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A new motor neurone disease (MND) research prize launched by the MND Association in honour of its late patron and rugby league legend, Rob Burrow CBE, has been awarded to Dr Oscar Wilkins.

Congratulations to Dr Gita Ramdharry who has been awarded a £1.6 million NIHR Advanced Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship

American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is proud to present the the 2025 Honorary Member Award Professor Mary Reilly (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).

Professor Mary Reilly receives £1 million funding from UK charity to help track progression in a group of rare conditions.

We're delighted to announce the election of Professor Schiavo (Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) to Academia Europaea.

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology held its fourth inaugural lecture evening of 2025, on 26th June 2025.

The researchers have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of their ground-breaking research and delivery of new benefits to patients.

Results of the MIROCALS (Modifying Immune Responses and Outcomes in ALS) clinical trial are published today in The Lancet.

The Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) has announced a $210,000 investment to advance gene discovery and improve diagnostic success for people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

The partnership supports a Global Project to Advance Alzheimer’s Disease Research in North Africa, with an international team aiming to develop better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia

We're delighted to announce that Dr Viorica Chelban and Dr Christian Lambert (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) have been awarded grants through The Galen and Hilary Weston Foundation.

The Neurogenetics Lab, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, recently welcomed families from around the world for a dedicated Patient Engagement Day focused on NARS1-related neurodevelopmental diso

Professor Robert Pitceathly has been appointed as the next Head of Research Department of Neuromuscular Diseases at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

For World Rare Disease Day 2025, the Neurogenetics Lab at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is celebrating the invaluable contributions of our international collaborators, whose dedication is driving ground-breaking advancements in rare disease research across the globe.

A landmark study, involving UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology researchers, has found 69 previously unidentified genetic determinants of rare disease, including uncommon forms of epilepsy and schizophrenia.