UCL and MANX MSA Trust Strengthen Partnership with New Research Programme into Biomarker Discovery. A new research programme at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology will investigate novel biomarkers for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) - www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

UCL and MANX MSA Trust Strengthen Partnership with New Research Programme into Biomarker Discovery

A new research programme at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology will investigate novel biomarkers for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)

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A pioneering experimental treatment for motor neurone disease (MND), developed by UCL spinout Trace Neuroscience, will be trialled in humans as part of a new international clinical programme - www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

Novel treatment for motor neurone disease to be trialled in humans

A pioneering experimental treatment for motor neurone disease (MND), developed by UCL spinout Trace Neuroscience, will be trialled in humans as part of a new international clinical programme.

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*Save the date* 🗓️ 20th Annual Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference will take place Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st April 2027, at the UCL Institute of Child Health in London. More info to follow in coming months.

UCL Technical Showcase 2026 - UCL200 Special Edition, 8 - 9 July 2026. Kully Sunner & Charlotte Spicer promoting ChemInventory, a joint initiative with IoN-DRI Project & School of Pharmacy. For further information contact Kully Sunner (k.sunner@ucl.ac.uk) and Duncan Browne (duncan.browne@ucl.ac.uk)

Our long service event brought together colleagues who have worked at UCL for 25 years or more to celebrate their remarkable contributions and commemorate UCL’s bicentenary - www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

Really beautiful images and another win for @beccasimkin.bsky.social! Congratulations! 💪 @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social

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We have a winner! Congratulations to Rebecca Simkin @beccasimkin.bsky.social, whose image of a muscle spindle received the most votes (by one!) in our image competition with #ELMI2026. #FluorescenceFriday Check out Rebecca's image and the rest of out shortlist here:

Congratulations to Andrea Cortese who delivered the P.K Thomas Lecture during the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) meeting in Maastricht.

Nucleate UK (student non-profit organisation centred around supporting academic trainees who are interested in spinning out their research) held a panel discussion with Gordon Sanghera, former CE0, Oxford Nanopore Technologies - this was featured on Biotech TV - www.linkedin.com/posts/biotec...

The ICGNMD Clinical Fellows worked so hard during the first MRC-funded award, and now two, Dr Rodrigo Frezatti of FAEPA, São Paulo, and Dr Özlem Köken of Akdeniz University, Antalya, have successfully defended their PhD Theses. Congratulations to you both! 🥳🎉🙌 www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

First PhDs awarded to ICGNMD International Clinical Fellows

From 2019 to 2024, the ICGNMD’s first MRC-funded award supported early career clinical fellows around the world to develop clinical academic research expertise in neuromuscular diseases.

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Congratulations to James Sleigh on receiving the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) Rising Star Showcase Award, which highlights exceptional accomplishments by mid-career professionals.

Prof Hanna and the team of CNMD runners are preparing to mark their 17th year raising funds for the National Brain Appeal. You can support their run in the 2026 Saucony London 10K on 12 July here: www.justgiving.com/page/the-nat... 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️Go team, go!

How we cut daily lab deliveries by 94 percent - By cutting down deliveries, you can lower your lab's carbon footprint, reduce clutter and admin .... - Kully Sunner, Stephen Shine, Kelly Newman. Article - www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...

How we cut daily lab deliveries by 94 per cent

By cutting down deliveries, you can lower your lab’s carbon footprint, reduce clutter and admin and free up researchers to focus on discovering new cures and treatments. Learn how

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We are delighted to share a new open-access study by Dr Micol Falabella & colleagues, published in @natcomms.nature.com Nature Communications: "COXFA4L2 upregulation preserves residual cytochrome c oxidase activity in COXFA4-related Leigh-like encephalopathy" Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are pleased to share a new review published in Cell Reports Medicine @cellpress.bsky.social: “Emerging therapeutic strategies for mitochondrial DNA-related diseases” Full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.xc... #Mitochondria #mtDNA #GeneTherapy #GenomeEditing #RareDiseases #TranslationalMedicine

Congratulations to Elizabeth Fisher on being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor Fisher said "all our work is collaborative and we have benefited hugely from the amazing basic and clinical expertise within my Department, UCL Institute of Neurology, and the Francis Crick Institute"

Congratulations to Pietro Fratta on being elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 😊- acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/ac...

*** REGISTRATION OPEN *** UCL Queen Square MND Centre 7th ALS/MND Symposium in Partnership with the UK MND Research Institute Friday 11 September 2026 Join us at Queen Square for a symposium covering 'emerging themes in ALS/MND research and in the clinic' www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Queen Square MND Centre 7th Annual ALS/MND International Symposium

UCL Queen Square MND Centre Seventh ALS/MND International Symposium in Partnership with the UK MND Research Institute Emerging themes in ALS/MND research and in the clinic

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The WINNER of our 2026 Image Competition is: Louisa Snape from @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social for her beautiful image of mouse neuromuscular junctions. Congratulations Louisa 👏

Looking forward to seeing you soon at Queen Square Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine 2026! We hope you'll join us for the day, plus the networking reception after (drinks and snacks provided). UCL/UCLH staff & students - contact us via email for your free registration code: bit.ly/QSmitomed2026

Queen Square Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine 2026

The London Mitochondrial Centre is hosting a one-day symposium.

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London Mitochondrial Centre@londonmito.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just over a month to go! Register now to secure your place 👉 bit.ly/QSmitomed2026

Congrats to Stephanie Efthymiou on winning a poster prize at the 19th UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference,👏 ‘Age-dependent synaptic vulnerability in NARS1 deficiency despite preserved early neurodevelopment’, is a fantastic contribution to the field of tRNA synthetase deficiencies.

New genetic cause of Charcot-Marie Tooth disease discovered - A research team at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology has identified a previously unknown genetic cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease - www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

New genetic cause of Charcot-Marie Tooth disease discovered

A research team at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology has identified a previously unknown genetic cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)

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Just over a month to go! Register now to secure your place 👉 bit.ly/QSmitomed2026

Congrats to Jobert, Anna-Leigh, and Kai on showing how #BDNF amplifies #transcription, coordinates #RNA dynamics, and spatially regulates the #phosphoproteome. Beautiful cover art too! @jamessleigh.bsky.social @frattalab.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor coordinates neuron-intrinsic programs to enhance axonal regeneration in human motor neurons

BDNF promotes axon-regenerative gene expression, RNA metabolism, and kinase signaling in motor neurons.

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Team Neuromuscular Physiotherapy represents at the 19th Translational Neuromuscular Research conference at University of Cambridge 💪🏽🦵🏽 1/4 @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclh.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social

Please spread the word! Great opportunity for bioinformatician to join us at the world-leading UCL Institute of Neurology in London, UK, to research genomics of inherited neuromuscular diseases. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Great to share our team’s work at GCOM - qMRI, amyloid PET, and IBM genetics, plus invited talks on CAR‑T therapy and environmental factors in myositis. Proud of the team and collaborators, and excited about what this means for improving care for patients. @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social

A recent visit to @qs-neurogenetics.bsky.social brought together a rare disease family, clinicians and researchers highlighting the growing international effort to better understand Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome (NCBRS). www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Congratulations to Reem Abouward @reemward.bsky.social, former PhD student in the Schiavo lab, in our Department, for having her paper accepted @jcellsci.bsky.social , her profile highlighted by the journal, and her image chosen as the cover of the issue. Well done!

Reem Abouward@reemward.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Super excited that my PhD paper is now officially published - and even more thrilled that my neurons made the cover image of the issue! doi.org/10.1242/jcs.26…

Clinical Fellow vacancy: McArdle and Related Disorders Service National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. Gain experience in rare neuromuscular disease, multidisciplinary care, and clinical research, in a nationally commissioned highly specialised service. bit.ly/4s7vNiV

Thrilled to announce three new UK DRI Group Leaders, joining the recently established Parkinson's Research Centre in partnership with @parkinsons.org.uk 🎉 👏 Prof Laura Parkkinen (Oxford) 👏 Prof Peter Magill (Oxford) 👏 Prof Henry Houlden (UCL) Read more 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...