Recently I was given the opportunity to do research with the Rusted Lab at Sussex University as a Junior Research Associate. This means I will be continuing the Rusted Lab’s current work measuring the effects of the APOE e4 gene…
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Summer Research…APOE in mid-adulthood
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Psychology, Students, Sussex University, University of Sussex
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Posted in Events, Lab Life, Research, Uncategorized
Orla Bonnar: Visit to memory clinic 29 March 2017
As part of my Alzheimer’s Society funded PhD, I was afforded the opportunity to attend a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting held by the memory assessment service (MAS) team in Brighton. The aim of this service is to ‘provide early detection, diagnosis,…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Doctoral students, PhD, Psychology, University of Sussex
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Posted in Lab Life, Uncategorized
Dementia in the clinic
One of my PhD colleagues, Rebecca Atkinson, wrote recently that each student at Sussex funded by the Alzheimer’s Society charity is afforded the opportunity to complete placements in a local Memory Assessment Services (MAS) clinic. I was paired with Consultant…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, clinical research, Cognition, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, Health, Psychology, reflections, Research, Sussex, Sussex University, University of Sussex
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Posted in Lab Life
The APOE paradox: do attentional control differences in mid-adulthood reflect risk of late-life cognitive decline
Possession of an APOE e4 allele is an established risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, while the less commonly studied e2 variant is premised to offer some protection. This research explores the purported deleterious-protective dichotomy of APOE variants on attentional control in mid-adulthood. 66 volunteers,…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Research, APOE, Cognition, Cognitive Ageing, Dementia, genetics, Neurobiology, Psychology, Research, Science, Sussex, University of Sussex
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Posted in Publications, Research
A clinical perspective: visiting the Memory Assessment Services
As a PhD student, the funding for my studentship comes from the Alzheimer’s Society. This is part of an Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Sussex, which supports the research of eight PhD students from multiple disciplines…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Society, Clinical experience, clinical research, Dementia, Psychology, Research, Sussex, University of Sussex
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Advances in Hepatitis C research: associated neurocognitive symptoms
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major health burden in England (Public Health England, 2015). HCV treatment is a significant component in control of the disease but the neuropsychiatric side effects of the treatment have been associated with treatment interruption.…
Tagged with: clinical research, Cognitive, Health, hepatitis C, Neurocognitive, Psychology, Research, Sussex University, University of Sussex
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Posted in Research, Uncategorized
Alzheimer’s Research UK 2016 Conference – II
Day 1 The themes of the 1st day of the main AD conference were Frontotemporal dementia, Neurovascular dysfunction, and Inflammation & Immunity. One of many fascinating presentations on this was given by Jessica Duncombe, a 3rd year PhD student from…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Research, ARUK, clinical research, Dementia, Health, Molecular, Psychology, Research, Science, University of Sussex
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Alzheimer’s Research UK 2016 Conference
This week I attended the annual ARUK conference, in Manchester. This comprised a PhD day, followed by two days of the main conference. The PhD day included a number of talks from current PhD students on their research, as…
Tagged with: Ageing, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Research, clinical, conference, Dementia, Medicine, PhD, Psychology, Research, University of Sussex
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Bake-Off Win at the Life Science Impact Day
Professor Louise Serpell, co-Director of the Alzheimers Society DTC and the Dementia Reseearch Group won second prize at the Life Sciences Impact Day Bake-off with this wonderful Neuron Cake! Her kids ate most of the mitochondria…
Tagged with: bake, bakeoff, brain, cake, lablife, life sciences, neuron, neuroscience, Psychology, Science, Sussex University, University of Sussex
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Posted in Lab Life
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