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

Next UCL ALS-FTD Network Seminars - 25 July at 4pm, Gilliatt LT, QSH. 'Investigating pathomechanisms in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease using mouse models and iPSCs' 'Generation of a universal human cellular platform for drug testing in ALS' 'A forebrain organoid model of progranulin-associated FTD'

Members of the Houlden Lab at UCL Queen Square IoN recently took part in the Celebrating Research at UCLH Open Day! It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with patients, families, and the wider public - sharing the latest advances in neurogenetics. #UCLHResearch #Neurogenetics

Delighted that the department has been awarded Gold for Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) 2025. We were commended on the labs signage, management and sustainable initiatives across the whole department.