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Congratulations to Simon Shorvon, professor of clinical neurology at the UCL Institute of Neurology (Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy), who has been appointed Harveian librarian at the Royal College of Physicians

The tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on the planet – challenging the widespread perception that complex chewing ability is closely linked to high metabolism.

A gene previously linked to too much growth in patients has now also been linked to growth restriction. Different forms of the gene can lead to very different conditions, according to research published in the journal Nature Genetics.

Members of the All-party Parliamentary Group on Parkinson’s disease visited the UCL Institute of Neurology today to see at first hand the research being done at UCL to understand the causes of Parkinson’s and to develop novel treatments for the disease.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health review, led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Institute of Child Health, UCL, will be the most comprehensive of its kind.

Patients with retinal degeneration and their families gathered in London on April 21st to attend the first UCL/Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology “Retina Patient Day”. Over 250 attendees had the opportunity to interact with more than 40 clinicians and scientists from Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Department of Genetics, who provided updates on their research into developing effective treatments for blinding retinal conditions.

Watch Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging's Professor Christopher Frith discuss metacognition with Dr Stephen Fleming in this podcast, which featured in the recent  themed issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The issue was compiled and edited by Stephen M. Fleming, Raymond J. Dolan, Christopher D. Frith. Watch podcast

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World experts gather at first international cilia scientific conference in London, 16-18 May

Professor Helen Cross (UCL Institute of Child Health) talks about epilepsy, and the different ways to treat the disorder. Read: BBC News, Great Ormond Street Hospital press release