Update in Neuromuscular Disorders
23 - 26 May 2017
London, UK
This clinical course concentrates on childhood and adult neuromuscular disorders with an emphasis on clinical cases, natural history and management. This 4-day course is designed for specialists with an interest in neuromuscular disease; the first two days concentrating on paediatric neuromuscular disorders and the latter two days on adult neuromuscular disorders.
On-line registration is now open - please click here for further details.
Interdisciplinary Neuromuscular Symposium
9 - 10 June 2017
Leibniz-Institute for Analytical Science, Dortmund, Germany
The aim of the Symposium is to provide a comprehensive insight into the molecular basis, as well as the range of diagnostic tests and treatment options for a variety of neuromuscular diseases such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Myotonic Dystrophy, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies and Neuropathies.
The symposiums will cover topics including:
- Diseases of neuromuscular transmission and the peripheral nervous system
- Muscular diseases in children and Adults (including overview of currently running "Clinical Trials", genetic testing and physiotherapeutic measures)
- Imaging procedures in the investigation of neuromuscular diseases
- Impact of translational biomedical research towards a broader understanding of disease nature
- Critical discussion of “solved” and “unsolved” patients
The entire symposium will be in German language.
Please click here for further details about speakers and to view the agenda.
UK SMA Research Day
13 June 2017
St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK
Please join us for the upcoming UK SMA Research Day in Oxford. The recent recommendation of nusinersen as the first approved therapy for SMA makes this a timely opportunity to bring together the community of SMA researchers and clinician scientists to discuss current and future developments in SMA research.
This event is being hosted by the UK SMA Research Consortium, with a small registration fee to offset administration costs (lunch and refreshments provided).
To register click here, or for more information or to make an enquiry, please email Lynn Ossher.
5th International Summer School on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drug Registries
18 - 22 September 2017
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Registries represent key resources to increase timely and accurate diagnosis, improve patients management, tailor treatments, facilitate clinical trials, support healthcare planning and speed up research.
The International Summer school intends to:
- Promote the establishment of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) registries in compliance with IRDiRC and EU Recommendations
- Support cooperation among different registry stakeholders and coordination with registries that are developed within European Reference Networks (ERNs) and National Plans in the EU.
The School is open to health professionals, researchers, medical specialists, registry curators, database managers and representatives of patients associations who are involved in or intend to establish a rare disease registry, mainly inside a ERNs. For each ERN, we are especially looking to invite the following participants; a registry curator, a data manager and 1 ePAG (or a patient/patient representative linked with ePAG). The School will accept a maximum of 24-27 participants.
The program, registration information and selection criteria of participants will shortly be available here.
Course: Next-Generation Sequencing in a Diagnostic Setting
25 - 27 September
Ljubljana, Slovenia
3Gb-TEST and RD-Connect are organising a 3-day course, which focuses on clinical diagnostics using exome/genome sequences, variant identification and analysis. The course will include afternoon practical sessions, which will cover various analysis tools, including the RD-Connect genomics platform and the bioinformatics tools developed within RD-Connect.
For more details, please visit the course page here.
Imaging in Neuromuscular Disease
19 - 21 November 2017
Berlin, Germany
Registration is now open for the First International Conference on Imaging in Neuromuscular Disease, which will be held at the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus in Berlin.
The conference programme will feature internationally-recognized speakers and will highlight developments and advances in all aspects of muscle imaging, with sessions on Diagnostic Muscle Imaging, New Imaging Techniques and Quantitative Muscle Imaging.
Young researchers and trainees are encouraged to attend and participate. Selected abstracts will be featured for platform presentation during the sessions and all posters are eligible for poster awards.
Early bird registration is now open until the 5th June - to register please click here. Registration fees cover all costs associated with the meeting including the provision of conference material, coffee breaks, lunches, poster sessions, the welcome reception and the conference dinner.
Click here for a draft programme. To discuss sponsorship opportunities and to receive a Sponsorship Brochure for this conference, please contact Olav Veldhuizen. |