Talk recordings

Albert Hofman addresses room at a conference — Plenary speaker Professor Albert Hofman gives talk at UK DRI workshop

Harvard Chan School of Public Health

“Why are epidemiologists so bad at epidemics? The case of Alzheimer's disease.”

Sudha Seshadri speaks holding microphone to room at UK DRI conference — Professor Sudha Seshadri speaks at UK DRI conference

UT Health San Antonio

“Aging, Resilience, Multimorbidity and Dementia in the Oldest-Old”

Neil Davies speaks to audience at UK DRI conference — Professor Neil Davies speaks at UK DRI workshop

University College London

“The causes of Alzheimer’s disease, Mendelian randomization: what do we know, and what next?”

Verena Zuber stands at front of conference theatre smiling — Verena Zuber speaks at UK DRI conference on 10 November 2023

Imperial College London

“Single cell Mendelian Randomisation on human brain disease and behaviour”

James Yarmolinsky stands at front of conference theatre holding microphone — Dr James Yarmolinsky speaks at UK DRI conference

Imperial College London

“Genetically proxied drug target perturbation for dementia research”

Arfan Ikram stands holding microphone speaking at UK DRI conference — Professor Arfan Ikram speaks at UK DRI conference

Erasmus University Medical Centre

“What makes dementia research so difficult? A few methodological considerations”

Ole Andreasson stands behind lecturn at UK DRI conference addressing audience — Prof Ole Andreasson speaks at UK DRI conference

University of Oslo

“Multimodal prediction of Alzheimer’s disease – opportunities in Nordic registry and biobank data”

How temperature and circadian rhythms intersect to regulate a protein shown to protect against neurodegeneration

A new study led by Dr Marco Brancaccio (UK DRI at Imperial) and Dr Marieke Hoekstra (former UK DRI at Imperial, now VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) offers a deeper insight into how a neuroprotective pathway is regulated both by temperature and the body clock. This research, published in the journal PNAS, could open up new therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative disease. Read more on the UK DRI website

Introducing Cynthia Sandor: Pioneering earlier detection of Parkinson’s

Dr Cynthia Sandor, former Emerging Leader at the UK DRI at Cardiff, joins the UK DRI at Imperial as a Group Leader, where she will be tackling early diagnosis of Parkinson’s.

With a background in genetics, Dr Sandor uses computational methods to bring greater understanding to the underlying molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s. Read more about Cynthia's work on the UK DRI website.

The UK Dementia Research Institute is a joint £290 million investment from the Medical Research Council (MRC), Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK.