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Today is Global MND Awareness Day, a perfect opportunity to remind ourselves what it is that’s really driving our research. For us in the Ferraiuolo lab, the answer is simple – it’s the people living with and affected by MND who get involved with research and clinical trials. From the bottom of our hearts – …

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Public engagement and spreading the word about our research is a rewarding aspect of being a scientist. It allows us to share our enthusiasm and hard work with members of the public about what we’re up to day-to-day and where we think our research could lead us in the future. Therefore, we are taking advantage …

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Establishing and maintaining scientific collaborations around the globe is an integral part of how our lab works. We pride ourselves on being open to working with different teams, exchanging ideas, and lending our expertise. To that end, recently, a few of our lab members, Marianne, Ana and Monika, have embarked on some exciting ventures outside …

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Meet the researchers that make the Ferraiuolo lab in an effort to find a cure for MND.

The new coronavirus pandemic and the global lockdown it caused had an unprecedented effect on everyone around the world, no matter the occupation. Our lab-based projects ground to a halt in early March, forcing us to come up with more creative ways to tackle our scientific interests from home. How do we continue to do …

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Our own Dr Cleide Souza and Dr Laura Ferraiuolo will be hosting a satellite event entitled “The Role of Glial Cells in the Era of Personalised Medicine” as part of FENS 2020. The symposium, taking place on Wednesday 15th of July, promises to be a tour de force of glia research for the purposes of …

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