
amy mctague
@a_mctague
childhood epilepsy clinician scientist Great Ormond Street UCL Institute of Child Health. All views my own
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12-10-2013 19:56:36
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Many congrats Conor McCann and team! Mary-EllenMcTague you might find this interesting!


As part of our 2024 Research Awards, we are delighted to co-fund two Fellowships with Dravet Syndrome UK to develop future leaders investigating #Dravet Syndrome and #epilepsy. Read about the exciting projects and watch films with both researchers here: epilepsy-institute.org.uk/eri/news/epileā¦


We're also thrilled to announce Dr Jenna Carpenter as Epilepsy Research Institute & Dravet Syndrome UK Joint Fellow. Her research will enhance our understanding of how the SCN1A gene causes #Dravet. If successful, the project may lead to a new treatment for Dravet Syndrome & other genetic epilepsiesš

Congratulations to the CADET Team :) gosh.nhs.uk/news/first-uk-ā¦ UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

BBC Interview with Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Dr Martin Tisdall on the CADET trial. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children DN ICH UCL Population Health Sciences youtu.be/Az7hzy0a9Eg?siā¦


A study by researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and The University of Sheffield, led by Dr Conor McCann & Dr Anestis Tsakiridis, used tissue samples donated by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children patients to demonstrate the potential of stem cell therapy to treat those with a rare bowel condition ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jun/ā¦


Are you an outstanding research scientist with in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology expertise? An exciting research assistant opportunity has arisen to work with Prof Gavin Woodhall and Dr Sukhvir Wright (SKWright) on an Epilepsy Research Institute-funded project: jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?rā¦


Thank you all for great European Academy of Neurology ILAE joint symposium for personalised, surgical and palliative care of rare and complex epilepsies EpiCARE together with amy mctague , Francesca Pizzo and Helen Cross at #Ean2024


Publication alert š¢ Distinct neurodevelopmental and epileptic phenotypes associated with gain- and loss-of-functionĀ #GABRB2 variants ā¼ļø Excellent work by Nazanin Azarinejad Mohammadi Philip K. Ahring Dr Nathan Absalom & many more š #Epilepsy Cure GABA A GABA A Alliance thelancet.com/journals/ebiomā¦

We have a Postdoc position available to study the impacts of early life stress on brain function. Come join us to work in the heart of London UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health @UCL Please share š #Postdoc #SingleCellGenomics #Neuroscience #EarlyLife #MentalHealth ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/seā¦


Our NEW Primer on Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies is live today! By Prof Ingrid Scheffer , Sameer M Zuberi , Dr. Heather Mefford, Renzo Guerrini and May McTague. Check it out here: go.nature.com/3TgZ0ck



Our review of DEE led by Prof Ingrid Scheffer with Dr. Heather Mefford Renzo Guerrini Sameer M Zuberi is out in Nature Reviews Disease Primers! Source: Nature search.app/mAvaZZiS4vw2Cyā¦