Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL QSION
@uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social
Pioneering neuromuscular disease research through clinical, genetic, and translational neuroscience to develop therapies and enhance patient care.
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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
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Characterizing neuronal population geometry with AI equation discovery
The visual cortex contains millions of neurons, whose combined activity forms a population code representing visual stimuli. There is, however, a discrepancy between our understanding of this code at ...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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...
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
@peteharley95.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
@peteharley95.bsky.social
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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👏
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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.
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✍️ 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
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
✍️ 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
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✍️ 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
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
✍️ 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
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Congratulations to Drs Louie Lee, Aljwhara Alangary and Aleksandra Pietrusz who attended their PhD graduation for @uclbrainscience.bsky.social yesterday. Very smart indeed! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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#PhysiosInResearch
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#PhysiosInResearch
July 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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
@uclqsion.bsky.social
#PhysiosInResearch
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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
@uclbrainscience.bsky.social @cnmdrehab.bsky.social #NMSG2025
September 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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
@uclbrainscience.bsky.social @cnmdrehab.bsky.social #NMSG2025
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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
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
September 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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
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 👏👏👏
September 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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
September 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
UCL Queen Square MND Centre Sixth ALS/MND International Symposium in Partnership with the UK MND Research Institute held on Friday 05 September 2025
Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature.com:
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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...
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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...
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💬 "Why do cells that function normally for years stop working?"
We speak to Professor Elizabeth Fisher (@uclqsion.bsky.social) about what drives her research.
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We speak to Professor Elizabeth Fisher (@uclqsion.bsky.social) about what drives her research.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
💬 "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...
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!
August 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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 ☺️
July 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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/...
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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
🔬 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
July 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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
🔬 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'
'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'
July 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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'
'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
July 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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.
July 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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.