Current research

Scientific equipment

We fund vital equipment to accelerate results.

• Fronto-temporal dementia under the microscope

  Researchers at the Dementia Research Centre, UCL, aim to match up the symptoms of Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with changes in the brain.

• Studying genetic changes in the Alzheimer’s brain

  Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry aim to uncover evidence for epigenetic disruption in post-mortem brain tissue from people with Alzheimer's disease.

• Seeing Alzheimer’s brain changes using a motorised microscope

  Researchers at Newcastle University have been awarded a grant for a new motorised microscope.

• X-ray machine to study role of stem cells

  University of Ulster researchers are investigating the possibility that neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, could be treated using stem cells. Stem cells can divide and turn into brain cells or other cell types in the body.

• Cryostat boots research in Aberdeen

  ART scientists at the University of Aberdeen have been awarded an equipment grant that will greatly speed up their work.

• New equipment to track Alzheimer's gene

  Researchers at King’s College London have been carrying out genetic studies on Alzheimer’s disease. The have received a grant to purchase a PCR machine, with three interchangeable parts to allow for different types of genetic analysis to be done.

• Ultracentrifuge for dementia research

  Dr Stuart Pickering-Brown has been awarded £32,000 to purchase a new Ultracentrifuge, which will assist the groups work into proteins that bulid up in the brain of dementia patients.

• Laser technology to aid Alzheimer’s research

  The Alzheimer’s Research Trust has awarded Professor Love a grant to purchase a confocal laser-scanning microscope. This will allow Bristol researchers to increase the amount and accuracy of information they obtain from their studies .