We're looking for a new Chair of the BPS Member Board, a unique opportunity for any society member who wants to make a meaningful impact on our community and support the continued growth of the profession. Find out more: https://www.bps.org.uk/news/join-board-trustees-chair-member-board

Want to read blogs by #dementia researchers who talk about research & careers? But just too busy... we have you covered. Listen to them instead. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Trying to decode PhD maternity policies like it is a hidden research method. A PhD and a family should not be mutually exclusive but funding systems do not always agree. A thoughtful blog from Emily Spencer @ejmspencer.bsky.social www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-motherh...

The Graduate Student and Postdoc Committee is looking to fill three vacancies on the committee this year. Applications are due by April 1. Learn more and express your interest here: buff.ly/0rZ3Udb

Missed #AAICNeuro Next Manchester? 🎥 Watch the full Manchester session playlist + 🌍 Global plenaries now on demand for 28 days (for registered attendees) Cognition, imaging, tech, behaviour & biomarkers all in one place 👇 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...

The amazing Dr Ainara Jauregi Zinkunegi @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmuresearch.bsky.social @ccandl.bsky.social is presenting at @alzassociation.bsky.social AAIC NEXT right now! @betterresearch.bsky.social. Ainara is also recipient of the One to Watch award and I am so proud!

Bots have made their way to Prolific experiments. Our lab has stopped online testing of adults entirely now for this reason - we want to know if what we study is real. Probably data collected 2-3 years ago are ok, but moving forward we just can't know. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PhD life sometimes feels like trying snowboarding for the first time and expecting Olympic level performance. @ejmspencer.bsky.social explains why that mindset might need rethinking. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-learnin...

We start our review of applications for our tenure track position in cognitive psychology tomorrow. Cookie wants to remind you to submit your materials.

I’m not sure how to tag this to find the target audience, but I’m a late diagnosed autistic woman trying to navigate burnout and rediscover myself. These two books have been helpful to me; what other books on this subject am I missing? #booksky #currentlyreading #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent

Academic life can be brilliant & exhausting! Deadlines stack up. Teaching prep takes longer than expected. Emails multiply. Dr Becky Carlyle shares her experience of academic overwhelm & reminds us that feeling stretched doesn't mean you're failing. It means you are human. buff.ly/cri1x4X

Missed out on joining us in Manchester for #ARUKConf? Don’t worry, you can still attend online! Register now to get access to world renowned researchers and a varied scientific programme: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/research/for...

@bpsofficial.bsky.social careers festival at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social! www.bps.org.uk/event/bps-ps...

👏Congratulations to @unaidiazorueta.bsky.social honoured as one of the inaugural fellows of the International Neuropsychological Society @insneuro.bsky.social at their #INS2026inPhiladelphia meeting. #Neuropsychology #Research #MaynoothUni

Super excited about this preprint! We're looking at astrocyte reactivity and cognition in unimpaired women. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧪 🧠 @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmuresearch.bsky.social

📊 Research Associate role at Newcastle University working on ageing, global health and health inequalities. Collaborate with WHO and Cochrane partners using large scale data. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

Join us tomorrow at 12pm GMT for our Salon Research Showcase. Byron Creese from Brunel University London will share research on behavioural and psychological symptoms, early diagnosis, and what this means for care and research. communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/res...

Clinical Research Manager role at Cure Parkinsons providing strategic leadership across clinical trial development and treatment selection. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/clinical...

Save the date for ICOM-7 (aka the Memory Olympics)

Senior Project Officer role at Alzheimers Research UK delivering change projects and embedding strong project management across the charity. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-p...

Campaign Communications Officer role at Alzheimers Society delivering policy influencing campaigns to make dementia a national priority across the UK. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/campaign...

As we begin to take stock of this passing year, here is an amazing blog post by Ingrid Boedker on working with mums and babies 🙂🤱👶🍼🐣 nighttimecaregiving.study/2025-reflect... @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmulibrary.bsky.social @ljmuresearch.bsky.social @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social

Registration is now open for #AAICNeuro 2026 (23-26 Feb 2026) with hybrid participation + a UK Hub day in Manchester focused on biomarkers in dementia research - 26th February - Free event. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/%f0%9f%93%a3...

Two postdoctoral positions in visual selective attention (PI Søren Andersen) #NeuroJobs #VisionScience fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Wishing all our students a safe and happy winter break.🎄 Today is the last day of the semester for all our students. There’s still lots of support available. Remember the SLB is open 24/7 over the break ❄️ Find out more and our building opening times: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

From my @ljmuofficial.bsky.social colleague Dr Samantha Brooks: It’s so hard to resist overspending at Christmas – here’s how to reinforce your willpower theconversation.com/its-so-hard-...

⏰ Register for #INS2026inPhiladelphia by December 9th to receive Early Bird Pricing! 🧠 INS members: renew your 2026 dues for member pricing 🧠Not a member? Apply for membership before you register to receive a discount! See you there! ins-2026-philadelphia.oa-event.com/registration

We’re very proud that Liverpool has been named as a runner-up for the title of European Capital of Innovation 2026. 👏 As runner-up to Grenoble-Alpes Métropole and second-placed Rotterdam, our city will receive prize money of €100,000. ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Everyone shares their success here so I wanted to let you know I did wordle in six today. It was hard but I didn't give up!

Clinical Research Associate position available in Cambridge with James Rowe and Maura Malpetti studying frontotemporal dementia and Parkinson plus in a leading research centre. Closing date: 12th December www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/clinical...

Data Scientist Vacancy at Swansea University supporting a @dementiasplatform.bsky.social UK project using AI and data to advance research across the DPUK portal. Closing date: 11th December www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/data-sci...

Excited to be presenting at #bnsautumn25 (@britishneuropsych.bsky.social) this morning with our work on the Multiverse of Logical Memory and Plasma Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease! (that is actually the title). @ccandl.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Fellow Level B at UNSW Sydney reporting to Kaarin Anstey working on reducing womens risk of Alzheimer disease through research and analysis. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/postdoc-...

Important video from fellow scientist and microscopist @stephanie-shiers.bsky.social. Please respect our work. #Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday

Laura Stankeviciute @laura-sofia-s.bsky.social speaks with Claudia Barth @nifti12.bsky.social & Gillian Coughlan about the midlife transition #menopause and how hormonal change relates to brain health and Alzheimer risk. youtu.be/-0fbw0Ijk_4

Not only my photos are being stolen now, people are selling them under someone else's name😡😡. I intentionally never sold my images for profit. Check the photos below. Mine is in the left, the stolen one in the right. Does someone knows how to sue them? www.cell-and-art.com/en/product/a...

At the #ASHA2025 Convention in DC! Presenting at 1:00 pm on biomarker-defined Alzheimer's disease and how SLPs and AuDs can intervene early! www.linkedin.com/posts/kimber...

📚 NEW ISSUE 📚 Articles cover epigenetic and brain aging, plasma and MRI predictors of cognition in aging, aging of hippocampal microstructure, and more. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neurobiology-of-aging/vol/155/suppl/C

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

Congrats to @kmueller123.bsky.social and @ccandl.bsky.social for the latest collaboration on story recall, lexical markers and Alzheimer's disease! 🧠🧪 journals.lww.com/alzheimerjou... @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

Our report for 2023 is out now in @britishbirds.bsky.social. There's a summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... but if you prefer to watch rather than read then here's RBBP secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social with a few key points and some lovely photos! #ornithology #ukbirds youtu.be/arj1m7NfKmY

Madeline Hale, CCANDL PhD student, is the recipient of The Emma Allen Fellowship Award! She was awarded $1,000 to cover travel expenses to the 2025 American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention where she will be giving two presentations! Congratulations Madeline!

Check out Kristin Basche’s, CCANDL biostatistician, recent publication! Click the link below to read more about her work, diving into how amyloid and tau affect memory in a cognitively unimpaired at-risk sample. #memory #alzheimersresarch #cognitiveaging academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...

And the People's Choice winner with Ingrid Boedker, School of Psychology: Infant sleeping location and touch-mediated mother-infant outcomes: Liverpool Night-time Caregiving Project

Apply for funding from the MRC to undertake a PhD in any health research area. Open to healthcare professionals. Funding covers salary and project costs. Apply by 14th January www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/pred...

Apply for MRC funding to reacquire research skills. For PhD-qualified healthcare professionals returning to research. Covers salary and project costs. Appply by 14th January www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/post...

Apply for MRC funding to become an independent researcher in medical science. Open to healthcare professionals with a PhD. Salary and project costs funded. Closing date 14th January www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/clin...

Apply for BBSRC ALERT 2025 funding to buy mid-range research equipment. Grants from £200k to £1.5m for UK researchers. Awards last 12 months. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/mid-...

Excited to be talking at the #bnsautumn25 @britishneuropsych.bsky.social this coming November! Our paper will cover memory, blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's, and the multiverse! @ljmuresearch.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ccandl.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social