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...
We're pleased to be supporting @lifearc.bsky.social and the Global Alzheimer's Platform Foundation (GAP) to launch a major research study, testing whether a finger prick-style blood test could be used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s 🩸
Find out more 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out more 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
January 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We're pleased to be supporting @lifearc.bsky.social and the Global Alzheimer's Platform Foundation (GAP) to launch a major research study, testing whether a finger prick-style blood test could be used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s 🩸
Find out more 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out more 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research welcomes Dr Mohamad El Amki(University of Zurich) for the first seminar in our vascular dementia series 🗣️
Don't miss your chance to register at the link below!
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Don't miss your chance to register at the link below!
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January 19, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research welcomes Dr Mohamad El Amki(University of Zurich) for the first seminar in our vascular dementia series 🗣️
Don't miss your chance to register at the link below!
lnkd.in/ex5M-EZX
Don't miss your chance to register at the link below!
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Dr Julija Krupic and researchers from the UK DRI at UCL, the University of Cambridge and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL, have developed and validated a fully automated Novel Object Recognition (NOR) test that runs entirely in a mouse’s home cage.
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Home sweet home: Automating novel object recognition | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
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January 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Dr Julija Krupic and researchers from the UK DRI at UCL, the University of Cambridge and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL, have developed and validated a fully automated Novel Object Recognition (NOR) test that runs entirely in a mouse’s home cage.
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/hom...
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/hom...
Yesterday we welcomed Michelle Dyson, CEO of @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social, to meet with Prof David Sharp, Centre Director, UK DRI Care Research & Technology.
Alzheimer’s Society are a founding partner of the UK DRI, & we’re grateful for their continued commitment to breakthrough research.
Alzheimer’s Society are a founding partner of the UK DRI, & we’re grateful for their continued commitment to breakthrough research.
January 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Yesterday we welcomed Michelle Dyson, CEO of @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social, to meet with Prof David Sharp, Centre Director, UK DRI Care Research & Technology.
Alzheimer’s Society are a founding partner of the UK DRI, & we’re grateful for their continued commitment to breakthrough research.
Alzheimer’s Society are a founding partner of the UK DRI, & we’re grateful for their continued commitment to breakthrough research.
The 2025 UK DRI Engagement Prize was awarded to Dr Nathasia Muwanigwa for her brilliant work organising a panel discussion event with over 60 attendees from Black African and Caribbean communities 👏
Read about the other inspiring projects shortlisted for this year's prize👉 lnkd.in/dbjxizfW
Read about the other inspiring projects shortlisted for this year's prize👉 lnkd.in/dbjxizfW
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The 2025 UK DRI Engagement Prize was awarded to Dr Nathasia Muwanigwa for her brilliant work organising a panel discussion event with over 60 attendees from Black African and Caribbean communities 👏
Read about the other inspiring projects shortlisted for this year's prize👉 lnkd.in/dbjxizfW
Read about the other inspiring projects shortlisted for this year's prize👉 lnkd.in/dbjxizfW
A new study led by Dr Maura Malpetti and Noah S. (UK DRI at Cambridge) suggests that brain shrinkage, inflammation and blood markers of nerve damage can help better estimate prognosis in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and design more efficient trials 🧠
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Read more👉 buff.ly/wjag0Z9
January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A new study led by Dr Maura Malpetti and Noah S. (UK DRI at Cambridge) suggests that brain shrinkage, inflammation and blood markers of nerve damage can help better estimate prognosis in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and design more efficient trials 🧠
Read more👉 buff.ly/wjag0Z9
Read more👉 buff.ly/wjag0Z9
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I’m excited to start 2026 with our new collaborative research paper examining circulating B cell populations in acute ischemic stroke patients, which is particularly exciting as we see translation of our previous data from animal models into patients. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Acute ischaemic stroke alters the composition and function of circulating B cells
Distinct B cell populations are found in circulation, including those with innate-like properties, that have varied functions in pathogen protection, …
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January 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I’m excited to start 2026 with our new collaborative research paper examining circulating B cell populations in acute ischemic stroke patients, which is particularly exciting as we see translation of our previous data from animal models into patients. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to UK DRI researchers Dr Filipa Henderson Sousa and Dr Dianne Lopez at Edinburgh who have been awarded funding by PSP Association to investigate the rare neurodegenerative condition progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
Read more 👉 theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/01/univ...
Read more 👉 theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/01/univ...
University of Edinburgh researchers awarded funding for PSP study
Grants have been awarded to the University of Edinburgh to investigate a life-limiting neurological condition so that it can be better understood. The condition, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy,(PSP) i...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Congratulations to UK DRI researchers Dr Filipa Henderson Sousa and Dr Dianne Lopez at Edinburgh who have been awarded funding by PSP Association to investigate the rare neurodegenerative condition progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
Read more 👉 theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/01/univ...
Read more 👉 theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/01/univ...
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New episode: @ukdri.ac.uk Connectome Conference highlights with @annamallach.bsky.social, Beth Eyre, Dayne Beccano Kelly and Tom Adam. Lived experience, biomarkers and vascular dementia.
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Dementia Researcher: UKDRI Connectome Conference Highlights
This episode shares highlights from the UK Dementia Research Institute (UKRI) Connectome Conference. Host Dr Anna Mallach is joined by Dr Dayne Beccano Kelly, Dr Beth Eyre, and Tom Adam to reflect ...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:21 AM
New episode: @ukdri.ac.uk Connectome Conference highlights with @annamallach.bsky.social, Beth Eyre, Dayne Beccano Kelly and Tom Adam. Lived experience, biomarkers and vascular dementia.
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Science Seminar on 15 January at 1pm with Dr. Soyon Hong (University College London) on Neuroimmune signaling across gut-brain axis modulates brain synucleinopathy and neurodegeneration. Please register at tinyurl.com/33xfyxjn
@ukdri.ac.uk @soyonhonglab.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
@ukdri.ac.uk @soyonhonglab.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Science Seminar on 15 January at 1pm with Dr. Soyon Hong (University College London) on Neuroimmune signaling across gut-brain axis modulates brain synucleinopathy and neurodegeneration. Please register at tinyurl.com/33xfyxjn
@ukdri.ac.uk @soyonhonglab.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
@ukdri.ac.uk @soyonhonglab.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
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🚨 Our Catalyst Award is OPEN for applications!
We’re looking for bold, early-stage ideas that need catalytic funding to get off the ground.
🔵 Awards are a maximum of £100k for up to 1 year
🟡 Applications close 27 February
For more details and to apply 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/whats-on/art...
We’re looking for bold, early-stage ideas that need catalytic funding to get off the ground.
🔵 Awards are a maximum of £100k for up to 1 year
🟡 Applications close 27 February
For more details and to apply 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/whats-on/art...
January 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
🚨 Our Catalyst Award is OPEN for applications!
We’re looking for bold, early-stage ideas that need catalytic funding to get off the ground.
🔵 Awards are a maximum of £100k for up to 1 year
🟡 Applications close 27 February
For more details and to apply 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/whats-on/art...
We’re looking for bold, early-stage ideas that need catalytic funding to get off the ground.
🔵 Awards are a maximum of £100k for up to 1 year
🟡 Applications close 27 February
For more details and to apply 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Catch up with the highlights from our annual conference, Connectome, in this special podcast episode from @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social! 👇
Huge thanks to Anna, Dayne, Beth and Tom for taking part and Adam for putting it together 👏
Huge thanks to Anna, Dayne, Beth and Tom for taking part and Adam for putting it together 👏
New episode: @ukdri.ac.uk Connectome Conference highlights with @annamallach.bsky.social, Beth Eyre, Dayne Beccano Kelly and Tom Adam. Lived experience, biomarkers and vascular dementia.
pod.fo/e/3766fb
pod.fo/e/3766fb
Dementia Researcher: UKDRI Connectome Conference Highlights
This episode shares highlights from the UK Dementia Research Institute (UKRI) Connectome Conference. Host Dr Anna Mallach is joined by Dr Dayne Beccano Kelly, Dr Beth Eyre, and Tom Adam to reflect ...
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January 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Catch up with the highlights from our annual conference, Connectome, in this special podcast episode from @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social! 👇
Huge thanks to Anna, Dayne, Beth and Tom for taking part and Adam for putting it together 👏
Huge thanks to Anna, Dayne, Beth and Tom for taking part and Adam for putting it together 👏
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Attention dementia researchers, if you couldn't make it to the UK, now you can join us virtually instead. We've changed the format of our upcoming training course to virtual.
Applications have reopened until 25 January with the reduced fees now live: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
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Applications have reopened until 25 January with the reduced fees now live: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
@ukdri.ac.uk
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January 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Attention dementia researchers, if you couldn't make it to the UK, now you can join us virtually instead. We've changed the format of our upcoming training course to virtual.
Applications have reopened until 25 January with the reduced fees now live: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
@ukdri.ac.uk
🧬🧠🖥️
Applications have reopened until 25 January with the reduced fees now live: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
@ukdri.ac.uk
🧬🧠🖥️
💫 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 UK DRI recognition prizes - designed to recognise & highlight excellence across the community 🧠
Check out the full list of prizes and winners 👉https://www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-events/uk-dri-recognition-prizes-2025-announced
Check out the full list of prizes and winners 👉https://www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-events/uk-dri-recognition-prizes-2025-announced
UK DRI Recognition Prizes 2025 announced
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 UK DRI Recognition Prizes, awarded last week at our annual conference, Connectome.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
💫 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 UK DRI recognition prizes - designed to recognise & highlight excellence across the community 🧠
Check out the full list of prizes and winners 👉https://www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-events/uk-dri-recognition-prizes-2025-announced
Check out the full list of prizes and winners 👉https://www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-events/uk-dri-recognition-prizes-2025-announced
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⏰Fully Funded PhD Opportunity – Closing Soon!
The Euan MacDonald Centre is accepting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship - a choice of 7 diverse projects - join our 250+ network!
🔗 euanmacdonaldcentre.org/phd-scheme
#PhD #neuroscience #FundedPhD
The Euan MacDonald Centre is accepting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship - a choice of 7 diverse projects - join our 250+ network!
🔗 euanmacdonaldcentre.org/phd-scheme
#PhD #neuroscience #FundedPhD
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
⏰Fully Funded PhD Opportunity – Closing Soon!
The Euan MacDonald Centre is accepting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship - a choice of 7 diverse projects - join our 250+ network!
🔗 euanmacdonaldcentre.org/phd-scheme
#PhD #neuroscience #FundedPhD
The Euan MacDonald Centre is accepting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship - a choice of 7 diverse projects - join our 250+ network!
🔗 euanmacdonaldcentre.org/phd-scheme
#PhD #neuroscience #FundedPhD
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@ukdri.ac.uk researcher Nathan Skene leads a LifeArc funded project which aims to develop a scalable test that could help inform how these variants influence disease development and progression.
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
@ukdri.ac.uk researcher Nathan Skene leads a LifeArc funded project which aims to develop a scalable test that could help inform how these variants influence disease development and progression.
Big congratulations to the winner of our 2025 Engagement Prize Dr Nathasia Muwanigwa, for her brilliant event aiming to engage Black communities with dementia research🎉
Read more about this and the other initiatives nominated for this year's prize in our latest blog👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Read more about this and the other initiatives nominated for this year's prize in our latest blog👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Big congratulations to the winner of our 2025 Engagement Prize Dr Nathasia Muwanigwa, for her brilliant event aiming to engage Black communities with dementia research🎉
Read more about this and the other initiatives nominated for this year's prize in our latest blog👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Read more about this and the other initiatives nominated for this year's prize in our latest blog👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
2025 was quite the year for the UK DRI! 🙌
We celebrated new partnerships and launched fellowship schemes, welcomed internationally leading researchers to the institute, and showcased our science to a diverse range of audiences.
Explore the highlights 👉 buff.ly/DZArDCK
We celebrated new partnerships and launched fellowship schemes, welcomed internationally leading researchers to the institute, and showcased our science to a diverse range of audiences.
Explore the highlights 👉 buff.ly/DZArDCK
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
2025 was quite the year for the UK DRI! 🙌
We celebrated new partnerships and launched fellowship schemes, welcomed internationally leading researchers to the institute, and showcased our science to a diverse range of audiences.
Explore the highlights 👉 buff.ly/DZArDCK
We celebrated new partnerships and launched fellowship schemes, welcomed internationally leading researchers to the institute, and showcased our science to a diverse range of audiences.
Explore the highlights 👉 buff.ly/DZArDCK
Huge congratulations to UK DRI alumnus Prof Kei Cho, who has been awarded an MBE in the King's New Year Honours! 👏 👏
We are delighted to announce that IoPPN scientists Prof Ann McNeill and Prof Kei Cho have received a CBE and MBE in the King’s New Years Honours 2026👏
🔗Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-yea...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @maudsleynhs.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk @kingshealth.bsky.social
🔗Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-yea...
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New Years Honours for IoPPN scientists | King's College London
We are delighted to announce that Professor Ann McNeill and Professor Kei (Kwangwook) Cho have received awards in the King’s New Years Honours 2026.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Huge congratulations to UK DRI alumnus Prof Kei Cho, who has been awarded an MBE in the King's New Year Honours! 👏 👏
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📢 Registration for our second UK Glia meeting (8–9 June 2026) is open! Abstracts must be submitted by 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Our next speaker is Giles Hardingham from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
📢 Registration for our second UK Glia meeting (8–9 June 2026) is open! Abstracts must be submitted by 16 Jan. 👉 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... Our next speaker is Giles Hardingham from UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk and the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
💫 A top highlight from last year was the official launch of our new Centre dedicated to revolutionising understanding and treatment of vascular dementia, in partnership with the British Heart Foundation ♥️
Find out more 👉 youtu.be/g8KLVN1ODfs?...
Find out more 👉 youtu.be/g8KLVN1ODfs?...
BHF - UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research
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January 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
💫 A top highlight from last year was the official launch of our new Centre dedicated to revolutionising understanding and treatment of vascular dementia, in partnership with the British Heart Foundation ♥️
Find out more 👉 youtu.be/g8KLVN1ODfs?...
Find out more 👉 youtu.be/g8KLVN1ODfs?...
Season's greetings from the UK DRI! ✨
We hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable festive season.
We’re now closed until 5 January 2026, and won’t be monitoring our channels.
🔬 Image by Shekhar Kedia
We hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable festive season.
We’re now closed until 5 January 2026, and won’t be monitoring our channels.
🔬 Image by Shekhar Kedia
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Season's greetings from the UK DRI! ✨
We hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable festive season.
We’re now closed until 5 January 2026, and won’t be monitoring our channels.
🔬 Image by Shekhar Kedia
We hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable festive season.
We’re now closed until 5 January 2026, and won’t be monitoring our channels.
🔬 Image by Shekhar Kedia
💡We're hiring!💡
Opportunity for a Research Assistant to join @soyonhonglab.bsky.social (UK DRI at UCL).
The Hong Lab investigates glia-immune mechanisms of synapse loss in age-related neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
🗓️ Deadline: 7 Jan 2026
👉 lnkd.in/eQiEeipU
Opportunity for a Research Assistant to join @soyonhonglab.bsky.social (UK DRI at UCL).
The Hong Lab investigates glia-immune mechanisms of synapse loss in age-related neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
🗓️ Deadline: 7 Jan 2026
👉 lnkd.in/eQiEeipU
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
💡We're hiring!💡
Opportunity for a Research Assistant to join @soyonhonglab.bsky.social (UK DRI at UCL).
The Hong Lab investigates glia-immune mechanisms of synapse loss in age-related neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
🗓️ Deadline: 7 Jan 2026
👉 lnkd.in/eQiEeipU
Opportunity for a Research Assistant to join @soyonhonglab.bsky.social (UK DRI at UCL).
The Hong Lab investigates glia-immune mechanisms of synapse loss in age-related neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
🗓️ Deadline: 7 Jan 2026
👉 lnkd.in/eQiEeipU
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🎉 Don’t miss the second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, it is our pleasure to introduce our next speaker, David Attwell, professor at UCL @ucl.ac.uk and UKDRI @ukdri.ac.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🎉 Don’t miss the second UK Glia meeting, 8–9 June 2026! Registration open now, abstracts close 16 Jan. 🔗 www.physoc.org/events/uk-gl... In this post, it is our pleasure to introduce our next speaker, David Attwell, professor at UCL @ucl.ac.uk and UKDRI @ukdri.ac.uk
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Fully funded PhD at @ukdri.ac.uk UCL, London, studying astrocyte microglia crosstalk and synaptic loss in Alzheimer disease.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-astr...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-astr...
PhD: Astrocyte-Microglia Crosstalk in Alzheimer’s
Fully funded PhD at UK Dementia Research Institute UCL, London, studying astrocyte microglia crosstalk and synaptic loss in Alzheimer disease.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Fully funded PhD at @ukdri.ac.uk UCL, London, studying astrocyte microglia crosstalk and synaptic loss in Alzheimer disease.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-astr...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-astr...