In beautiful Capri for the EMBO workshop- sun is shining and programme looks fantastic 🌞🍦Barbora Cerna GOS-ICH Stem Cell Initiative

Also check out the beautiful companion article by Baptiste Libé-Philippot @VanderhaeghenP2 @fpolleux with first inactivation of the human-specific gene SRGAP2C in human cortical neurons and more on SRGAP2 and SYNGAP1.

"This is an opportunity to ensure that NHS reform is informed by the experiences of over 3.5 million people affected by genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions" Read our CEO's full statement on today's announcement on the future of the NHS geneticalliance.org.uk/news/national-…

What is the current utility of genome after nondiagnostic exome sequencing in pediatric epilepsy? We find a diagnostic yield ~7%, which we believe supports a genome-first approach and will increase as we learn more about the human genome 🧠🧬 JAMA Neurology jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

We have a new post-doctoral and research assistant positions open in my team. Pre-clinical gene therapy treatment for a rare neurological disorder. 🧬🧬 Please apply below; ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… Ellie Chilcott UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health UCL Translational Research Office

Come and work UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health with myself and Raj Karda on a hugely exciting preclinical gene therapy project! Research assistant and postdoc to be hired 🧬👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬

📢NOW OPEN: Four full funded research PhD studentships in child health research available. Apply by13 December 2024. Find out more: PhD Studentships | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health - UCL – University College London

Congratulations Ingrid! 🎉🎉

📢NOW OPEN: Four fully funded research PhD studentships in child health research available. Apply by13 December 2024. Find out more: CHR PhD Studentships Application process | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health - UCL – University College London

⏳ Just 2 weeks left to apply for this fantastic opportunity ⏳ Join @ConorMcCann_ENS's team with a 3-year PhD Studentship in Developing a pluripotent stem cell therapy for Achalasia starting May 25. For more information see here shorturl.at/UmhGg closing date 22 Nov 24

See you there!!!

Presenting our re-analysis work on behalf of the Gene-STEPS team at #AES 2024 😎 in LA

Dr. Heather Mefford Dr. Heather Mefford @hcmefford.bsky.social.bsky.social American Epilepsy Society Congrats @hcmefford. So well deserved!!

Congratulations Heather! 🎉🎉

Wonderful to see our Director, Professor Helen Cross, mentioned in this list: UCL in global top 10 for influential researchers | UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/child-health/n… DN ICH Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children UCL Population Health Sciences

Just back from #AES 2024 to a very grey and cold England! It was a pleasure to be a speaker in the Merritt Putnam symposium along with Matt Mahoney Jenny Hsieh and Rod Scott from Nemours Children's Health . Thanks to Catherine Christian-Hinman for chairing and committee for invite

We are delighted to be at BPNA 2025 conference in Oxford this week. Come by the Epilepsy Research Institute stand in the foyer to discuss The Hub and the #ShapeNetwork - the UK’s largest PPI network of research-interested people affected by epilepsy

DN online short course Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Translational Neurosciences | In-person | 01 Oct 25 to 22 Oct 25. Book via: ucl.ac.uk/population-hea…

🧠 Neuroscientists! Advance your translational toolkit with UCL’s Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Translational Neurosciences short course. Book by 30/09! 📅 1, 8, 15 & 22 Oct 2025 💡 Live online course with UCL experts 🎓 Student £175 | Academic £350 🔗 tinyurl.com/iPSCNeuro