Welcome to our blog series: Life in the Lab!
In labs all over the world, researchers are working tirelessly to improve our understanding of MND. With this series, we are on a mission to shine a light on the world of MND research, taking you behind the scenes and giving you a whole new insight into what life in MND research labs is like.
But why is this important? Well, we all know that MND is an incredibly complex disease, and it can often feel like progress towards understanding and treating MND is not as fast as we would like. This feeling is shared by researchers too! We hope that this series will help to paint the picture of the shared urgency, hope and optimism felt by both MND researchers and people affected by MND.
Every MND researcher is working on a different piece of the bigger MND puzzle. When these pieces begin to fit together, this is when we see progress!
So, on that note, click below to learn more about life in the lab! The blogs are listed in reading order – scroll to the bottom of the page to see our latest posts.
Welcome to the Lab
Reading Time: 7 minutesHave you ever wondered what life in the lab really looks like? Who are the people working tirelessly to understand MND and find effective treatments for the disease? What are they actually doing? Where is the research happening – we can’t see it! When is the research happening? Why is the research…
The MND Research Journey: Navigating the first miles
Reading Time: 4 minutesOur first Life in the Lab blog introduced the who, what, where, when, and why of MND research. Now, we will take a walk through the early stages of the research journey, from designing experiments to proving the results are ‘true’. Stage 1: Developing a hypothesis A hypothesis is a research question…
The MND Research Journey: Beyond the Lab Bench
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn our previous blog, we took a walk through the early stages of the research journey, learning how researchers discover new things about MND and how they prove that these discoveries are ‘true’. Next, we will continue with our research journey, finding out what happens after a result in proven to be…