Dr Jonathan Milner and Alastair Kent, OBE open the day at #RAREsummit19 at @WGCConfCentre today. Great to see everyone here!!

Carina Thurgood from the Maddi Foundation shares her personal story to help find a treatment for her daughter #RAREsummit19 - real example of parent and patient power.

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Importance of clear Genetic reports - good explanation and way to improve care #RAREsummit19

Great to see Sarah Leiter, one of our former student group leaders, Talking about involving patients in technology development #daretothinkrare #RAREsummit19 Sarah @crayonlegs

Excellent talk by Laurence Woollard, very insightful and passionate #RAREsummit19

The GLAD Study team are looking forward to hearing about the cutting edge #research being done by the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at the #NIHRMaudsleyBRC19

Meanwhile over Cambridge Sci Centre we've set mission to code! Families are working together to discover how computers are used to do amazing things in science. It's a quid to get in for grown ups and free for kids!

We had a fab time at the Hills Road Sixth Form Cambridge Big Biology Day on Saturday with lots of science activities. We ran a mock-up clinical chocolate trial where people could understand what taking part in research is really like with info about joining the NIHR BioResource

Day 3 New Scientist Live, team number 3 is ready for more fun and informative interactions! Come to see NIHR BioResource and NIHR IBD BioResource 💙 at stand 1549 and learn about how taking part in research is like and why it is important! #NSLive2019 #scienceisfun #research #networking

This is great!

Day 4...team number 4. Last day at New Scientist Live ! Come and see NIHR BioResource and NIHR IBD BioResource 💙 to learn about research and take part in our tasty chocolate trial!!!! #NSLive2019

Happy Halloween from the GLAD Study team! Stigmatising costumes and overwhelming social situations can make this time difficult for those with #mentalhealth conditions. Be safe, and look out for your friends this #Halloween!

Advice for Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Hospitals NHS IBD patients re shielding for most vulnerable. We are working to identify high risk but self-identification helpful+ we can advise if unsure. This letter includes contact email but postal coverage incomplete so please share. Crohn's & Colitis UK

The NIHR BioResource will contribute to this national effort & towards #COVIDー19 #research disq.us/t/3n4wq95

Great studies are happening so quickly

Struggling to be heard! We’ve developed a SARs-Covid2 assay (qRT-PCR) that will be able test up to 2000 people a day - spent the last 2 weeks trying to get engagement from Govt! @Nonacus Congenica

Reported in BBC News (UK), thousands of patients with #COVID19 will have their genome studied. We are proud to be apart of this collaboration & support researchers working on the virus to find new treatments bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Our new study published in @nature today shows using whole genome sequencing in the #NHS could provide a faster diagnosis for patients with a #raredisease #NIHR #research National Institute for Health and Care Research Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre bit.ly/3dsqRi4

It’s here! Run to doggyparton.com to get your official Doggy Parton apparel and accessories by Dolly Parton now. Part of the proceeds will support Willa B Farm, a rescue where animals in need find never-ending love ❤️