Why Alzheimer's research is failing to hit treatment targets
Further blogs are available at Prof. Rusted website and Sussex Drug Discovery Centre website
LATEST NEWS:
Newest member of the Dementia Research Group : Oyinkan Adeskin talks about her fellowship from Alzheimer's society here