Dr Shruti Desai,  a postdoctoral researcher at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUMC) facilitated an online talk during a session entitled "From bench to bedside: preclinical research in Innovative Medicines Initiative neurodegeneration projects" at the 2021 Neuronet public event as part of the 31st Alzheimer Europe conference. The meeting aimed to enable a mixture of researcher, patient and carer delegates to share their experience and knowledge, assembling all types of people who are affected by dementia: those who are living [...]

The "Parkinson's Research in Ireland" event series took place virtually over three evenings in November (12th, 19th, 23rd). The sessions were chaired by Dr. Niamh Connolly of the RCSI University of Medicine & Health Science (formerly Royal College of Surgeons Ireland). Each evening consisted of two short talks followed by a question and answer session. Links to the presenter's profiles and selected videos from the event are below: 12th November Representing the Parkinson's Association in [...]

PD-MitoQUANT is fortunate to have two people with Parkinson’s, Richard Campbell and Paula Scurfield, involved in the project through our patient advocacy partner Parkinson’s UK (www.parkinsons.org.uk). Recently, Richard wrote a blog entitled “Getting involved in an international research project on Parkinson’s”. "Paula Scurfield and I are part of the Parkinson’s UK Research Support Network and have joined the project as patient and public representatives. Our role is to advise on how information about the project is communicated, and how findings are shared [...]