UKDP: Integrated DEmentiA research environment (IDEA)

英国痴呆症平台（UKDP）是一种全新的痴呆症研究方法。它汇集了来自22个队列的大约200万名研究参与者的数据，试图发现痴呆症的原因，并找到减缓痴呆症的方法。该平台已获得1200万英镑的资助。在这项提案中，我们希望改善英国痴呆症研究的基础设施，以便最大限度地利用UKDP提供的机会。我们希望通过购买重要的设备来改善基础设施，这些设备将使英国处于全球痴呆症研究的前沿，并建立科学家网络，他们将共同努力，最好地利用这些设备。该提案的三个主题是成像，信息学和干细胞。对于成像，我们希望建立一个PET/MRI网络。在英国的磁共振扫描设施，使大脑内的分子过程，导致痴呆症可以研究。对于信息学，我们希望汇集了许多不同类型的数据，尽可能使科学家容易使用它们。干细胞我们希望从患有和没有痴呆症的成年人身上提取细胞，以发现细胞如何随着痴呆症的开始和发展而变化。我们相信这些建议将提高标准，降低成本，并提供创新和协调的研究，使英国成为国际上研究痴呆症的独特地方。

The UK Dementias Platform (UKDP) is a radically new approach to dementias research. It brings together data fromaround 2,000,000 study participants from 22 cohorts to try and discover the causes of dementia and to find out ways ofslowing it down. The platform has been funded to the level of £12M.In this proposal we want to improve UK infrastructure for dementia research so that the most can be made of theopportunity provided by UKDP. We wan to improve the infrastructure by buying important pieces of equipment that will putthe UK at the forefront of dementia research worldwide and by establishing networks of scientists who will work together tomake best use of the equipment.The three themes of the proposal are imaging, informatics and stem cells.For imaging we want to establish a network of PET/MR scanning facilities across the UK so that the molecular processesgoing on inside the brain that cause dementia can be studied.For informatics we want to be bring together bas many different types of data as possible and make it easy as possible forscientists to use themFor stem cells we want to take cells form adults with and without dementia to find out how cells change as the dementiasprocess begins and progresses.We believe these proposals will raise standards, reduce costs, and deliver innovative and coordinated research, makingthe UK an internationally unique place to study dementia.