2013

Unexpected twists and turns in the prion story

Dr Simon Mead
Clinical Lead of the UK National Prion Clinic,
National Hospital of Neurology & Neurosurgery
2nd December, UCL Institute of Neurology

Spinocerebellar ataxias: In search for a therapy

Professor Thomas Klockgether
University of Bonn, Germany
26th November, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle

Let's talk about developing a new drug for neuromuscular disease

Professor Paul Matthews
Head of Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College
Vice President, Integrative Medicines Development, Neuroscience at GlaxoSmtihKline
Honorary Professor, UCL Institute of Neurology
4th November, UCL Institute of Neurology

Unravelling demyelinating CMT

Dr Rhys Roberts
Wellcome-Beit Prize and Intermediate Clinical Fellow
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge
7th October, UCL Institute of Neurology

Intraspinal Stem Cell Transplantation in ALS

Professor Eva Feldman
President, American Neurological Association
12th September, UCL Institute of Neurology

Standards of care in Myotonic Dystrophy

Dr Cynthia Gagnon, PhD,
Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation, University of Sherbrooke, Québec
4th September, UCL Institute of Neurology

The wide spectrum of brain malformations caused by tubulins and MT-related proteins dysfunction: Insights into cellular and pathophysiological mechanisms

Professor Jamel Chelly
INSERM, Paris
3rd September, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

McArdle Disease: Of Mice and Men

Dr Antoni Andreu
Head of the Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Diseases Research Group,
Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona
2nd September, 33 Queen Square, UCL Institute of Neurology

The intriguing chaperone defect with DNAJB6 mutated LGMD1D

Professor Bjarne Udd
University of Tampere
21st May, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

Dissecting the pathogenesis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 using animal models

Professor Olaf Riess
University of Tuebingen
14th May, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

Thick filament disorders and distal arthrogryposis

Dr Anders Oldfors
University Hospital Goteborg
7th May 2013, Queen Square 

Massively parallel sequencing for molecular diagnosis and gene identification in myopathies

Professor Jocelyn Laporte
University of Strasbourg
23rd April, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

Tailoring pigs as models for human monogenetic diseases, including DMD Professor Eckhard Wolf

University of Munich
12th February, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

Molecular and cellular therapeutic strategies for spinal muscular atrophies Professor Giacomo Comi

University of Milan
26th February, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

Antisense mediated exon skipping: a promising therapeutic approach for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other rare diseases

Dr Annemieke Aartsma-rus
Leiden University Medicial Center
29th January, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

Dystroglycan phosphorylation as a therapeutic target for DMD

Professor Steve Winder
Sheffield University
7th January, Queen Square