Dementia Researcher Blogs

Felicity Slocombe, narrates her blog co-authored with Chloe Waterman written for the Dementia Researcher website.

This blog has been written after myself and my colleague Chloe realised the similarit…

Adam Smith narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Every now and again a little twitter storm blows-up, it probably isn’t big enough to be given a name yet, however its underlying cause is…

Masha Burelo narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website.

Masha Burelo, PhD Student from University of Aberdeen is back with her second blog in the 'from the plant to the lab series…

Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website.

Yvonne brings her usual fun to exploring different types of brain imaging and how they’re applied. Neuroimaging, or bra…

Dr Clarissa Giebel narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Anyone who knows Clarissa know's that she is a big believer in collabroations, the pandemic may have changed how we work but its …

Hannah Hussain narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! This day annually marks the resolution set by the United Nations in 2015 to ce…

Beth Eyre, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

The last year of your PhD can be difficult, lots of writing, experiments and research to finish, the viva... and then the big challenge..…

Jodi Parslow, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Fruit flies are often thought of as an annoying pest but in this blog Jodi explains why they are one of science’s most useful model or…

Dr Anna Volkmer, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

In September Dr Anna Volkmer described the trials and tribulations of going for gold, in other words open access publication. Well,…

Dr Sam Moxon, narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Sam has previously shared his challenges of living with ulcerative pancolitis, sadly this recently landed him in hospital as an inpati…

Hannah Hussain narrates her blog written for NIHR Dementia Researcher.

You had big plans for 2022! Resolutions were written, productivity was projected, research was to be researched. But now January…

Dr James Quinn, narrates her blog written for the ISTAART PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers, shared by Dementia Researcher.

In the first of our regular blogs from the ISTAART PIA to Elevate Ear…

Nathan Stephens narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.

In this blog Nathan explores a topic that he has been thinking a lot about, the narrative and public perception of dementia. Dementi…

Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the specialised system of brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVEC) that shields t…

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

In this blog Kamar describes what neuropathology can tell us about the brain diseases which lead to dementia, and what this means…

Beth Eyre, narrates her blog written for NIHR Dementia Researcher.

PhDs are hard. And the last couple of months of Beths PhD have been exceptionally challenging. A few months ago, she was in the fina…

Masha Burelo narrates her blog written for NIHR Dementia Researcher.

Masha Burelo, PhD Student from University of Aberdeen first blog on the topic of cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are gaining fame for r…

Dr Clarissa Giebel narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Essential reading for any early career researcher writing their first grant application - because getting your costings right, an…

Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website.

Yvonne comes at dementia from a different perspective, not the brain... but the rest of your body, and inflammation, an…

Nathan Stephens narrates his blog written for NIHR Dementia Researcher.

In this blog Nathan shares a day in his life, have a read and have a walk in his shoes as he reflects on his day, life and stud…