{"id":896,"date":"2026-10-16T13:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/?p=896"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:34:46","slug":"aruk-london-network-dementia-open-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/2026\/10\/16\/aruk-london-network-dementia-open-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ARUK London Network Dementia Open Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/files\/2026\/10\/1792139453111.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Nearly 100 people attended this year\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK (ARUK) London Network Dementia Open Day, hosted by <span class=\"i0lf9e i0lmlu\"><a class=\"i0lg86 i0lmmp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/imperial-college-london\/\" aria-label=\"View company: Imperial College London\"><strong><span class=\"i0lmlu\" data-sdui-anchor-id=\"commentary-wUhFMpTS1FsC8tTg_FWXmVg4n_MPrvyzpD3bHhE2qGI-da9f7594-38f6-4d93-8890-df16a7055a3a::116\">Imperial College London<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe annual event brings together researchers from London\u2019s leading universities to share the latest developments in dementia research with the public. This year, it took place in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building on Imperial\u2019s South Kensington Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors heard talks from researchers at Imperial, <span class=\"i0lf9e i0lmlu\"><a class=\"i0lg86 i0lmmp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/university-college-london\/\" aria-label=\"View company: UCL\"><strong><span class=\"i0lmlu\" data-sdui-anchor-id=\"commentary-wUhFMpTS1FsC8tTg_FWXmVg4n_MPrvyzpD3bHhE2qGI-da9f7594-38f6-4d93-8890-df16a7055a3a::449\">UCL<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"i0lf9e i0lmlu\"><a class=\"i0lg86 i0lmmp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/king&apos;s-college-london\/\" aria-label=\"View company: King&apos;s College London\"><strong><span class=\"i0lmlu\" data-sdui-anchor-id=\"commentary-wUhFMpTS1FsC8tTg_FWXmVg4n_MPrvyzpD3bHhE2qGI-da9f7594-38f6-4d93-8890-df16a7055a3a::454\">King&#8217;s College London<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> London and the <span class=\"i0lf9e i0lmlu\"><a class=\"i0lg86 i0lmmp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/royal-veterinary-college\/\" aria-label=\"View company: Royal Veterinary College\"><strong><span class=\"i0lmlu\" data-sdui-anchor-id=\"commentary-wUhFMpTS1FsC8tTg_FWXmVg4n_MPrvyzpD3bHhE2qGI-da9f7594-38f6-4d93-8890-df16a7055a3a::491\">Royal Veterinary College<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"i0lf9e i0lmlu\"><a class=\"i0lg86 i0lmmp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-francis-crick-institute\/\" aria-label=\"View company: The Francis Crick Institute\"><strong><span class=\"i0lmlu\" data-sdui-anchor-id=\"commentary-wUhFMpTS1FsC8tTg_FWXmVg4n_MPrvyzpD3bHhE2qGI-da9f7594-38f6-4d93-8890-df16a7055a3a::517\">The Francis Crick Institute<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, and explored interactive information stalls run by early career researchers from Imperial, UCL and King\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees included people affected by dementia, carers, families, students and medical practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an interactive day for the general public to learn about the latest advances in dementia research,\u201d said Dr <span class=\"i0lf9e i0lmlu\"><a class=\"i0lg86 i0lmmp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/magdalena-sastre-52648322\/\" aria-label=\"View Magdalena Sastre\u2019s profile\"><strong><span class=\"i0lmlu\" data-sdui-anchor-id=\"commentary-wUhFMpTS1FsC8tTg_FWXmVg4n_MPrvyzpD3bHhE2qGI-da9f7594-38f6-4d93-8890-df16a7055a3a::876\">Magdalena Sastre<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Professor in Molecular Neuroscience at the <span class=\"i0lf9e i0lmlu\"><a class=\"i0lg86 i0lmmp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dobs-imperial\/\" aria-label=\"View company: Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London\"><strong><span class=\"i0lmlu\" data-sdui-anchor-id=\"commentary-wUhFMpTS1FsC8tTg_FWXmVg4n_MPrvyzpD3bHhE2qGI-da9f7594-38f6-4d93-8890-df16a7055a3a::937\">Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, who organised this year\u2019s event at Imperial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event was very successful, and we received very positive feedback. People appreciated having more information on the disease and on the latest developments in diagnosis, risk factors and treatments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event took place on Saturday 3 October 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 100 people attended this year\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK (ARUK) London Network Dementia Open Day, hosted by Imperial College London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1947,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275632],"tags":[296257,11177],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-updates","tag-alzheimers","tag-dementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1947"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":900,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/dobs-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}