The MND Association’s vision is a world free from MND. Realising this vision means investing more in research, further developing partnerships with the research community, funding bodies and industry, while ensuring that advances in understanding and treating MND are communicated as quickly and effectively as possible. Our Research Development team, composed of 11 members, work hard to achieve this. Principally, the Research Information team within this are involved in communication activities including this MND Research blog.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Members of the research recently attended the 20th European Network for the Cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ENCALS) meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the 1-3rd of June 2022. Here they chat with Head of Research Dr Nick Cole about the meeting, being back in-person and their research highlights. The team will be posting more highlights from the…
Reading Time: 5 minutes With planning for the 33rd International Symposium in full swing, we are back chatting to Silverio Conte, Chief of International Relations at Associazione conSLAncio Onlus, about the experiences of last years Symposium and the research the association presented. Associazione conSLAncio Onlus, is an all-volunteer, multidisciplinary Italian ALS Association and you can learn more about them…
Reading Time: 6 minutes My name is Stephanie Shepheard, and I am a Research Associate in the Motor Neuron Disease & Neurotrophic Research Laboratory (MND&NR Lab), Flinders Health & Medicine Research Institute in the College of Medicine & Public Health at Flinders University, South Australia. I measure biological changes, or biomarkers, that may tell us something useful about motor…
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is a guest blog written by Danielle Boyce, DPA, MPH, Executive Director, the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research and Answer ALS Research Program; Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Neurology If 2021 taught me anything, it is the difference that one year can make in the fight against motor neuron…
Reading Time: 4 minutes My name is Oscar Wilkins and I am a PhD student working with Professors Pietro Fratta (recipient of a MND Association Research Fellowship) and Jernej Ule. Recently, in collaboration with Sarah Hill and Michael Ward, a team led by PhD student Anna-Leigh Brown, postdoctoral researcher Matt Keuss and myself uncovered a promising new target for…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Like many things we take for granted, it’s easy to forget the importance of our saliva. Until we begin to think about it, we are unaware of how much saliva assists our daily functions: digestion, swallowing and speech. However, when people experience a lack of control or changes in their saliva, some of these benefits…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest researcher blog post written by Nicola Glennie. When you throw a pebble into a pond, the ripples caused by the initial splash can reach far and wide. A diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease can be like this with the effects of the initial diagnosis reaching beyond the physical symptoms of the illness to other…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hi everyone! Ever wondered who is behind some of the research blogs that you read? It’s the research information team. It is not just the research blog of course – we are actively involved in the MND research twitter (@MNDResearch), our newsletters (the research monthly and the researcher), the International Symposium and the research section…
Reading Time: 4 minutes This week marks global Peer Review Week and we are joining the international science community in celebrating the role that peer reviewers play in the research world. What is peer review and why is it so important? Peer review involves the evaluation and assessment of scientific or academic work by those working in the same…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Translational Research is the term used to describe studies that are the bridge between fundamental laboratory-based research and the testing of potential therapies (often by pharmaceutical companies) in the clinic. Without the continued journey of research concepts and ideas from all research and development stages from ‘bench to bedside’ it is almost impossible to develop…
