All are welcome at the lectures of the MRC Centre!
Please contact Zoë Scott (Z.Scott@ion.ucl.ac.uk) for further information.

2010

Feasibility of exercise training in patients with muscle disease
Prof John Vissing
Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Sensory Sciences, University of Copenhagen
5.30pm Tuesday 7th September
Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Queen Square

Translational Homeostasis as a Therapeutic Target in ER Stress Diseases
Prof Lawrence Wrabetz
Department of Neuroscience, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan
5.30pm Tuesday 5th October
Lecture theatre at 33 Queen Square

With a Little Help from My Friends - finding genes with computers

Dr. Markus Schuelke
Charité - Universitatsmedizin Berlin
13.00pm Tuesday 5th October
Lecture theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

Gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy
Prof Mimoun Azzouz
University of Sheffield
13.00pm Monday 18th October
Lecture theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

Inclusion Body Myositis
Prof Marinos Dalakas
Imperial College
5.30pm Tuesday 2nd November
Lecture theatre at 33 Queen Square

Vitamin K - more than Koagulation?
Prof Clemens Muller-Reible
Institute of Human Genetics, Wurzburg
13.00pm Tuesday 2nd November
Lecture theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

FSHD
Silvère van der Maarel
Leiden University
5.30pm Tuesday 7th December
Lecture theatre at 33 Queen Square

Core myopathies, etiology, pathogenesis and diagnosis of the most common congenital myopathy variants
Prof Francesco Muntoni
University College London
13.00pm Tuesday 14th December
Lecture theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University 

2011

The role of mTOR signaling in muscle during development, growth and aging
Prof Markus Ruegg
Biocentre, University of Basel
13.00pm Tuesday 18th January
Lecture Theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

Splicing modulation by AONs in dystrophinopathies: improving efficacy and efficiency by novel delivering nanomaterials
Prof Alessandra Ferlini
University of Ferrara
13.00pm Tuesday 25th January
Lecture Theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

RNA-based therapy for neuromuscular disease

Prof Matthew Wood
Oxford University
13.00pm Tuesday 15th March
Lecture Theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

Immunobiology of Muscle

Prof Heinz Wiendl
University of Munster
13.00pm Tuesday 5th April
Lecture Theatre, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

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