🧠 Abstracts are open for the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference 2027 in Stockholm (16 to 18 June). 250 words, poster or oral, deadline 14 December. ECRs can also go for one of six Rising Star Awards. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/ilbdc-2027-c...

ILBDC 2027: Call for Abstracts Now Open - Dementia Researcher

Abstracts for the 9th International Lewy Body Dementia Conference in Stockholm, June 2027, close 14 December 2026. Six Rising Star Awards for ECRs.

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November at the Salon Showcase: digital health and communities (4 Nov), outdoor activities and wellbeing in rural Scotland (11 Nov), and language as an early sign of cognitive decline (18 Nov). Free. communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/

📊 Job: Postdoctoral Fellow (Data) at UNSW's Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing Lead statistical analysis for international dementia epidemiology consortia and longitudinal studies of cognitive ageing. 📍 Sydney ⏰ Closes 15 Nov www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoct...

Postdoctoral Fellow: Dementia Epidemiology Data

Postdoctoral Fellow (Data) at UNSW's Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, leading statistical analysis for international dementia epidemiology consortia.

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From spring 2027 the PhD discount on Skilled Worker visas goes. A postdoc at the bottom of Grade 7 will no longer earn enough to be sponsored. If you’re costing a grant this autumn, the salary line decides it. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/phd-visa-dis...

PhD Visa Discount Scrapped: What It Means for Postdocs

The Budget removes the PhD discount on Skilled Worker salary thresholds from spring 2027, leaving entry-level postdoc posts below the sponsorship bar.

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Fellowship or lectureship? How do collaborations really work? Why is women’s sleep different? Our podcasts cover careers and the science, with researchers who’ve lived it. Watch or listen. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcasts/

🧬 Funded PhD: APOE and Diabetic Neuropathy at the University of Exeter APOE, best known for Alzheimer's risk, may also shape nerve damage in diabetes. Use stem cell models to find which cell carries that risk. ⏰ Closes 8 Dec 2026 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-apoe...

PhD: APOE and Diabetic Neuropathy in Stem Cell Models

Funded PhD at the University of Exeter using iPSC sensory neurons and Schwann cells to test how APOE genotype shapes diabetic neuropathy risk.

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Happy Halloween. Hidden on our home page is a post on the things that really scare early career researchers, and how to face them. To find it, look for the pumpkins. Today's the last day they're up. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

Do amyloid drugs slow tau? An autopsy of an aducanumab-treated patient found far less tau where amyloid cleared right through the cortex, but not where only the surface cleared. One case, so big caveats. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/amyloid-clea...

🧠 Funded PhD: Decoding Neuronal Diversity in the Brain at the University of Exeter Map how gene regulation differs between neuronal subtypes across brain development, ageing and Alzheimer's disease. ⏰ Closes 8 Dec 2026 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-deco...

PhD: Decoding Neuronal Diversity in the Brain

Funded PhD at the University of Exeter mapping gene regulation in neuronal subtypes across brain development, ageing and Alzheimer's disease.

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48 themed collections of our best blogs, podcasts and videos: surviving your viva, grant writing, imposter syndrome, moving labs, parenting in academia and more. A good weekend read. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/special-coll...

ESRC-funded PhD in Sociology and Science & Technology Studies at Swansea University through WGSSS. Open to UK and international students. Closing date: 6th December www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-soci...

PhD: Sociology and Science & Technology Studies (ESRC WGSSS)

ESRC-funded PhD in Sociology and Science & Technology Studies at Swansea University through WGSSS. Open to UK and international students.

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Newcastle University requires a technical specialist installing TORUS project sensors in the homes of people with Parkinson's. Full time, fixed term. Closing date: 27th November www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/laborato...

Laboratory Technical Specialist: Home Sensor Installation

Newcastle University technical specialist installing TORUS project sensors in the homes of people with Parkinson's. Full time, fixed term.

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Research Assistant or Associate Vacancy at Imperial College London building conversational agents and social robots to support people living with dementia. Closing date: 22nd November www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Assistant / Associate: Conversational Agents for Human-Robot Interaction

Research Assistant or Associate at Imperial College London building conversational agents and social robots to support people living with dementia.

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95% of councils in England can't record young-onset dementia separately. A new Care England and Dementia Forward report sets out what that hidden population means for diagnosis, planning and care. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/young-onset-...

Research Assistant job at Queen Mary University of London: work on compression of dementia morbidity with Dr Sebastian Walsh, with home PhD fees covered. Closes 13 Nov. #DementiaResearch www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Assistant: Compression of Dementia Morbidity - Dementia Researcher

Research Assistant post at Queen Mary University of London studying compression of dementia morbidity, with home PhD fees covered. Closes 13 November 2026.

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Stepping outside your usual network can feel uncertain at first. Heather Wilkinson and Fauzia Knight on why it's worth it, and how poetry and art opened up the emotional side of dementia care. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-interdi...

🔬 Trust in science has fallen since the pandemic, finds the Wellcome Global Monitor 2026. It's lowest among people who feel society isn't working for them. In the UK, 51% trust science "a lot". www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/wellcome-glo...

Wellcome Global Monitor 2026: Trust in Science Under Pressure

The Wellcome Global Monitor 2026 finds global trust in science has fallen since the pandemic, and is lowest where people feel systems fail them.

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🧬 Funded PhD: Editing the Alzheimer's Epigenome at the University of Exeter Use CRISPR epigenome editing and iPSC-derived microglia to find which Alzheimer's-linked epigenetic changes actually drive disease. ⏰ Closes 5 Jan 2027 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-edit...

PhD: Editing the Alzheimer’s Epigenome - Dementia Researcher

Funded MRC PhD at the University of Exeter using CRISPR epigenome editing and iPSC microglia to test which Alzheimer's epigenetic changes matter.

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Alzheimer’s Society co-funds Dementia Researcher. Their corner of our site brings together their funding calls, Doctoral Training Centres, events, career advice and podcasts for early career researchers. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/support-reso...

Meet Professor Diego Gomez-Nicola, neuroimmunology leader at the University of Southampton driving translational research on microglia and neuroinflammation 🧠🔬 #DementiaResearch #Microglia www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/profile-prof...

🧪 MRC Proof of Concept stage one closes 18 November — funding to move a therapeutic, device, diagnostic or intervention from prototype towards phase 2a. Stage one only, so not the full proposal yet. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/mrc-...

🎓 Job: Assistant Professor, Biocultural Approaches to Aging at Boston University. Tenure-track post for a biological anthropologist studying the evolution of human ageing and life-course health. ⏰ Closes 30 Nov #AcademicJobs #Ageing www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...

Assistant Professor: Biocultural Approaches to Aging - Dementia Researcher

Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Boston University studying the evolution of human ageing, senescence and life-course health. $100k to $115k.

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🧠 Funded PhD at DZNE Magdeburg: use 7T fMRI to find out why the hippocampus becomes overactive in ageing and early Alzheimer's, layer by layer. Closes 1 Dec 👇 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-lami...

Two teams who'd never worked together, and one small seed fund. Heather Wilkinson and Fauzia Knight on how King's and Edinburgh built a dementia collaboration across borders and disciplines. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-interdi...

Looking for your next grant, fellowship or studentship? We list funding calls from across dementia and neurodegeneration research, with deadlines, and add new ones every week. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding-calls/

Research Council of Finland Academy Research Fellowships: four years and up to €700,000 for researchers 2 to 7 years post-PhD, based in Finland. Closes 11 November. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/rese...

Failed experiments, a first seminar, electrophysiology and the long way round to a PhD. Beccy Owen’s blogs are an honest diary of PhD life. Catch up on all of them here. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/support-reso...

🩺 New MRC fellowship: a professional doctorate for nurses, midwives, AHPs, pharmacists and clinical psychologists — not just doctors. Three years of salary and costs. Closes 13 Jan. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/mrc-...

💰 Early career researcher in England? You can apply to host up to three fully funded NIHR undergraduate interns. Closes 4 November — a short application for real extra capacity. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr...

Watch this space for our #26AEC podcast dropping next week. Sharing more highlights.