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UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2019
The Twelfth UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference took place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th April 2019 at the Centre for Life, Newcastle Upon Tyne
We were very pleased that this conference continued to be jointly hosted by the MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases and Muscular Dystrophy UK. Major themes this year included:
- New International Centre for Genomic Medicine in Neuromuscular Diseases
- Developing Genetic Therapies for Neuromuscular Disease
- Platform presentations from early career stage clinicians and researchers
- Mitochondrial Disease
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Following the conference, MDUK again hosted a patient information day. These days provide an opportunity for people to hear directly from some of our conference speakers about the latest research into their specific conditions.
We received over 120 high quality abstracts, and there were platform presentations, flash presentations and dedicated poster sessions each day as well as guided poster discussions. There were six poster prizes for young investigators. Accepted abstracts were published in a special supplement of the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases (IOS Press) with Professor Volker Straub as the special guest editor.
