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Dec 17, 2024 - Feature

2024 Wrapped: Progress, partnerships and possibilities

As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on a transformative year for the UK DRI.

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Dec 17, 2024 - Update

Welcoming a new Centre Director to the UK DRI at Imperial

We are pleased to announce that our new Centre Director for the UK DRI at Imperial is Prof William Wisden, an expert in the study...

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Dec 13, 2024 - Research

How DNA markers influence gene expression in different cells and tissues

A new study, led by Dr Sarah Marzi (UK DRI at King’s) and Alan Murphy (UK DRI at Imperial), reveals key insight into how gene...

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Jan 14, 2020 - Blog

Newly defined reactive state in astrocytes shown to disrupt critical support for synapses and neurons in neurodegenerative disease

Published recently in Neuron, researchers from the UK DRI at Cambridge, led by Prof Giovanna...

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Jan 13, 2020 - Blog

New partnership: Teaming up with the British Neuroscience Association for their Festival of Neuroscience in 2021

The UK DRI is delighted to announce that we will partnering with the British Neuroscience...

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Dec 19, 2019 - Blog

Happy Holidays: Looking back and thinking ahead

If 2018 was the year we came to life, 2019 was the year we grew...

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Dec 17, 2019 - Blog

Women of the Wohl: A Voice for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion from UK DRI at King's

Women of the Wohl is a staff & student network promoting equality, diversity and inclusion...

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Dec 10, 2019 - Blog

Meet our HQ Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for UK DRI HQ will help look critically and imaginatively...

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Dec 09, 2019 - Blog

New study shows positive synaptic effects of tau protein suppression in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

A new article from the lab of Prof Tara Spires-Jones, UK DRI at Edinburgh, has...

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Dec 02, 2019 - Blog

Funding opportunities with our new Science Review Manager, Aoife Kiely

In addition to the research packages awarded to Group Leaders, the UK DRI provides several...

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Dec 02, 2019 - Blog

Parkinson’s disease workshop: heterogeneity, inflammation and improved disease modelling

With the UK’s prevalence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) expected to almost double by 2065, the...

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Nov 28, 2019 - Q&A

Introducing Blanca Diaz-Castro, UK DRI at Edinburgh: The role of the star-spangled blood-brain-barrier in dementia

The unique expertise at the UK DRI at Edinburgh take a holistic approach to tackling...

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Nov 06, 2019 - Blog

Cardiff Group Leader among first awardees of global talent Professorships from the Academy of Medical Sciences

Prof Vincent Dion, Group Leader at UK DRI at Cardiff, is among a select group...

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Nov 05, 2019 - Blog

Prof Sarah Tabrizi highlights ‘tireless efforts’ of those affected by Huntington’s disease in receiving double award for her research

Group Leader at UK DRI at UCL, Prof Sarah Tabrizi, has been awarded two separate...

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Oct 30, 2019 - Blog

New approach identifies novel risk genes connected to microglia response in Alzheimer’s disease

A new paper from the lab of Prof John Hardy, UK DRI at UCL, in...

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