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- Functional improvement after repair of brachial plexus avulsion: can we do better?
- Patient and Public Engagement - designing for people with multiple sclerosis
- Intentional Inhibition: from motor suppression to self-control
- Neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders associated with defective autophagy
- How do we resist distraction (if we do)?
- Discovering patterns in sound sequences
- Sorting of axonal retrograde cargoes in motor neurons
- Translational neuromodeling
- MicroRNAs as novel targets in the pathogenesis and treatment of epilepsy
- Casting light on multiple sclerosis heterogeneity: the role of HLA-DRB1 on spinal cord pathology
- Synaptic transmission : invertebrate models
- Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013
- The mysteries of consciousness
- Experimental drugs for treatment of Spasticity
- PERMANENT PRESENT TENSE: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient H.M
- Model-based neuroanatomy: Testing hypotheses about white-matter connections in the living human brain
- The neural difference between sympathy and empathy: A problem of spatial perspective change?
- Prions: Breakthroughs Remaining Challenges and Regrets

Prions: Breakthroughs Remaining Challenges and Regrets
Published: Jul 5, 2013 1:00:00 PM
Translational neuromodeling
Published: Jul 5, 2013 4:15:00 PM
Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013
Published: Jul 8, 2013 9:00:00 AM
The mysteries of consciousness
Published: Jul 8, 2013 5:00:00 PM
Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013
Publication date: Jul 8, 2013 9:00:00 AM
Start:
Jul 8, 2013 9:00:00 AM
End:
Jul 9, 2013 5:00:00 PM
Location: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square
The Queen Square Alumnus Association is pleased to announce that a meeting will take place on the 8th and 9th July 2013. Lectures will be delivered by current and retired members of staff and Alumni. This event is open to all those who studied or worked at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the UCL Institute of Neurology.
Dates: 8th & 9th July 2013
Venue: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
Registration fee: £100
Online registration is now closed. If you wish to attend the meeting please contact Mr David Blundred
Programme
Monday, 8th July 2013
| 8.25am | Registration | |
| 9.00am | Welcome and History of Epilepsy at Queen Square | Professor Simon Shorvon, ION |
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9.45am |
New treatments for epilepsy – the ideas of Hughlings Jackson realised |
Professor Matthew Walker, ION |
| 10.30am |
Queen Square and the development of Neurology Services in Kenya and East Africa |
Professor James Jowi, Alumnus – Kenya |
| 11.05am |
Coffee |
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| 11.30am | Britain, the “English Malady,” and neuropathic pain |
Professor Jose Ochoa, Alumnus – Chile |
| 12.15pm | Recent developments in Peripheral Nerve Disease |
Professor Mary Reilly, ION |
| 12.55pm | PhD highlights – research of current students |
Dr Atbin Djamshidian-Tehrani, ION |
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1.10pm |
Lunch | |
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| 2.00pm | Recent developments in Dementia Research |
Professor Nick Fox, ION |
| 2.40pm | Australia and Queen Square |
Dr Catherine Storey, Alumnus - Australia |
| 3.25pm | Break | |
| 3.45pm | The Present and Future of Neurosurgery |
Mr George Samandouras, NHNN |
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4.30pm |
Neurosurgery at Queen Square: A historical perspective | Mr Michael Powell |
| 5.10pm |
Movement Disorders: Beyond the Basal Ganglia |
Dr Mark Edwards, ION |
| 5.40pm |
Queen Square Library, Archive and Museum tour (to register contact Mr David Blundred d.blundred@ucl.ac.uk) |
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| 6.00pm | Evening Drinks reception |
Tuesday, 9th July 2013
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9.00am |
The History of Therapy of MS over the last two centuries- hopes, frustrations and triumphs |
Professor Jock Murray Alumnus - Canada |
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9.45am |
Clinical and Research developments in MS |
Professor Alan Thompson, ION |
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10.30 am |
Uro-Neurology at Queen Square |
Professor Clare Fowler, ION |
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11.05 am |
Coffee |
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11.30am |
Interview with Professor Andrew Lees, ION |
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11.50am |
PhD highlights – research of current students |
Mr Sundeep Teki |
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12.10pm |
Kinnier Wilson, his 1912 Brain paper & Movement Disorders at Queen Square |
Professor Niall Quinn, ION |
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1.00pm |
Lunch |
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1.50pm |
Mouse Models and Down Syndrome |
Professor Elizabeth Fisher, ION |
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2.20pm |
Huntington’s disease, past, present and future |
Professor Sarah Tabrizi, ION |
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2.55pm |
Neurology in Thailand & links with Queen Square |
Professor Suthipun Jitpimolmard, Alumnus - Thailand |
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3.40pm |
Break |
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4.00pm |
Recent Advances in Neuro-oncology |
Dr Jeremy Rees |
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4.30pm |
International Teaching in Queen Square: opportunities to contribute and network |
Dr Laura Moriyama, ION |
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4.55pm |
Ophthalmology and the National Hospital |
Dr Gordon Plant, ION |
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5.40pm |
Evening Drinks reception |
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