I have very talented first year students 😍👩🏻‍🔬🔬.

#pathology #microscopy #BiomedicalScience

Let's be honest.

In #academia , we all know who the bad PIs are, with a reputation of abusive or intimidating behaviour, or of bullying junior colleagues.

It's an 'open secret'.

Are we being silent, or silenced? 🤔

A beautiful part of Newcastle 😍.

#JesmondDene

If you read Kamar Ameen-Ali blog this week... and thought 'Hell yeah, we should have more PPI in fundamental science' then coincidentally... Medical Research Council has a new funding call that would be perfect for you!

dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/unders…

Pleased to share we've been awarded an ARUK Northern network pump priming grant! 🎉

Dr. Sreejith Raveendran, Peixun Zhou, and I will look at the impact of altered microglial autophagy on neuroinflammatory responses, and how this contributes to neurodegeneration.

Cheers! ☕

Patient and Public Involvement ( #PPI ) improves research quality/design, but isn't usually carried out by laboratory-based researchers.

Do you want to do PPI activities, but don't know where to start?

Have a read of my next Dementia Researcher blog ⬇️.

dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-how-to-im…

50km Bamburgh Castle Cycle Sportive 🚴‍♀️☀️

#TriathlonTraining

I'll be giving a talk at this year's Pint of Science UK!

I will be talking about #dementia , and whether new #Alzheimer 's treatments really are game-changers or just false hope.

See ⬇️ for more information and how to get #Pint24 tickets. 👩🏻‍🔬🔬🧠

pintofscience.co.uk/event/brain-ma…

Excited to share we've been awarded funding for a #dementia research project with Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation (MFC Foundation).

What better way to have a project kick-off meeting than a tour of the stadium! ⚽️

Guess I'm a Middlesbrough FC fan now 😀.

20km bike ride through Durham 🍦🚴‍♀️☀️.

#TriathlonTraining

Whitby looking beautiful yesterday ☀️ ⛱

#NorthYorkshire

Spring sunshine in Helmsley, #NorthYorkshire ☀️

Have you met Kamar Ameen-Ali one of our regular bloggers & incredible contributor to the wider research community.

You will find all her blogs in this handy playlist!

Want to contribute? Drop us a line, we provide a platform for you to share your work

podchaser.com/lists/dr-kamar…

A huge thank you to our fantastic panel for sharing their honest experiences as women in dementia research and advice towards more inclusive workspaces 💗
Prof Fiona Ducotterd 🟧 Prof Afia B Ali Kamar Ameen-Ali
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Thank you Research at ARUK for hosting this WiNUK: Women in Neuroscience UK 🧠 workshop where we discussed tackling gender bias in #dementia research.

Women are more likely to be affected by dementia, so it's important that we see fair gender representation in research.

#WiNxARUK #ARUKConf24

Thank you WiNUK: Women in Neuroscience UK 🧠 for inviting me to be a speaker at this Research at ARUK conference workshop!

WiNUK: Women in Neuroscience UK 🧠 are doing excellent work leading discussions on how we can address gender inequalities in dementia research, and academia more broadly.

Join us at #ARUK24 !

Cycling around Durham 🚴‍♀️

#BoardmanBike

In addition to the Dementia Researcher podcast episode on #neuropathology , I share my highlights from the recent British Neuropathological Society (@BNS_updates) meeting ⬇️.

New Dementia Researcher podcast episode with great guests Tammaryn Lashley, Daniel Erskine, and Dr Laura Palmer.

We discuss how #neuropathology can identify changes in the brain associated with #dementia , and guide development of targeted treatments 🎧⬇️.

open.spotify.com/episode/04MdEm…

Excellent article by Alex Easton on memory and forgetting. Have a read ⬇️.

Why forgetting is a normal function of memory – and when to worry theconversation.com/why-forgetting… via The Conversation