News:  

Thursday, 27 June 2024: UCL Senior Promotions 2023-24 in GGM

Dr Haiyan Zhou (Molecular Basis of Rare Diseases) to Professor of Genetic Medicine

Dr Naresh Hanchate (Molecular Basis of Rare Diseases) to Principal Research Fellow

Tuesday, 18 June 2024:  Blood test could predict Parkinson’s seven years before symptoms

A team of researchers, led by scientists at UCL including senior author Professor Kevin Mills, co-author Dr Jenny Hällqvist and GGM colleagues, and University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany, have developed a simple blood test that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict Parkinson’s up to seven years before the onset of symptoms.

Monday, 10 June 2024:  New blood test could prevent sudden child deaths caused by heart condition

A new blood test that could identify children with a potentially fatal heart condition has been developed by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), including co-author Professor Kevin Mills (GGM).

Monday, 20 May 2024: Maria Bitner-Glindzicz Travel and Conference Fund is now open for applications.

Deadline is 5pm Wednesday 18 September 2024. 

Wednesday, 24 April 2024: New national research centres to unlock tests and treatments for rare diseases

UCL scientists will work to help thousands of people living with rare diseases get access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to funding for four new research centres. A new £9.4million LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases will be co-led by Professor Hannah Mitchison (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) alongside academic partners in Edinburgh, Nottingham, Dundee, Cambridge, Southampton and the UKRI Nucleic Acid Therapy Accelerator (NATA) – with the aim of uniting children, adults and families with clinical experts, researchers, investors and industry leaders.

Events: 

Thursday, 27 June 2024: Establishing a UK Platform of Nucleic Acid Therapy for Rare Disease (UPNAT) Node Inaugural Symposium 

Time: 10am-5pm

Location: UCL GOS Institute of Child Health (Kennedy Lecture Theatre), 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH

Registration: tickets via Eventbrite

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