UK Dementia Research Institute

@ukdri.ac.uk

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The UK’s leading research institute transforming the lives of people affected by neurodegenerative conditions. Principally funded by the Medical Research Council.

Graphic containing a headshot of Samuel Barnes, and text that reads: Congratulations to Dr Samuel Barnes Dr Samuel Barnes (UK DRI at Imperial) and a team of researchers at Imperial College London, led by Dr Amanda Foust, have been awarded £3.92M by Wellcome to develop a new kind of high-throughput, real-time, volumetric voltage and hemodynamic imaging system based on light-field microscopy (LFM). Dr Barnes will use the new technology to investigate how problems with the brain’s neurovascular system might contribute to Alzheimer's, and whether electrically stimulating specific brain circuits could help to treat it.
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Three Group Leaders Professors Parkkinen, Magill and Houlden
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Senior Contracts Manager vacancy, Research Operations team, deadline 7 January 2026
Prof Khakh quote - I hope to make a meaningful difference to the lives of people affected by dementia by advancing new therapeutic mechanisms grounded in fundamental neuroscience, and by helping to build a research environment where great science and great scientists can thrive.
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