Parkinson's UK Research Conference
3rd Parkinson's UK Research Conference
5-6 November 2012
Royal York Hotel, York, UK
Put the date in your diary and join other researchers from
across the UK to share the very latest in cutting edge Parkinson's
research.
Registration for researchers - now open
Places are available for UK Parkinson's researchers and abstract
submission is now open.
We also have 50 bursaries up for grabs - covering registration,
accommodation for Monday 5 November, plus the gala dinner and
drinks reception.
We have 50 bursaries for PhD student and postdoctoral researchers.
And for the first time we're holding a one-day event for research supporters.
Bursaries are on offer to PhD students and postdoctoral
researchers.
To book your place, apply for a bursary, or find out about
submitting an abstract, email researchevents@parkinsons.org.uk
Research day for our supporters
For the first time, we're also holding a one-day event for
research supporters on Sunday 4 November.
To register your interest, email researchevents@parkinsons.org.uk
Highlights from the 2010 conference
In 2010 we welcomed almost 200 scientists and clinicians from
the UK Parkinson's research community to York to share their latest
discoveries and discuss future challenges.
You can listen to interviews with our 3 keynote speakers below
or download the full programme and abstracts.
Listen to interviews from our 2010 conference
Deniz Kirik discusses cell and gene therapies
Dr Kirik is the Head of the Brain Repair and Imaging in Neural
Systems (BRAINS) Unit, and co-director of the Bioimaging Center at
Lund University in Sweden.
Listen to Deniz Kirik discuss new frontiers in Parkinson's
treatments including recent developments in cell and gene
therapies
Dr Valerie Voon talks about impulse control
disorders
Dr Voon was based at the National Institutes of Health in the US
until she recently made the move to join Cambridge University.
Listen to Valerie Voon talk about the impulse control
disorders, such as compulsive gambling, that can affect some people
with Parkinson's who take certain medications
Dr Mark Cookson - how genetics will lead to
better treatments
Dr Cookson is an investigator in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics
at the National Institute of Ageing in Washington.
Listen to Mark Cookson explain how exploring the
genetics of Parkinson's will lead to new and better treatments
2010 programme and abstracts
Almost 200 researchers from across the UK came together to
share the very latest in cutting edge Parkinson's research,
including:
- 27 presentations
- 104 scientific posters
Conference programme and
abstracts (PDF, 1.2MB)
And read our blogs from the conference:
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