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👏

Join MDUK in driving change in muscle wasting and weakening conditions. Two funding opps: • £300k Challenge Grant for UK prevalence & incidence study • Annual grants for PoP, projects & PhDs Deadline: 20 Jan 2026 🔗https://www.musculardystrophyuk.org/research/for-researchers/open-grant-calls/

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

🤯THREE🤯opportunities to join the Newcastle LifeArc LAC-TreatMito hub, tackling mitochondrial disorders: Research Associate jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl..., Bioinformatician jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... & Lab Tech Specialist jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl.... Closing soon!

*NEW TODAY*: ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS and Travel Bursaries for BMS Annual Meeting 8th and 9th Sept Programme and links to pricing ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-n... New members welcome!

We are pleased to share an exciting new clinical PhD 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/...

Please share: Register now for BMS Annual Meeting 2025 - early bird discount activated! New members welcome.

Please share. BMS Adult Muscle Teaching Day 8th Sept 2025 - excellent, well-reviewed teaching day for clinicians with neuromuscular involvement. Open to non-members www.ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-n...

Professor Mike Hanna will be leading the UCL IoN CNMD Team in fundraining for @BrainAppeal in the Saucony London 10K race on July 13, 2025. Please donate what you can! www.justgiving.com/page/the-nat... Please repost/share

Professor Mike Hanna will be leading the UCL IoN CNMD Team in fundraining for @BrainAppeal in the Saucony London 10K race on July 13, 2025. Please donate what you can! www.justgiving.com/page/the-nat... Please repost/share

Don't miss your chance to register for the excellent Queen Square Update in Neuromuscular Disorders 2025 Wed 28 – Friday 30 May 2025 3-Day paediatric and adult neuromuscular course designed for specialists with an interest in neuromuscular diseases bit.ly/3EsPNsO

🥼📢👀 New Vacancy: Clinical Research Fellow (Mitochondrial Diseases). Exciting new fellowship role within LifeArc and MDUK-funded Translational Rare Disease Centre to Treat Mitochondrial Diseases UCL Queen Square IoN. Closing date: 24th Apr bit.ly/4ciiC80

👀Upcoming events: BMS Annual Meeting 8 and 9 Sept 2025 BMS Adult Muscle Teaching Day 8 Sept 2025 BMS MRI Workshop 25 Nov 2025 Further info on all events at ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-n... #myology #neuromuscular

Please share! Exciting post-doc position in the Mitochondrial Research Group at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/research.... Great team of supportive colleagues, this project could drive meaningful change to patients, closes 8th April www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ082/r...

Don't miss your chance to register for the excellent Queen Square Update in Neuromuscular Disorders 2025 Wed 28 – Friday 30 May 2025 3-Day paediatric and adult neuromuscular course designed for specialists with an interest in neuromuscular diseases bit.ly/3EsPNsO

Still time to register for: bit.ly/49lQiAf UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 15 and 16 April 2025 - a scientific meeting to promote and share cutting edge clinical and scientific advances in the neuromuscular field.

It's an honour to take on this responsibility from a great role model such as Linda Greensmith, during an era of groundbreaking research in neuromuscular diseases. I look forward to supporting the success of the department's exceptional PIs, early-/mid-career researchers, staff, and students.

📢 We have not 1 but 3 clinical/patient-facing jobs working with #mitoCAMB on the #LifeArc #raredisease centre for #mito diseases. 1x pre/post-doctoral CRA; 1x post-doctoral CRA (with potential to become a 4 year ACL); 1x research coordinator Join us! Links below.

Have a listen: CNMD colleague Dr Jasper Morrow, and MDUK's Kate Adcock and Tahia Mathur took place in this podcast to mark rare disease day 2025 Stronger together: changing the future of muscle wasting conditions shows.acast.com/6388909dcb17...

Registration now open for Queen Square Update in Neuromuscular Disorders 2025 Wed 28 – Friday 30 May 2025 3-Day paediatric and adult neuromuscular course designed for specialists with an interest in neuromuscular diseases bit.ly/3EsPNsO

Now open for registration: bit.ly/49lQiAf UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference - a scientific meeting to promote and share cutting edge clinical and scientific advances in the neuromuscular field.

Call for abstracts 📋📷The 18th UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference 2025 welcomes the submission of abstracts relating to neuromuscular diseases. Deadline 13th Jan 12 Noon Abstract submission instructions, event programme, and registration: bit.ly/49lQiAf