🧠Are you a care partner of a person living with LBD? ✍️The Emerald Lewy project in @tcddublin.bsky.social is inviting current/former care partners of a person with dementia to take a survey to identify support gaps & improving quality of life. ➡️See below or go to tinyurl.com/5bs9prac

🤝Don't miss "Voice in Action: Social health supports for people living with young-onset dementia" in @universityofgalway.bsky.social on October 29th! Part of the #PPIFestival2025, this event will share research insights & personal stories of people living with young-onset dementia. Register below⬇️

What an amazing experience #35AEC has been! DRNI really enjoyed the knowledgeable & thought-provoking presentations, innovative and insightful posters, & meaningful networking with great people. Thank you @alzheimereurope.bsky.social - and we can't wait to attend #36AEC next year in Dublin!

"Creativity could be prescribed to improve brain health, study suggests" - A new study by the Global Brain Institute is featured in the Irish Times. #Neuroscience The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/10/03/creativity-could-be-prescribed-to-improve-brain-health-study-suggests/

🚨Unfortunately, our event with @ninacarberrymep.bsky.social is postponed due to strikes scheduled in Brussels, which are expected to significantly impact transportation for both speakers & attendees. We will communicate the new event date as soon as it is confirmed - thanks for your understanding!

🎉 #MyMovingBrain is coming to Galway – the final stop in our national series. Join us on November 1st at the @uniofgalway.bsky.social for a day of inclusive sport, science activities, & inspiring talks on brain health and inclusivity in sport. Register at: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1754128227...

🎨🎭📚🧠Don't miss a fascinating webinar on brain health and cultural spaces, taking place tomorrow from the Global Health Brain Institute! 🗓️Wednesday, 17th September ⏲️14.00-15.00 ➡️To registration and for more information, please go to: www.gbhi.org/events/why-c...

👏Thank you to the DSIDC for organising Advanced Healthcare Planning Day last Friday, a really important and timely event. The day was full of informative, useful and practical talks, in the great surrounds of MISA, St James's Hospital.

🔦DRNI's Trasna na dTonnta has set its spotlight on @darraghobrien.bsky.social , neuroscientist at @ox.ac.uk! ➡️To learn more about Darragh's work in translational proteomics & neurodegenerative disease, & about Trasna na dTonnta, go to: dementianetwork.ie/trasna-na-dt...

➡️Registration is now open for DRNI & Nina Carberry MEP event "Dementia and Brain Health in Women-Barriers and Opportunities"! 🗓️14/10 ⌚️12.30-14.30 CET 📍European Parliament ✍️For more information and to register: tinyurl.com/2tm524ry

🤩 We loved being part of SportAbility Day 2025 on Saturday! Our team hosted an information stand, sharing insights from past #MyMovingBrain events and connecting with the community. We’ll be back this November with our next event in Galway – details coming soon! @researchireland.ie

✨DRNI & TIMC were thrilled to host our symposium 'Less Common & Young Onset Dementias' on Wednesday in Tallaght University Hospital. 🤝Sincere thanks to our fantastic audience for attending, and for their great engagement and interest! Special thanks also to our marvellous speakers.

📄Survey - Developing an Integrated Care Pathway for LBD in Ireland ➡️The EMERALD-Lewy project is developing a co-produced Lewy Body Dementia integrated care pathway for Ireland. ✍️Take this survey to provide valuable insights into current practice: tinyurl.com/34vkmbpk

#REMINDER: The Expression of Interest deadline for Global Talent Ireland is this Thursday, 28th August. Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. For more visit: www.researchireland.ie/funding/global-talent-ireland/

📢Join @TUH_Tallaght Institute of Memory & Cognition on 0⃣3⃣/0⃣9⃣ for a Clinical Symposium on Less Common & Young-Onset Dementia! Target audience are HCP's involved in diagnosis &care of people with less common & YOD. Approved for CPD. ➡️To register: tinyurl.com/mrx2kzs2

The latest charity to open an EOI call under the HRCI/@hrbireland.bsky.social Joint Funding Scheme is The Alzheimer Society of Ireland. Up to €240,000 is available for projects of 24 months. The closing date for receipt of EOIs is 12/9/2025. More info hrci.ie/joint-fundin... #HealthResearchMatters

🧠🍺Brains, beers, and banter — all in one night! Join fellow early-career neuroscientists for a pre-Neuroscience Ireland Conference Pub Quiz! 📍 Botanic Inn, 23–27 Malone Rd, Belfast BT9 6RU 📅 Wednesday, August 27, 2025 ⏰ 7:00–9:00 PM Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @nsi-ecrn.bsky.social

📢 Are you a dementia researcher in the UK? Or one of the talented teams that took part in the #BioHermes001 Data Challenge? @kalliverse.bsky.social has some exciting news to share with you — all the way from the AAIC 2025 in Toronto! More updates coming soon. 🧠 #AAIC2025 #BioHermes002

The VISION-DEAR project in @ucc.ie has created a video that highlights the value of PPI in dementia research, explores what meaningful PPI involvement looks like, why it matters, & how to get involved. To find out more, see below - to watch this powerful & enlightening video, go to: bit.ly/4lCW7OS

Are you going to #AAIC? Why not join DRNI's Trasna na dTonnta for a reception on Monday, 28th July at 18.30 - register here to attend: t.co/uUJFFu6tmO

➡️Join Tallaght University Hospital Institute of Memory & Cognition for a Clinical Symposium on Less Common & Young-Onset Dementia! 🗓️03/09 ⌚️9.30-4 📍TUH 🧑‍⚕️Target audience: HCP's involved in diagnosis & care of people with less common & YOD. ℹ️ To register: tinyurl.com/mrx2kzs2

💡 Have you got a great idea for a grant application? Or just a desire to work amongst beautiful surroundings without interruption? Hear from Prof Terry Quinn, Brain Health ARC Director, about our upcoming writing retreat! ✅ Deadline to register interest: 21/07/25 👉 bit.ly/4mLcom7

🎉Congrats to Rory Boyle (UPenn) on being ECRN's first Article of the Month for his publication: “Resistance and resilience to Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome” Read it here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Apply next! linktr.ee/nsi.ecrn #AlzheimersResearch #DownSyndrome

✒️Take part in @RCSI_Irl survey, "Eliciting preferences for Rapid Health Technology Assessments (rHTA) - Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE)". 📋This survey aims to understand people's preferences for how rHTA should be conducted. ➡️For more info: rdc.rcsi.com/surveys/?s=T...

🌊As part of Trasna na dTonnta, we are spotlighting the Irish research diaspora! 🔦We are delighted to introduce our 1st "Spotlight on" researcher Dr Emma Devenney, neurologist at University of Sydney. ➡️To read about Emma's research & Trasna na dTonnta, go to dementianetwork.ie/trasna-na-dt...

📢DRNI are THRILLED to introduce 🌊Trasna na dTonnta (Across the Waves), an initiative to develop a network of the Irish dementia research diaspora, open to anyone with a connection to Ireland, including people who studied, trained or worked in Ireland. Going to #AAIC? Join 1/2

New research has revealed that the RSV vaccine is linked to reduced #dementia risk. Co-led by researchers at the Centre for Human Genetics, the vaccine was associated with a 29% reduction in dementia risk following the 18 months post-vaccine 💉🧠 Find out more 👉 www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/respira...

🧠What to learn more about the anatomy of the human brain? @KingsCollegeLon are running in-person and online courses on human brain anatomy this summer. ℹ️For more information and to register, please go to: tinyurl.com/y7mr3n5m

✨DRNI were delighted to co-host with Discipline of Medical Gerontology, TCD and GBHI 'The Role of the Ageing Immune System in the Development of Delirium and Dementia'. 👏Thanks to our fantastic speakers Daniel David, Colm Cunningham, Aoife Fallon and Thomas Jackson, and to all who attended!

👏🤝Thank you so much to our marvelous speakers Naaheed Mukadam @ucl.ac.uk, Sarah Cullum GBHI, and Georgia Richard @tcddublin.bsky.social who gave fantastic presentations at DRNI's 'Inclusion in dementia research webinar' last week! ✨Thanks also to all who attended! 📽️: youtu.be/UHxXpFgEdvc

📢DRNI are THRILLED to introduce 🌊Trasna na dTonnta (Across the Waves), an initiative to develop a network of the Irish dementia research diaspora, open to anyone with a connection to Ireland, including people who studied, trained or worked in Ireland. Going to #AAIC? Join 1/2

DRNI were delighted to take part in Brain Connections 2025, which took place in @ucc.ie on Saturday 14/06, together with EMERALD Lewy and GBHI. Thanks so much for the invitation and for a great day of important conversations, networking, and learning!

🔊 Seminar Alert! Join us for our Career Progression in Academia Seminar on Thursday, June 19 at 1:00 PM (Zoom)! 🎓 Hear from researchers at every stage—from PhD grad to professor—sharing real stories, challenges, and career advice. 🔗 Register via linktree: linktr.ee/nsi.ecrn?fbc...

⌛️Only ONE week left until our special extended webinar "Inclusion in dementia research"! 👉To register to hear Naaheed Mukadam, Sarah Cullum & Georgia Richard speak, followed by an expert panel chaired by Sean Kennelly & including Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, go to: forms.office.com/e/JSFKiP3z7v

⌛️only just over a week left until our in-person symposium on "The role of the ageing immune system in the development of delirium and dementia"! For info or to register, go to: forms.office.com/e/QbwazUZcYz

📣 Brain Health ARC Writing Retreat! Taking place at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment from Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th September, our writing retreat will offer an opportunity for dedicated writing time ✍️🌳 ➡️ Find out more and register here: bit.ly/4mLcom7

🚨 Final Call! Abstract Deadline Approaching – Submit by 5 June ‼️ Travel bursaries & accommodation available. Submit your work, explore partnership opportunities, and join us in #Belfast! 🔗 neuroscienceireland.com/nsi-2025-con... #Neuroscience #NSI2025 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

🏐⚽️🏉The RESOLVE study in @tcddublin aims to investigate dementia risk factors & brain health in retired rugby, soccer, &GAA/LGFA athletes. Investigating head contact & lifestyle factors can help protect athletes brains & promote brain health. ℹ️ For more information: www.theresolvestudy.org

⏳We are getting closer to our in-person symposium on 16 June in TCD: 'The Role of the Ageing Immune System in the Development of Delirium and Dementia'! 📅 Monday, 16th June ⌚ 17.00-19.00 📍 Trinity College Dublin For information and to register, see below⬇️

Tomorrow is the upcoming deadline to apply for NSI grants for ECRs- NSI International Conference Travel Bursaries and Mobility Fellowships! Don't miss out on this opportunity!🧠✨👩‍🔬 neuroscienceireland.com/travel-bursary

📢 Abstract deadline for #NSI2025 extended to 5 June! Travel bursaries & accommodation available. Submit your work, explore partnership opportunities, and join us in #Belfast! 🔗 neuroscienceireland.com/nsi-2025-con... #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceIreland 🧪

DRNI spent an amazing two days at HOMEDEM.EU HOMEDEM in Institute for Lifecourse and Society @universityofgalway.bsky.social with great talks and really thought-provoking discussions. Congratulations to organisers Sharon Walsh and Vamsi Krishna Boyanagari for a fantastic event!

✨The 3rd speaker of our 'Inclusion in dementia research' is Dr Georgia Richard of @tcddublin.bsky.social, who will speak on cognition in long-term homeless adults. To join us for this special extended 3-speaker webinar on 🗓️Monday 16 June at 🕙10.00 go to➡️https://forms.office.com/e/JSFKiP3z7v

Personal prize of 50.000 EUR! The nominations for The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in #TranslationalNeuroscience are now open! ⏰Application deadline: 5 June 2025 More information: www.fens.org/careers/awar... 🧪 #FENS #ChicaHeinzSchallerFoundation #BrainResearch

🤝DRNI are delighted to co-host this in-person symposium on delirium & dementia! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Join speakers Daniel Davis, @ucl.ac.uk, Colm Cunningham, @tcddublin.bsky.social, Aoife Fallon, TUH & Thomas Jackson, @unibirmingham.bsky.social on Monday 16 June in TCD! ⬇️For more info: forms.office.com/e/QbwazUZcYz

The HRB is launching a new podcast series exploring the challenge of linking research with real-world decision-making. Tune in to the first episode of The Health Research Podcast, hosted by Dy Claire O'Connell, on 28 May. Available on YouTube & podcast apps. #evidenceforpolicy

‘Dementia is just one part of who they are. My husband’s underlying personality hasn’t really changed’ www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...

DRNI are delighted to attend Creative Brainwaves - learning a lot of new things! Thanks to Karen Meenan, Mike Hanrahan and GBHI for a great day!

🤝Meet the 2nd speaker of "Inclusion in dementia research" webinar! Dr Sarah Cullum, GBHI, @tcddublin.bsky.social will speak on working with a multi-ethnic research group on impact of dementia in NZ’s major ethnic groups. To join us on 16th June @ 10.00-11.30 go to: forms.office.com/e/JSFKiP3z7v

🚨Have you registered for our in-person symposium on the "Role of the Ageing Immune System in the Development of Delirium and Dementia"? Speakers include Daniel Davis, @ucl.ac.uk, Colm Cunningham, @tcddublin.bsky.social, Aoife Fallon, TUH & Thomas Jackson, @unibirmingham.bsky.social. To register⬇️: