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.
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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.

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

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 ☺️

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.