Resources for researchers

This page provides information for researchers wishing to access resources and training for studies into dementia.

Not just data

How DPUK supports you in the Data Portal

Research communities

Find collaborators and resources in your field

Training and events

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Highlights from our communities

DPUK investment has enabled scientists to study the development of neurodegenerative disease using a type of stem cell derived from the blood samples of cohort study participants. These cells – iPSCs – are an immensely valuable resource that is being shared by research teams.

iPSCs: a shared resource

Facilitated by DPUK, scientists at the University of Oxford are investigating the behaviour of drugs developed by AstraZeneca (AZ) on patient-specific cell models. They are looking to see if they can be used to target a range of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Uncovering the potential on the shelves of drug libraries

Key findings

Opportunities for you

We welcome your feedback

Are you working in the Data Portal? Have you made an application for DPUK cohort data? We want to hear about your experiences so we can best focus our Data Portal development work. If you have particular requirements or needs for your research, we want to hear about them, so please get in touch.

Miss it, miss out!

This winter sees a rush of abstract submission deadlines for the major dementia research conferences in 2019 – in the UK and abroad. Check out what opportunities are on offer on our external opportunities pages.

Funding for Early Career Researchers

DPUK's ECR grant scheme is closing on 31 March 2019.

Nice to meet you

DPUK connects researchers with each other – within their fields, but crucially beyond them too. Meet two Early Career Researchers from different backgrounds and discover the resources they're working with. Maybe there's something for you?

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Sean and the PET-MR resources

Catherine and cross-cohort analysis

Get great research published

A selection of the latest publications using DPUK data or resources

Sex-specific moderation by lifestyle and psychosocial factors on the genetic contributions to adiposity in 112,151 individuals from UK Biobank
Journal article

Calvin, C et al, (2019), Nature Scientific Reports
Longitudinal cognitive and biomarker changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease
Journal article

Eric McDade et al, (2018), Neurology, 91, 1295 - 1306

More publications

Don't forget to credit DPUK

Have you used DPUK-funded technology or conducted your analyses in the Data Portal's virtual desktop? You need to credit DPUK. See the publications policy for full details of how to do this.

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