🎉Congratulations to Rowling Scholar Dr Johnny Tam for his winning video at the 2025 MRC Max Perutz Awards.
#science#MND#Research@UKDRI@EuansCentre
News article👉https://t.co/iMzfklddv0
Wonderful for @mndsmart at @EuansCentre@UKDRI
to be profiled in @Forbes Magazine as an exemplar of an innovative patient centred platform trial for #mnd#als following the recent excellent #iDR25 international drug repurposing conference https://t.co/G0AM96oZJu
Delighted to welcome attendees to Edinburgh today 🏴 for the inaugural Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration conference hosted by UK DRI, as part of the CURE-ND alliance
What better way to kick off than a plenary from the fantastic Prof Sonia Ghandi, @TheCrick & @ucl!
Platform trials have led to a significant step change in how we identify potential new treatments for #als#mnd Thank you to @ALSMNDAlliance for inviting @suvankarpal to present an update on progress we’re making alongside the #EXPERTS & #HEALEY platforms https://t.co/2H3raMuj74
Today, the @MNDSMART team announced that the drug amantadine has been deemed safe and will continue to be used as part of the MND-SMART trial - the pioneering clinical trial of which the MND Association is a funder.
🔬 #MND
💡How is scientific progress helping to eradicate diseases? Our Director, Siddharthan Chandran, will discuss our work in dementia as he gives evidence today as part of the UK Government’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
The Select Committee is investigating how UK science and research has contributed to disease eradication.
You can watch Siddharthan live at 10:20am on Parliamentary TV: https://t.co/6wI48ryaQo
⏲️Still time to vote for @ainebheffernan who is in the final of the International Universitas-21 comp. Watch the video & vote for Aine's 3MT presentation "When the Stars Misalign in Parkinson's"👉https://t.co/47C4HG5JiW
Please share: @EdinUniNeuro@EuansCentre@EdinburghParki2
A few of the researchers from Edinburgh at @mndassoc#alsmndsymp 👨🔬👩🔬👨⚕️👩⚕️ whose attendance was funded by @EuansCentre - sadly we couldn't find everyone for the photo op 😅
⭐ Congrats to PhD student & UK DRI member @ainebheffernan, who not only won the @EdinburghUni 3 Minute Thesis Competition but is now competing in the international Universitas 21 final!
👉 Pls vote to support Áine in the People’s Choice award. https://t.co/jpeOt05hV7 Go Áine!
What's the role of #glia in delirium? 🧠
@UKDRI authors, including @ainebheffernan and Dr. Maria Stavrou discuss how #astrocyte pathology, including reactive microglia and white matter changes may contribute to the pathogenesis of delirium.
🔎 https://t.co/JnZJrBUxSU