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By joining the UK DRI you’ll belong to a team of fantastic researchers, technical specialists and professional support staff passionate about accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of interventions that will help diagnose, treat and ultimately prevent dementia, directly benefitting people affected by dementia, their carers, families and the community.
We’re looking for brilliant people with diverse perspectives. Together our unique contributions will transform the range and pace of research on dementia. You’ll be supported by the very best tools and resources and join a culture that encourages high risk/reward science and sharing of ideas.
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UK DRI at Imperial College London
From sleep to the microbiome: bringing new approaches and research tools to the study of dementia to discover new disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets.
- Specialisms at Imperial College London
- Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
- Epigenomic influences on risks and progression of dementia
- Roles of the microbiome in cognition and neurodegeneration
- Circadian neurobiology and mechanisms of neurodegeneration
- Neurotechnologies for targeted neuronal and glial modulation
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Read more about Imperial College London
UK DRI at Imperial College London has innovation as its theme. This draws on the university’s unique strengths and focus on science, engineering, medicine and business. Led by Professor Paul Matthews, the research team brings novel, cutting edge approaches and research tools to the study of dementia to discover new disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets. They will initially focus on the earliest pre-symptomatic stages of Alzheimer’s disease, addressing what determines the transition to neurodegeneration, but will investigate mechanisms that are likely shared across many of the dementias.
With access to large, well characterised longitudinal cohorts the team will explore causes of individual variation in dementia within populations, looking at changes that occur across the lifespan and specifically addressing metabolic factors, the relationship with microorganisms in gut (the microbiome) and the role of sleep. The team will use a range of resources including Dementias Platform UK and the MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre.
UK DRI at Imperial College London will be located at the White City campus Hammersmith, London, in the Sir Michael Uren Biomedical Engineering Research Hub due to be completed in 2019, alongside Imperial’s translation and innovation ‘I-HUB’.
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Research Associate, UK DRI at Imperial College London - Franks-Wisden Lab
UK DRI is seeking a Research Associate to join the Franks-Wisden lab at Imperial College London. As a Research Associate in the lab, you will join a collaborative and highly skilled team, investigating how, and if, poor sleep leads to changes in health, and whether boosting sleep can help improve some of the symptoms associated with dementia. We use mouse models to explore these questions.. You will take a leading role on a project to further the knowledge of treating Alzheimer’s disease by developing and using neurotechnology to selectively activate sleep circuitry that boosts REM sleep. The Research Associate will be expected to submit publications to refereed journals and to attract external research funding. You will be a motivated and organised researcher, excited by the science we do. You will hold a PhD (or equivalent) in neuroscience or in neurotechnology or electronic engineering, or a related area. We are looking for practical experience of e.g., electronics and/or electronic circuit design, or e.g., optogenetics, and an interest in pursuing animal behavioural experiments. Alternatively, you will be a researcher with experience in mouse behaviour, neural circuit manipulation, but also wanting to take part in neurotechnology development. Ref: NAT01381, Closing date: 26 March 2023
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