*** 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...

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

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...

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

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!

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...

A fantastic opportunity to join the team of Professor Andrea Cortese at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, as a PhD student to work on genetic modifiers of RFC1 repeat expansion-associated CANVAS The PhD is funded for 3 years, deadline 28th Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK678/p...

Congratulations to Sara Abdelaal on successfully being awarded a Guarantors of Brain non-clinical postdoctoral fellowship, starting in September 2026 for 3 years.

Congratulations to Henry Houlden on his Appointment as Group Leader, UK DRI Parkinson's Research Centre (PRC), based at UCL. The Group Leader role will enable scientific research and develop the PRC as an international beacon in Parkinson's research [UK DRI programme award £1.7M over 5 years.]

Congratulations to Natalia Dominik on receiving a Guarantors of Brain non-clinical postdoctoral fellowship for 3 years from October 2026.

Congratulations to Karen Gunanayagam on successfully being awarded a Guarantors of Brain Clinical Fellowship, starting in April 2026.

Congratulations to Giampietro Schiavo on receiving the 2026 Basic Science Life Achievement Award of the International Neurotoxin Association. This award recognises the contributions of the Schiavo Lab. to the understanding of the mechanism of action of botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins.

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/...

We were delighted to host our Christmas Drinks Reception sponsored by Oxford Nanopore, bringing together partners, ambassadors, funders & charities shaping our global neurogenetics work. Grateful to all who joined us & excited for continued progress in 2026! @uclqsion.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com

Professor Henry Houlden & Dr Karen Gunanayagam recently visited Dhaka and Bogura, providing specialist neurogenetics teaching and attending clinics as part of our active clinical and research partnership in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social

A wonderful evening at the DNMD Christmas Drinks, bringing together colleagues from across the department. Thank you to everyone who joined us and best wishes for a well-deserved break and a happy festive season. 🎄🥂 @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclh.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social

£500 bursary for early career researchers / AHPs selected for an oral presentation Registration, accommodation and call for abstracts now open! UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2026 17/18 April, Cambridge, UK Check out our interesting agenda bit.ly/3XOjZF8

*New* Clinical Research Fellow vacancy - inherited neuropathies. Based at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Application Deadline 25/01/26 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Congratulations to Stephanie Efthymiou on successfully being awarded a NBA small acorns fund - 'Validating exosomal RNA profiling methods in plasma and CSF of patients with multiple sclerosis', starting in January 2026

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Hosts Neuromuscular Diseases Research Day 2025. A fantastic day bringing together clinicians, researchers and trainees to share insights and celebrate progress in NMD research. 🧠 @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/48N8tPI

📣Time to start thinking about abstract submissions and accommodation bookings for UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2026 17/18 April, Cambridge, UK. Check out the interesting 2026 agenda 📷https://bit.ly/3XOjZF8 (Image: Christin Hume @unsplash)

📣📣Registration and call for abstracts now open! UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2026 17/18 April, Cambridge, UK Our 2026 agenda spans acquired/autoimmune and genetic neuromuscular, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions bit.ly/3XOjZF8

BMS is very much looking forward to the British Myology Society Muscle MRI workshop, online 1 day event tomorrow. Registration free to BMS members, £75 to non-members 💪📊👩‍🔬 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bms-muscle...

1. New preprint resolving a conundrum in systems neuroscience with an AI scientist, and humans Reilly Tilbury, Dabin Kwon, @haydari.bsky.social, @jacobmratliff.bsky.social, @bio-emergent.bsky.social, @carandinilab.net, @kevinjmiller.bsky.social, @neurokim.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Congratulations to Pete Harley on successfully being awarded a Wellcome Trust Early-Career Award - 'Uncovering the interplay of synaptic activity and TDP-43 pathology in neurodegeneration', starting in January 2026. @peteharley95.bsky.social

Congrats to Peter Finnigan, a Highly Specialist Neuromuscular Physio from NHNN’s Highly Specialist McArdle & Related Disorders Service, on his Small Acorns grant from The National Brain Appeal of £5,691.60 to establish normative strength profiles and quantify sarcopenia risk in McArdle disease👏

Congratulations to Filipe Nascimento on successfully being awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award (CDA) - ‘Spinal microcircuit resilience in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): mechanisms, translational insights and therapeutic windows’, starting in April 2026.

‪ ✍️ Apply now! Clinical Fellowship in imaging for evaluation of mitochondrial disease severity, progression, and treatment response, in our excellent & supportive team at UCL Queen Square / UCLH NHS Highly Specialised Service for Rare Mitochondrial Disorders shorturl.at/jaSke

✍️ Apply now! Clinical Fellowship in imaging for evaluation of mitochondrial disease severity, progression, and treatment response, in our excellent & supportive team at UCL Queen Square / UCLH NHS Highly Specialised Service for Rare Mitochondrial Disorders shorturl.at/jaSke

Congratulations to Drs Louie Lee, Aljwhara Alangary and Aleksandra Pietrusz who attended their PhD graduation for @uclbrainscience.bsky.social yesterday. Very smart indeed! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @uclqsion.bsky.social #PhysiosInResearch

The Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases team braving the rain in beautiful Stresa, for the Neuromuscular Study Group meeting. Always such a good meeting with great representation from the London team 🤩 @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @cnmdrehab.bsky.social #NMSG2025

It's World Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week 💚 Since we couldn't #LightUpForMito this year the team's looking lit in green to raise awareness instead! Read more here: www.thelilyfoundation.org.uk/charity/get-... #mitoaware #mitochondrialdisease #worldmitoweek2025 @lilyfoundation.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Oscar Wilkins who was awarded the First Motor Neurone Disease Association Rob Burrow Early Career Researcher Prize at the UCL Queen Square MND Centre Sixth ALS/MND International Symposium in Partnership with the UK MND Research Institute on Friday 05 September 2025 👏👏👏

UCL Queen Square MND Centre Sixth ALS/MND International Symposium in Partnership with the UK MND Research Institute held on Friday 05 September 2025

Congratulations to the Cortex Lab and International Brain Lab bsky.app/profile/intl...

Congratulations to Dr Gita Ramdharry who has been awarded a £1.6 million NIHR Advanced Clinical Practitioner Academic Fellowship to lead research in rare neurological diseases...

💬 "Why do cells that function normally for years stop working?" We speak to Professor Elizabeth Fisher (@uclqsion.bsky.social) about what drives her research. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Another fulfilling week for The Greensmith Lab (+ colleagues from other DNMD groups) hosting their annual Work Experience at UCL QSIoN. The Summer Students were able to get a taste of scientific life, with hands-on experience, learning key skills eg. pipetting, cell culture, immunostaining and more!

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Summer Drinks, October Gallery, July 2025 ☺️

We are pleased to share an exciting new research opportunity for a clinician with a neurology background to join the London Mitochondrial Team, focusing on innovative MRI techniques in mitochondrial disease: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

The project, led by Professor Mary Reilly, will aim to: 🔬 Develop MRI tools to spot early muscle changes 📊 Gather real-world insights from people living with CMT 🏥 Train more centres in the UK to run CMT clinical trials to increase access and participation @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social