7th UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference

Date: Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th March 2014

Venue: Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH

The MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases and the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign are pleased to invite you to the UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2014

Registration Is Now Open for the 7th Annual UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference.  Fee £250 includes Gala Dinner

Designed to engage neuromuscular clinicians and scientists, this conference showcases the best and latest developments in neuromuscular science, and highlights their translation into patient benefit.

Key Disease Themes for 2014:

• Cell-Based Therapies and IPS Cells
• Protein Homeostasis and Neuromuscular Diseases
• Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapies
• MRI in Neuromuscular Diseases

Guest Speakers to include:

Prof. Gillian Butler-Browne, Prof. Jenny Morgan, Prof. Giulio Cossu, Dr Graham Jackson, Prof. Givanna Mallucci, Prof. Vincent Timmerman, Professor Rudolf Kley, Prof. Kathryn North, Dr Art Levin, Dr Arthur Burghes, Prof. Matthew Wood, Prof. George Dickson, Prof. Jerry Mendell, Prof. Lee Sweeney, Prof. Klaas Nicolay

Abstracts are now invited for posters and platform presentations on the themes above or on any other aspect of neuromuscular disease research. Abstract submission instructions and categories.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 17th January 2014

Please contact Christine Oldfield, MRC Centre Senior Administrator, with any queries christine.oldfield@ucl.ac.uk