ARUK Thames Valley Network

Congratulations to Jasmine Blane, one of our ECR @AlzResearchUK TVN Video Award winners. Jasmine's video explains the benefits and impact of collaborations with PPI contributors to dementia research at the @obhctu #dementiaresearch #patientinvolvment #shapingfutures

Congratulations to @CharlieInTheLab one of our three winners of the 2025 ECR @AlzResearchUK TVN Video Awards. Charlie's video depicts a worm study assessing the compounds that promote healthy ageing and how new drugs might slow down the aging process. #dementiaresearch

Fantastic start to the day at the 3rd "Human Proteome and Health" Symposium at Rhodes House where Dr Katerina Gospodinova from the ARUK-ODDI and @CmdOxford discussed proteomic profiling of the #matrisome for use a novel therapeutic modality in #Alzheimers Disease 🧠

Congratulations to our ECR Image Award winners from our @AlzResearchUK Research Day! Parnez Sharifi - Functional Landscapes: Dopamine Neurons at the Interface of Bioelectronics @AnneGliaFan - The Heart of Neurogenesis  and @CharlieInTheLab - Team Spirit in Technicolour

Congratulations to our poster prize winner from Wednesday’s @AlzResearchUK Research day! Hannah Dobbs won with her poster: Understanding Lipid Metabolism in Alzheimer’s Disease with a CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout iPSC-Platform

Congratulations to our Flash talk prize winner from Wednesday’s @AlzResearchUK Research day! @_SumanDutta from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, for his talk: Extracellular vesicles as carriers of pathogenic α-synuclein in neurodegenerative diseases

A really wonderful day showcasing a wide range of impactful research being done by the amazing scientists in our network, and a huge pleasure to have @FionaDucotterd & @theftdbrothers involved in the day too. @ARUKscientist @ARUKThamesV #dementiaresearch #foracure

Fascinating talk at @ARUKThamesV by DPUK's Megan Smith on her research: MIND diet and cognitive performance. #Neuroscience #ageing #lifestyle #cognition #dementia

Wonderful presentation about individuals resistant to early life adversity in terms of resultant mental health and cognition by Dr Sarah Baumeister @AlzResearchUK Thames Valley Research Day 🍊

Disappointed by NICE’s decision on Alzheimer’s drugs, but yesterday’s @Alzheimersresearch uk research Day at @UniofOxford reminded us there’s so much progress to celebrate. Every step in research brings us closer to a cure. #DementiaResearch #ARUK #foracure

The 5 R's of drug discovery in the words of @FionaDucotterd! Fantastic insights into making medicines for neurodegenerative diseases in the keynote address at the Thames Valley ARUK Research Day 🍊 @AlzResearchUK

A fantastic morning at the @AlzResearchUK Research Day! An emotional and inspiring talk by Jordan Adams set the tone for a day of brilliant science, including a great keynote from @FionaDucotterd on advancing medicines for neurodegenerative diseases.

Yesterday, ECRs heard from @AlzResearchUK leaders Selina Wray & Emma Mead on communicating dementia research to the public. Powerful stories from volunteers & a workshop by Quang Tran left them inspired by the real-world impact of their work #foracure

💬 "Without research, progress doesn’t happen, and cures aren’t found”. Alison's husband Frank was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2020 and the couple signed up to Join Dementia Research in 2022. They have since taken part in 15 studies. Read their story: alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/taking-pa…

Researchers are seeking the views of people affected by dementia about which existing drugs they think might be best to repurpose to treat dementia. Want to share your thoughts and learn more about repurposed drugs? Read more below 👇 alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/could-exi…

📢 READ-OUT Study milestone: Six UK sites now open with more to follow this month! The Blood Biomarker Challenge project is expanding rapidly to improve #dementia diagnosis through innovative testing. Learn how to participate: zurl.co/wIkYp #DPUK #DementiaResearch

You might have seen our wonderful fundraiser, Kat, in our Big Ben costume over the weekend as she took on @londonmarathon 🏃🏅 Show your support and help Kat reach her fundraising goal this year: justgiving.com/fundraising/k-…

We are honoured to host Nobel Laureate Professor James Rothman, who will deliver our Sherrington Prize Lecture on 7 May. Professor Rothman is Sterling Professor of Cell Biology @YaleMed

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DPUK's Fatemeh Torabi @Fatemehtrb has been speaking at #BNA2025 about federated data analytics and cross-institutional data sharing for dementia research. @DPUKDataPortal @Cambridge_ICE #alzheimers #data #collaboration #federateddata