Events Explore upcoming events - hosted by UK DRI and by our partners Refine results Who Researcher - UK DRI Researcher - all Public Researcher - Post-doc Researcher - PhD Where Cambridge Cardiff Edinburgh London - Care Research & Technology at Imperial London - Imperial London - Kings London - UCL Reading Crete, Greece Manchester London Harrogate Other Newcastle Newport Glasgow Brighton Virtual What Conference Seminar Workshop Talk Symposium Livestream Public Event Webstream Webinar 28 February 2022 – 02 March 2022 Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference 2022 Registration for the ARUK Clinical Research Conference 2021 is now open. Brighton Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Here you will find any external activities hosted by the UK DRI. If you are a UK DRI researcher, you can find all internal events on the UK DRI Portal. Past event 11 April 2018 – 12 April 2018 UK DRI at Edinburgh: Official opening This two-day meeting marks the launch of the UK DRI at Edinburgh. It brings together speakers from Scotland, and beyond. Edinburgh UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 04 July 2018 – 04 July 2018 ICL Alzheimer’s Research UK Network Centre London - Imperial Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 21 September 2018 – 21 September 2018 8th Frontotemporal Dementia UK Annual meeting Bringing together researchers in the UK who are working on frontotemporal dementia and associated disorders. Manchester Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 27 September 2018 – 28 September 2018 UK DRI: Connectome 2018 The annual retreat for UK DRI researchers from across all centres to meet one another, share research and challenge ideas. Reading UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 23 October 2018 – 23 October 2018 Neurosciences and brain tumour research: joining forces for greater impact A Task and Finish Working Group, chaired by Chris Witty (DHSC Chief Scientific Adviser), was established in 2016 as a direct result of a parliamentary debate on the funding of brain tumour research in the UK. London Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 16 November 2018 – 16 November 2018 Workshop: Neurofilament as a biomarker Conveners: Henrik Zetterberg (UCL) and Paul Matthews (Imperial) London - Imperial UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 13 December 2018 – 13 December 2018 Edinburgh Neuroscience Public Christmas Lecture Join us for EdInburgh Neuroscience's 2018 annual Christmas Public Lecture Edinburgh UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 14 January 2019 – 14 January 2019 UK DRI - Meet The Funders Thinking about applying for fellowships or for your first independent grant and would like to get some guidance? London - UCL UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 15 February 2019 – 15 February 2019 KCL hosts new UK DRI recruits London - Kings UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 18 February 2019 – 19 February 2019 UK DRI at KCL: Official Opening London - Kings UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 19 March 2019 – 20 March 2019 ARUK Conference 2019 Harrogate Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 02 April 2019 – 02 April 2019 Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases We are pleased to announce the inaugural Biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases course for 2019 London - UCL Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 09 April 2019 – 09 April 2019 Genomics and Drug Discovery: a view from industry - Will Chen A view from industry on mathematical and computational technologies, and analysis of genomics scale data for drug discovery and development in neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases. London - Imperial UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 09 April 2019 – 09 April 2019 The World-Wide FINGERS toolbox for dementia prevention - Prof Miia Kivipelto A discussion on the first large long-term trial indicating that multi-domain intervention can prevent cognitive impairment in at-risk elderly people London - Imperial UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 03 May 2019 – 03 May 2019 UK DRI Guest Seminar, Benjamin Falcon (University of Cambridge) Conformers of assembled Tau in human neurodegenerative disease UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 08 May 2019 – 08 May 2019 From Academia to Industry: A Lunchtime Conversation Are you exploring a potential career move to industry? Come and hear two scientists talk about their career pathway, their transition from academia to industry, pros and cons, career tips…there will be plenty of time for an interactive Q&A session. London - UCL UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 13 May 2019 – 15 May 2019 CamBioScience Conference The 2019 conference will focus on: “Development of the dopaminergic system-from stem cells to circuits”. Crete, Greece UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 21 May 2019 – 22 May 2019 Alzheimer's Society Conference London Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 15 June 2019 – 15 June 2019 MRC Summer Science Fete 2019 Meet scientists and discuss research at the Summer Science Fete at UCL on June 15, 2-6pm. This will be a fun day for all ages and will include hands-on activities, interactive demonstrations and games. London - UCL Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 27 June 2019 – 28 June 2019 Synapse Symposium: Physiology and Pathophysiology An outstanding international forum for synapse biology in physiological and pathophysiological conditions London - Kings UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT 09 July 2019 – 09 July 2019 PhD & Postdoc Career Day, UCL - event & webstream Get a clearer picture on your career path from an excellent and diverse range of professionals at this 1-day UCL career event aimed at PhD students and postdocs. London - UCL Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 24 July 2019 – 25 July 2019 The role of capillary pericytes in health, stroke and Alzheimer's disease - Prof David Attwell In this UK DRI seminar, Prof David Attwell will share exciting data from his lab that suggest a new role of amyloid beta in reducing cerebral blood flow via pericyte-mediated capillary constriction. London - UCL UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 12 August 2019 – 13 August 2019 The 12th UK-KOREA Neuroscience Symposium A fantastic 2-day symposium promoting collaboration between neuroscience communities in Korea and the UK UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 06 September 2019 – 13 September 2019 Neurotechnology for Dementia Workshop London - Imperial UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 06 September 2019 – 06 September 2019 Saving the Synapse: Developmental critical periods and Alzheimer's disease - Prof Carla Shatz The UK DRI is delighted to invite you to this lecture with a world-leading neurobiologist and pioneer of early brain development research London - UCL UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 03 October 2019 – 04 October 2019 UK DRI: Connectome 2019 The annual retreat for UK DRI researchers from across all centres to meet, share research and challenge ideas. UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 08 October 2019 – 08 October 2019 Recent biological insights into Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases suggest novel therapies - Prof Dennis Selkoe The UK DRI is delighted to invite you to this lecture with Prof Dennis Selkoe, MD - a pioneer in the neurobiology of neurodegenerative disease London - UCL UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 12 December 2019 – 12 December 2019 A Common Mechanism for Inflammatory Neuronal Death in Alzheimer’s Disease and ALS: From Bench to Basket Clinical Trial The UK DRI is delighted to invite you to this joint lecture between UK DRI at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute London - UCL UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 24 January 2020 – 24 January 2020 UK DRI Special Seminar with Virginia Lee & John Trojanowski Exclusive seminar with world-renowned Professor Virginia Lee and Professor John Trojanowski, hosted by UK DRI at King's London - Kings UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 12 February 2020 – 12 February 2020 Dementia Care Research Summit 2020 - Live stream Celebrating successes in dementia care research Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 17 March 2020 – 18 March 2020 Cancelled - Alzheimer’s Research UK Annual Conference Newport Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 17 April 2020 – 17 April 2020 Friday Forum - Grant Writing Workshop Guidance on how to develop and structure grant applications and pitfalls to avoid Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 20 April 2020 – 20 April 2020 Special Guest Seminar - Christian Haass Microglial modulation in neurodegenerative disease – innovative therapies or devilish gambling? Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 21 April 2020 – 21 April 2020 Partners & Platforms Seminar - Structural Genomics Consortium and Centre for Medicine Discovery How can the Structural Genomics Consortium/Centre for Medicine Discovery partner with UK DRI to accelerate new biology and therapeutic discovery Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 28 April 2020 – 28 April 2020 Webinar: Prof David Klenerman hosted by UK DRI at King's "Detecting and Characterising the Protein Aggregates Formed in Neurodegenerative Diseases" Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 01 May 2020 – 01 May 2020 Friday Forum - Insights into Working with Industry and Drug Discovery How do we work together? Views from both industry and academia. Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 04 May 2020 – 04 May 2020 Special Guest Seminar - Adriano Aguzzi The cellular pathology of prion diseases Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 06 May 2020 – 06 May 2020 Partners & Platforms Seminar - Principles of Microscopy with ZEISS Are you new to microscopy, or would like a refresher on the basics? Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 07 May 2020 – 07 May 2020 Partners & Platforms Seminar - Open Targets OpenTargets and the Identification, prioritisation and validation of genetic associations with Alzheimer’s disease using human cellular models and CRISPR screens Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 12 May 2020 – 12 May 2020 Special Guest Seminar - Alison Goate Human Genetics implicates efferocytosis in Alzheimer’s disease risk Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 15 May 2020 – 15 May 2020 Friday Forum - Choosing a methodology Why do I use this technique? Insights from UK DRI researchers. Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 18 May 2020 – 18 May 2020 Partners & Platforms Seminar - Fundamentals of optical sectioning with ZEISS A more detailed looked into microscopy, lead by a specialist from ZEISS. Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 21 May 2020 – 21 May 2020 Friday Forum - ECR Monthly Meeting (May) A monthly informal meeting for UK DRI Early Career Researchers Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 29 May 2020 – 29 May 2020 Dementias Platform UK (DPUK): Multi-modal Data Access in a Digital Age How the UK DRI can work with DPUK to accelerate dementia research Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 02 June 2020 – 12 June 2020 Virtual DPUK Datathon Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams online at the first virtual DPUK datathon. Virtual Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 04 June 2020 – 04 June 2020 Virtual Symposium: Building bridges in neurodegeneration research: CRISPR, stem cells, and single-cell profiling Exchange ideas and spark new collaborations Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 10 June 2020 – 10 June 2020 Special Guest Seminar - Beth Stevens Unraveling Microglia Function and Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 10 June 2020 – 10 June 2020 Partners & Platforms Seminar - Image Analysis with ZEISS A broad look at image analysis, lead by a specialist from ZEISS Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 15 June 2020 – 15 June 2020 UK DRI at UCL Seminar - Dr Madeline Lancaster Modeling human brain development and evolution using cerebral organoids Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 16 June 2020 – 16 June 2020 Online Conference: Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury A broad scope of topics to attempt to cover scientific advances into the fundamental understanding of traumatic brain injury and its clinical management. Virtual Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 19 June 2020 – 19 June 2020 Friday Forum - ECR Monthly Meeting (June) A monthly informal meeting for UK DRI Early Career Researchers Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 23 June 2020 – 23 June 2020 Special Guest Seminar - Huda Y. Zogbhi Genetic Studies to Gain Insight into Neurodegenerative Disorders Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 30 June 2020 – 30 June 2020 What is IP and what is it worth? Part of the UK DRI Translation Series Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 02 July 2020 – 02 July 2020 Tackling Challenges in Neurodegenerative Research: Analysing Gene Expression with RNAscope A presentation of the RNAscope in situ hybridization (ISH) technology Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 03 July 2020 – 03 July 2020 Friday Forum - Methodology Webinar In vivo imaging and Adeno-Associated Virus techniques and manufacture Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 10 July 2020 – 10 July 2020 Glial Cells: Identities, functions and roles in brain health and disease An introductory course Glasgow Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 10 July 2020 – 10 July 2020 Friday Forum - Bench to clinic with Prof Sarah Tabrizi Insights from the search for therapies for Huntington’s disease Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 15 July 2020 – 15 July 2020 FENS2020 - A path to therapies: key outstanding questions in dementia research A Special Interest Event hosted by UK DRI Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 17 July 2020 – 17 July 2020 Partners & Platforms Seminar - DEMON Network/UK DRI Research Showcase DEMON Network & UK DRI: driving forward experimental dementia research with data science and artificial intelligence Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 24 July 2020 – 24 July 2020 Friday Forum - ECR Monthly Meeting (July) A monthly informal meeting for UK DRI Early Career Researchers Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 28 July 2020 – 28 July 2020 Partners & Platforms - Development and Application of Molecular Imaging Methods and Infrastructure for Dementia Research In partnership with DPUK Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 31 July 2020 – 31 July 2020 Friday Forum - A beginner’s guide to large-scale neuronal recordings in vivo Electrophysiology with Neuropixels, two-photon and wide-field calcium imaging and functional ultrasound imaging Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 09 September 2020 – 12 September 2020 Vas-Cog 2020 Conference on the topic of vasculature Newcastle Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 16 September 2020 – 16 September 2020 Dementia Biodesign Workshop Knowledge Transfer Network is holding the 4th in its series of biodesign workshops in collaboration with the UK DRI London Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 02 October 2020 – 02 October 2020 DEMON-UK DRI Joint Seminar Series The first part in the DEMON-UK DRI joint seminar series, featuring talks from Dr Timothy Rittman and Prof Valentina Escott-Price Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 06 October 2020 – 06 October 2020 Special Guest Seminar - Prof Ray Dolan 'An early marker for Alzheimer’s Disease?' Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 14 October 2020 – 16 October 2020 Connectome 2020 The annual retreat for UK DRI researchers from across all centres to meet, share research and challenge ideas. UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 27 November 2020 – 27 November 2020 UK DRI Translational Showcase 2020 The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is hosting their first Translational Showcase. This event is intended for those in the industry and investment community, but open for anyone to attend. Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 10 February 2021 – 10 February 2021 Rosetrees Interdisciplinary workshop on neurodegenerative diseases of the brain Co-sponsored by the UK DRI Virtual Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 23 February 2021 – 24 February 2021 CURE-ND Neurotechnology Workshop “Innovative models of neurodegenerative diseases” Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 04 March 2021 – 05 March 2021 The Brain Conference 2021 This two-day conference will feature a selection of fantastic speakers, invited by our conference Chairs from around the globe. Virtual Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 23 March 2021 – 26 March 2021 Alzheimer's Research UK Conference 2021 UK’s largest dementia research conference Virtual Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 12 April 2021 – 15 April 2021 BNA2021 Festival of Neuroscience From 12-15 April 2021, in partnership with the UK Dementia Research Institute, the British Neuroscience Association will host its fifth Festival of Neuroscience (BNA2021). Virtual Partner hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 26 May 2021 – 28 May 2021 Mechanistic insights into the pathophysiology of ALS A virtual meeting bringing together the ALS research community. Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 14 June 2021 – 16 June 2021 Expanded repeat disorders: from mechanisms to therapies Exploring the latest biology of repeat loci in the genome and the diseases they cause Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 15 September 2021 – 16 September 2021 Making it Brain: A Neuroscience Research and Career Mini-Conference for Students An insight into the day-to-day working lives of academic scientists and clinicians in the UK Dementia Research Institute! Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Past event 29 September 2021 – 29 September 2021 Building an early warning system for dementia A public webinar from the UK DRI Virtual UK DRI hosted event VIEW EVENT Founding funders Latest tweets from @UKDRI Get involved in #dementia research! 🧠 A team from UK DRI at Imperial, led by @nir_grossman, are recruiting volunte… https://t.co/GWSvwsKB6L 26 Nov 2021 17:00 Reply Retweet Favourite RT @CamNeuro: 📢Join us for the last @CamNeuro of the year on Tue 30th Nov, when we welcome Prof Giovanna Mallucci @MallucciLab @UKDRI ▶️'… 26 Nov 2021 15:17 Reply Retweet Favourite Address UK Dementia Research Institute HQ 6th Floor, UCL Maple House Tottenham Court Road London W1T 7NF UK DRI Ltd. Company No. 11045257 | Charity No. 1179589 Terms and conditions Privacy, data and cookies To donate Sitemap Contact Newsletter UK DRI Portal Social Twitter LinkedIn © 2021 UK Dementia Research Institute