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Dementias Platform UK
@dementiasplatform.bsky.social
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Powering research to find new ways of detecting and treating #dementia. Providing infrastructure to enable research at scale and pace. Funded by #MedicalResearchCouncil. Based at Oxford University with teams at universities across the UK and in industry.
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Happy Friday! 🎉

Weekend plans? New research shows just 3,000 steps a day (30 min walk) could cut Alzheimer's risk by nearly half 🧠👟

Optimal: 5,000-7,500 steps. Get outside, grab a friend, enjoy nature.

Every step counts!

zurl.co/gSyQy

#HappyFriday #BrainHealth
Even a few thousand steps a day can reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s – new study
Even modest amounts of walking – as few as 3,000 steps a day – may help protect against Alzheimer’s by reducing harmful tau proteins in the brain.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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New Paper from @dementiasplatform.bsky.social researchers FatemehTabassi Mofrad and Chris Patrick Pflanz. Their findings offer a guide for regenerative strategies and therapeutic interventions by locating subcortical regions most vulnerable to age-related atrophy and inflammation.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Congratulations to Dishaa Sinha, one of the many outstanding women working with @dementiasplatform.bsky.social for her award at #WINAwards2025. She has done great work on our #FAST study and #GreatMinds register. #dementiaresearch #cognition #bloodbiomarkers #ageing #aging 👏👩‍🔬
womeninneurouk.bsky.social Women in Neuroscience UK @womeninneurouk.bsky.social · 9d
She currently completes her PhD on speech-based biomarkers of dementia — demonstrating exceptional determination while building inclusive dementia research. 🧠💙

Award supported by @kingsioppn.bsky.social 💙
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Dementias Platform UK
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Physical activity as a modifiable risk factor in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Physical activity as a modifiable risk factor in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Medicine
In cognitively normal older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s dementia, physical inactivity was associated with faster tau protein buildup and cognitive decline.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Have you ever thought of studying at #Oxford?
#psychiatry
oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · 10d
🔊STUDENTSHIPS
There's less than a month left to apply for our studentship opportunities: buff.ly/oAwC7FG

Deadline: 2 December 2025.
Apply for funded studentships. Apply by 12 midday, 2 December 2025.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Great to see READ-OUT study and the #BloodBiomarkerChallenge leading the news on Points West zurl.co/Sg16V
Both @researchnbt.bsky.social and
@reminduk.bsky.social are participating in the study. It could revolutionise #dementia #diagnosis @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @alzheimersresearchuk.org
Points West - Evening News: 04/11/2025
The latest news, sport, weather and features from the West of England.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Dr Delia Gheorghe & Prof Sarah Bauermeister discussed their @DementiasUK research on Pro TV News Romania (interview in Romanian).

Great to see dementia research reaching international audiences!

👉 Watch the interview: zurl.co/QHi9d

#DementiaResearch #SciComm
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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A fantastic new milestone for the @dpukdataportal.bsky.social which has passed last year's record access requests - hitting 150 so far in 2025. AND we've had over 2,500 dataset requests too. Continued growth for an extraordinary #dementia #research resource. #aging #cognition
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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READ-OUT is combining blood and digital tests to assess #dementia. New funding for two digital tests comes from Innovate UK (UKRI). Find out more zurl.co/VmhBG Using blood & #digital tests together may be a way of speeding up a #diagnosis, widening access in the NHS.
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Great Minds event 'Decoding Dementia: Biomarkers, Big Data, and the Future of Diagnosis' is now available to watch 🧠

Featuring #DPUK experts discussing blood-based biomarkers, AI, and NHS readiness

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQE...

#DementiaResearch #Biomarkers
DPUK Great Minds | Saïd Business School, Oxford, 16 Oct 2025
YouTube video by Dementias Platform UK
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October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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We're live at The Saïd Business School, Oxford!

Our Great Minds event is underway with Prof John Gallacher presenting on big data and dementia insights.

More from Prof James Rowe, Prof Vanessa Raymont & Dr Ivan Koychev to come!

#GreatMinds #DementiaResearch
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Congratulations to our NTAD team for a paper in @molpsychiatry - A study assessing new biophysical models of non-invasive human #MEG imaging to test pharmacological and disease modulation of NMDA-receptor inhibition.
zurl.co/VWbGK
#dementia #alzheimers #dpuk
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Dementia is a global challenge. On World Mental Health Day, #DPUK wants to thank every single research scientist dedicated to better understanding the disease...and each study volunteer helping them too. #dementia, declining #cognition, #MND and #Parkinsons.
October 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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#35AEC in Bologna - and 2 presentations from @DementiasUK in the Brain Health session.
Congratulations to Megan Smith (MIND Diet and Aging) and Pippa Watson (Lifestyle factors & SuperAgers) for excellent talks about their research.
#dementia #alzheimers #cognition @alzheimereurope.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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DON'T MISS THIS EVENT if you are part of the #READ-OUT study or working at a research centre. It's a chance to hear about some of the latest research areas for dementia: biomarkers, AI & diagnosis.
In Oxford: zurl.co/1T7fO
Or ONLINE: zurl.co/LpgW6
October 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Don't miss it! Book your place at our latest GREAT MINDS LIVE event - in Oxford (and online). Decoding Dementia: Biomarkers, Big Data and the Future of Diagnosis. FREE, but places are limited.

Attend in person: zurl.co/3aacq
Online: zurl.co/vUa6g
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Health data research reveals #LewyBody risk from air #pollution.
Fine-particulate air pollution can lead to #dementia. Triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein they destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain.
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Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants
Evidence links air pollution to dementia, yet its role in Lewy body dementia (LBD) remains unclear. In this work, we showed in a cohort of 56.5 million individuals across the United States that fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure raises LBD risk. ...
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September 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🧠 GREAT MINDS LIVE - 16 October, 2-5pm
Join leading #DPUK experts exploring blood #biomarkers, #AI, and research registers in #dementia
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2-5pm
📍 Said Business School
💰 FREE
Book:
Venue zurl.co/n7Npj
Online zurl.co/wbTus
September 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Prof Sarah Bauermeister has been speaking at the #TBI-Reporter conference today about curation of data at scale. At #DPUK she developed the #C-Surv #ontology enabling highly effective data management. #braininjury #dataanalysis # dementia #trauma @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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It's great to hear about the huge amount of work going on with traumatic brain injuries at the TBI_REPORTER General Assembly this week. A key resource is its #hub hosted on #DPUK's data portal (@dpukdataportal.bsky.social) - which is collating & curating #braininjury research data at scale. #TBI
September 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Great to have DPUK engaged at #VasCog 2025 yesterday. Notable contributions from #AtticusHainsworth and #JoannaWardlaw. We are looking forward to some really interesting #DPUK #vascular #dementia research in future, building on our existing work. #cognition #brain @ukdri.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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We're delighted to welcome the launch of ADAPT, a study focused on p-tau217 as a potential biomarker to use in a simple blood test to diagnose dementia. It joins our own READ-OUT project in the Blood Biomarker Challenge to find a test to use in NHS brain clinics.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Doctors trial £100 blood test that could transform how NHS detects Alzheimer’s
More than 1,000 patients to take part in trial to see if the approach leads to faster and more reliable diagnoses
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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🧠 GREAT MINDS LIVE - 16 October, 2-5pm: The Future of #DementiaResearch

Join leading #DPUK experts exploring blood #biomarkers, #AI, and research registers in #dementia

📅 Thursday 16th October, 2-5pm
📍 Said Business School
💰 FREE

Please register: zurl.co/n7Npj
GREAT MINDS LIVE - Booking to attend 'in person'
The future of biomarkers and the importance of registers in dementia research
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September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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If you are putting together a clinical study or trial for dementia, our Great Minds register volunteers are ready to help. We know a lot about them, making it easier to accurately select appropriate candidates and save you time during selection. Find out more: zurl.co/bBiaV
September 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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With 107 multimodal datasets - accessible in one place - the #DPUK Data Portal is a fundamental tool for dementia research. Data includes lifestyle, cognition tests, brain imaging, and genetics. Check it out. Use our Discovery Tools zurl.co/Klv2R
August 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM