This event is part of the MERL and Reading Museum’s Cultural Commissioning partnership delivering ageing well programmes. The Reading Dementia Action Alliance is coordinating the event to raise awareness of…Read More >
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Jogging memories with sounds and pictures
It’s Dementia Action Week. Reading researchers are tackling the problem of dementia on all fronts, from investigating its causes to how we can improve care and quality of life for…Read More >
Pint of Science: Dementia
Mice, men, mad cows, cannibalism and…dementia? Dementia is a name for a group of diseases which cause reduced brain function. Dr Francesco Tamagnini and Dr Patrick Lewis will introduce two types…Read More >
PUBLIC LECTURE – Brain glue: sticking it to dementia
Brain Glue: Sticking it to Dementia Wednesday 28 February, 7.30-8.45pm G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights campus This event is free to attend. Registration in advance is not required, but is…Read More >
Brain Glue- Sticking it to dementia
50 million people around the world are living with dementia and that figure is set to reach 152 million by 2050. Ahead of tonight’s public lecture, neuroscientist Dr Mark Dallas…Read More >
How the brain’s ‘biological hoovers’ could help us understand Alzheimer’s Disease
By Dr Mark Dallas, Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, University of Reading Our hope as dementia scientists is that these cells could unlock a new avenue of treatments that alters…Read More >
