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NEWS: New PhD position available in the Alzheimer's society Sussex DTC with Dr Sarah King. Please click here for details

Studentships

Seven students have been appointed to study complementary aspects of understanding the role of ApoE in Alzheimer’s disease with life span in the areas of psychology and biochemistry/neuroscience. The Supervisors are all members of the Sussex University Dementia Research group www.sussex.ac.uk/drg, and the studentships are part of a newly established Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral training centre.

Networks

Many of our members are also members of the . This is a network based at University of Southampton, chaired by Dr Diego Gomez-Nicola and administrated by . It consists of Dementia researchers from Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Sussex.

Press Releases

Alzheimer’s culprit causes memory loss even before brain degeneration

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/30680

Dementia expert pays tribute to Terry Pratchett

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/29674

Next generation of dementia scientists to explore genetic risk of Alzheimer’s

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/?id=28913

Alzheimer gene may boost young brains but contributes to ‘burnout’ in later years. Professor Jennifer Rusted 

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/id/16498

New dementia procedure will speed up diagnosis. Dr Dennis Chan 
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/id/16394

Terry Pratchett helps fund Alzheimer's research at Sussex. Professor Louise Serpell 
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressrelease/media/media731.html

Upcoming conferences

20-21 March, Queen Elizabeth Conference centre, London

Blogs/articles

Further blogs are available at  and

LATEST NEWS:

Newest member of the Dementia Research Group : Oyinkan Adeskin talks about her fellowship from Alzheimer's society