Rob Pitceathly
Head of Research Department @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social | Professor of Clinical Neurology and Mitochondrial Medicine @uclqsion.bsky.social | Lead @mrcmitocluster.bsky.social | Co-lead @londonmito.bsky.social
- We were delighted to host our Christmas Drinks Reception sponsored by Oxford Nanopore, bringing together partners, ambassadors, funders & charities shaping our global neurogenetics work. Grateful to all who joined us & excited for continued progress in 2026! @uclqsion.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com
- Congratulations to Giampietro Schiavo on receiving the 2026 Basic Science Life Achievement Award of the International Neurotoxin Association. This award recognises the contributions of the Schiavo Lab. to the understanding of the mechanism of action of botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins.
- Congratulations to Karen Gunanayagam on successfully being awarded a Guarantors of Brain Clinical Fellowship, starting in April 2026.
- Congratulations to Natalia Dominik on receiving a Guarantors of Brain non-clinical postdoctoral fellowship for 3 years from October 2026.
- Catch 4 presentations featuring HiFi data at #FOG2026 on Jan 28 with Anna Lindstrand, @robpitceathly.bsky.social, @whaerty.bsky.social, and @adameur.bsky.social. Learn how #LongReadSequencing is enabling diagnostics and uncovering new therapeutic opportunities. Full details here: bit.ly/3MAm7y1
- A wonderful evening at the DNMD Christmas Drinks, bringing together colleagues from across the department. Thank you to everyone who joined us and best wishes for a well-deserved break and a happy festive season. 🎄🥂 @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclh.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
- Congratulations to Filipe Nascimento on successfully being awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award (CDA) - ‘Spinal microcircuit resilience in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): mechanisms, translational insights and therapeutic windows’, starting in April 2026.
- Congratulations to Pete Harley on successfully being awarded a Wellcome Trust Early-Career Award - 'Uncovering the interplay of synaptic activity and TDP-43 pathology in neurodegeneration', starting in January 2026. @peteharley95.bsky.social
- Great two days in York with the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network. Always a pleasure to be invited to share MitoCluster's work, thank you! @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social @lauragreaves.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social
- ✍️ Apply now! Clinical Fellowship in imaging for evaluation of mitochondrial disease severity, progression, and treatment response, in our excellent & supportive team at UCL Queen Square / UCLH NHS Highly Specialised Service for Rare Mitochondrial Disorders shorturl.at/jaSke
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- It's World Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week 💚 Since we couldn't #LightUpForMito this year the team's looking lit in green to raise awareness instead! Read more here: www.thelilyfoundation.org.uk/charity/get-... #mitoaware #mitochondrialdisease #worldmitoweek2025 @lilyfoundation.bsky.social
- UCL Queen Square MND Centre Sixth ALS/MND International Symposium in Partnership with the UK MND Research Institute held on Friday 05 September 2025
- Congratulations to Dr Oscar Wilkins who was awarded the First Motor Neurone Disease Association Rob Burrow Early Career Researcher Prize at the UCL Queen Square MND Centre Sixth ALS/MND International Symposium in Partnership with the UK MND Research Institute on Friday 05 September 2025 👏👏👏
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- Congratulations to the Cortex Lab and International Brain Lab bsky.app/profile/intl...
- Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature.com: 🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0 🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
- Congratulations to Dr Gita Ramdharry who has been awarded a £1.6 million NIHR Advanced Clinical Practitioner Academic Fellowship to lead research in rare neurological diseases...
- It's an honour to become a Professor at such a wonderful institution @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social. The @uclqsneuromuscular.bsky.social is an amazing place to work and I couldn't have done it without my fantastic team, mentors and collaborators: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
- 💬 "Why do cells that function normally for years stop working?" We speak to Professor Elizabeth Fisher (@uclqsion.bsky.social) about what drives her research. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
- Another fulfilling week for The Greensmith Lab (+ colleagues from other DNMD groups) hosting their annual Work Experience at UCL QSIoN. The Summer Students were able to get a taste of scientific life, with hands-on experience, learning key skills eg. pipetting, cell culture, immunostaining and more!
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Summer Drinks, October Gallery, July 2025 ☺️
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- Members of the Houlden Lab at UCL Queen Square IoN recently took part in the Celebrating Research at UCLH Open Day! It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with patients, families, and the wider public - sharing the latest advances in neurogenetics. #UCLHResearch #Neurogenetics
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- Blood test developed that could speed up diagnosis of rare diseases in babies
- Meet the minds behind the LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases Hear the excitement from the project leads as they hope to transform the mitochondrial research landscape, and meet mito patient Harry, who reminds us why this work matters www.thelilyfoundation.org.uk/affected-by-...
- We are excited to join friends and colleagues from @lilyfoundation.bsky.social , @mdukcharity.bsky.social , @uniofcam.bsky.social and @ucl.ac.uk at the House of Lords to launch the new LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Disease #mitodisease
- We spent a great afternoon at the House of Lords for the launch of the @lifearc.bsky.social Centre for #Rare #Mitochondrial Diseases, supported by @mdukcharity.bsky.social The event centre hosted staff, dignitaries, patients, MPs & those involved in rare disease policy & research. We even unveiled…
- Thanks to the House of Lords for hosting us. @mrc-mbu.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @cambridgebrc.bsky.social @bioresourcencl.bsky.social @mrcmitocluster.bsky.social @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social
- With Prof @robpitceathly.bsky.social at #PacBioPRISM Athens, discussing the potential for Lily Foundation and LifeArc's diagnostic goals to be realised by integrating PacBio HiFi sequencing into #NHS diagnostics 🤝 @lilyfoundation.bsky.social @lifearc.bsky.social @pacbio.bsky.social
- Very full schedule at our #IMGCglasgow workshop last week, delivered by MitoCluster team @robpitceathly.bsky.social, Carlo Viscomi, @mitogene.bsky.social, and @jim-ca.bsky.social. A pleasure to attend, thanks for the invite @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social & IMGS! 🧬 #mitochondria #MouseModels #ECR
- Thanks for organising @mrcmitocluster.bsky.social and @robpitceathly.bsky.social
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- Workshops in full swing with two of them led by us. Robert Pitceathly and Carlo Viscomi of the MitoCluster with Andrew Wood of the Degron Cluster running the Mouse models of mitochondrial DNA disease workshop. Sara Wells and Sonia Bains running the Home cage monitoring one. #IMGCGlasgow #ECRS
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- Exciting news from Pretzel Therapeutics! We’ve launched a Phase 1 trial for our POLG activator—PX578—targeting rare mitochondrial syndromes with potential for Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s diseases. Congratulations to the entire team—proud to be part of this journey! www.pretzeltx.com/pretzel-ther...
- Really interesting read from #Beacon for RD about their involvement in the @lifearc.bsky.social centres for #raredisease Read it here: www.rarebeacon.org/blog/beacons... @lilyfoundation.bsky.social @robpitceathly.bsky.social @taylorlabncl.bsky.social @ritahorvath.bsky.social @mrc-mbu.bsky.social
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- We're fundraising for the @lilyfoundation.bsky.social as part of their Mito Communi-TEA Party campaign this April! Join us at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery next Friday 4th for a sweet treat 🦋 Donate & more info: www.justgiving.com/page/qsmito
- Looking forward to #IMGC2025 Glasgow next month! MitoCluster will be delivering an #ECR Workshop on Mouse Models of #Mitochondrial DNA Disease, featuring cluster lead @robpitceathly.bsky.social and investigators Carlo Viscomi, @jim-ca.bsky.social, and @mitogene.bsky.social🐁
- The programme is now finalised, and the abstracts are on the IMGS website. Looking forward to seeing people in Glasgow and sharing some great science! hashtag#MouseGenetics hashtag#PreclinicalScience hashtag#PreclinicalResearch hashtag#MammalianGenetics www.imgs.org/2025-38th-im...
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- 📢 We have not 1 but 3 clinical/patient-facing jobs working with #mitoCAMB on the #LifeArc #raredisease centre for #mito diseases. 1x pre/post-doctoral CRA; 1x post-doctoral CRA (with potential to become a 4 year ACL); 1x research coordinator Join us! Links below.
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- Welcome to our new account! You can also keep up to date with us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mrc-...
