Topic: postdoc

Journal of Experimental Biology supports junior faculty who want to host a graduate student or postdoc for a new collaborative research visit of one to three months. Awards up to GBP 3,000 support the visitor’s travel and subsistence, not research costs. Apply by 27 November 2026 for travel after 4 January 2027. Projects must concern animal comparative physiology or biomechanics.

This seminar is part of our “Emergent Scientists” series, an initiative that provides a platform for scientists at the critical PhD/postdoc transition period to share their work with a broad audience and network. Summary: These talks cover Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research in both mice and humans. Christiana will discuss in particular the translational aspects of applying mouse work to humans and the importance of timing in disease pathology and intervention (e.g. timing between AD biomarkers vs. symptom onset, timing of therapy, etc.). Siddharth will discuss a rare variant of Alzheimer’s dise