The UK Multiple Sclerosis Tissue Bank

The UK Multiple SclerosisTissue Bank

Welcome
Introduction
How to register as a tissue donor
Raising awareness of all those affected by MS
Donation of Tissue
Requesting tissue for research on multiple sclerosis
Promoting the Tissue Bank in the research community
The Bank Statement

Issue One
Issue Two
Issue Three
Articles

MS Matters Insight -
Banking on the future
MS Frontiers -
A very special bank
MS Frontiers -
Making a very special contribution
Links:
Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Department of Neuropathology
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies
E-mail: ukmstissuebank@imperial.ac.uk

Presentations given by members of the Tissue Bank Team at branches of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Multiple Sclerosis Support Groups

It is important that all those with an interest in multiple sclerosis (particularly all those affected by the condition) are made aware of the work of the Tissue Bank. An effective way of achieving this aim has been by members of the Tissue Bank Team giving talks at meetings of local braches of the MS Society and support/information groups for people living with MS. These talks briefly describe the work of the Tissue Bank and explain in detail how samples of tissue are being used in research aimed at furthering our understanding of what causes MS as a step to developing better treatments for the condition.

In the last seven years, Professor Richard Reynolds (Scientific Director) and Dr Abhi Vora (Manager) have given 115 presentations , listed below. If you would like to hear one of these presentations at a meeting that you are organising, please contact the Tissue Bank.

Number	Local Branch of the Multiple Scierosis Society	Date	Presenter
1	Croydon	February 1999	Dr Vora
2	High Wycombe and District	February 1999	Prof Reynolds
3	Doncaster	March 1999	Dr Vora
4	Tamworth and Lichfield	March 1999	Dr Vora
5	Oxford	March 1999	Prof Reynolds
6	Newcastle Upon Tyne	March 1999	Dr Vora
7	Cheltenham and North Cotswolds	March 1999	Dr Vora
8	Richmond	March 1999	Dr Vora
9	Havant and District	May 1999	Prof Reynolds
10	Rugby and District	May 1999	Dr Vora
11	North Staffordshire	May 1999	Dr Vora
12	Newham	August 1999	Dr Vora
13	Stafford	August 1999	Dr Vora
14	North West District	September 1999	Dr Vora
15	North Cheshire	November 1999	Dr Vora
16	Sunderland	November 1999	Dr Vora
17	Barking and Dagenham	December 1999	Dr Vora
	Number of Presentations in 1999 - 17
18	Market Harborough	January 2000	Dr Vora
19	Lanarkshire	February 2000	Prof Reynolds
20	Brentwood and Billericay	February 2000	Dr Vora
21	Exeter	March 2000	Prof Reynolds
22	Harrow and Brent	March 2000	Dr Vora
23	Wareham and Purbeck	March 2000	Dr Vora
24	Melton and Rutland	March 2000	Dr Vora
25	Hull	March 2000	Dr Vora
26	Redbridge	April 2000	Dr Vora
27	Hemel Hempstead	April 2000	Prof Reynolds
28	Sheffield	April 2000	Dr Vora
29	Weymouth and District	April 2000	Dr Vora
30	Rotherham	April 2000	Dr Vora
31	Braintree	April 2000	Dr Vora
32	Sutton Coldfield	May 2000	Dr Vora
33	Shropshire Support Group	May 2000	Dr Vora
34	Scunthorpe and District	May 2000	Dr Vora
35	Worcester and District	May 2000	Dr Vora
36	Southport and Formby	May 2000	Dr Vora
37	Stafford and District	May 2000	Dr Vora
38	Selby	June 2000	Dr Vora
39	West Oxfordshire	June 2000	Dr Vora
40	Lymington and District	June 2000	Prof Reynolds
41	Caithness	June 2000	Dr Vora
42	Glasgow	June 2000	Dr Vora
43	Sutton, Surrey	July 2000	Dr Vora
44	Newbury and District	August 2000	Dr Vora
45	Harpenden and St Albans	September 2000	Dr Vora
46	MS Society Scotland AGM	September 2000	Prof Reynolds
47	North Staffordshire	September 2000	Dr Vora
48	Camden	September 2000	Dr Vora
49	Loughborough	October 2000	Dr Vora
50	Durham	October 2000	Dr Vora
51	South East Cheshire	November 2000	Dr Vora
52	Guildford	November 2000	Prof Reynolds
53	Alton and District	November 2000	Dr Vora
	Number of presentations in 2000 - 36
54	North Tyneside	January 2001	Dr Vora
55	PAMS Kingston and District	January 2001	Dr Vora
56	Mid-Anglia Region	February 2001	Dr Vora
57	Bedford	February 2001	Prof Reynolds
58	Harpenden and St Albans	February 2001	Dr Vora
59	Reading and District	March 2001	Prof Reynolds
60	Colchester and District	March 2001	Dr Vora
61	Chorley	April 2001	Dr Vora
62	S E Essex Rochford	May 2001	Prof Reynolds
63	Crawley	May 2001	Dr Vora
64	North Surrey	September 2001	Dr Vora
65	S E Essex Information Day: Southend	September 2001	Prof Reynolds
66	SHIMS (Self Help inMS) Ipswich	October 2001	Dr Vora
67	West Midlands Region	October 2001	Dr Vora
68	Barking and Dagenham	October 2001	Dr Vora
69	Manchester Research Day	November 2001	Prof Reynolds
70	Merton	November 2001	Dr Vora
	Number of presentations in 2001 - 17
71	MS Therapy Group, Guildford	April 2002	Dr Vora
72	Telford and District	April 2002	Dr Vora
73	North Tyneside	May 2002	Dr Vora
74	Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and District	May 2002	Dr Vora
75	Thames Valley Region	May 2002	Prof Reynolds
76	Campletown	June 2002	Dr Vora
77	Islay	June 2002	Dr Vora
78	Glasgow	June 2002	Dr Vora
79	South Wales Region	June 2002	Prof Reynolds
80	Kent Region	July 2002	Prof Reynolds
81	Wessex and West Region	July 2002	Prof Reynolds
82	Dereham and District	September 2002	Prof Reynolds
83	Aberdeen	November 2002	Prof Reynolds
84	Shetland Isles (Lerwick)	November 2002	Prof Reynolds
85	Cheltenham and North Cotswolds	November 2002	Dr Vora
	Number of presentations in 2002 - 15
86	Telford and District	March 2003	Dr Vora
87	Redbridge	March 2003	Prof Reynolds
88	Wandsworth and adjoining boroughs	March 2003	Prof Reynolds
89	South Wales region	April 2003	Prof Reynolds
90	Weymouth and District	April 2003	Dr Vora
91	Yorkshire Region	May 2003	Dr Vora
92	North Wales Region	May 2003	Prof Reynolds
93	Camden	May 2003	Prof Reynolds
94	Norwich	June 2003	Prof Reynolds
95	Basildon	July 2003	Dr Vora
96	Northampton and District	August 2003	Dr Vora
97	Mid Anglia Region	September 2003	Prof Reynolds
98	Wessex and West Region	October 2003	Prof Reynolds
99	South Wales	November 2003	Prof Reynolds
	Number of presentations in 2003 - 14
100	Teignbridge and Exeter	February 2004	Reynolds/Vora
101	Hillingdon	March 2004	Dr Vora
102	Hertfordshire and Essex Region	March 2004	Prof Reynolds
103	North Wales	March 2004	Prof Reynolds
104	Nottingham	April 2004	Dr Vora
105	Eastbourne and District	April 2004	Prof Reynolds
106	Weymouth and District	September 2004	Prof Reynolds
107	East Hertfordshire and West Sussex	September 2004	Prof Reynolds
108	Hull	November 2004	Dr Vora
	Number of presentations in 2004 - 9
109	Swindon	February 2005	Dr Vora
110	Bristol	April 2005	Prof Reynolds
111	Rugby and District	May 2005	Dr Vora
112	North Tyneside	June 2005	Prof Reynolds
113	Woking and District	September 2005	Dr Vora
114	Stoke-on-Trent	September 2005	Dr Vora
115	Salisbury and District	September 2005	Dr Vora
	Number of presentations in 2005 - 7
Total Number of Presentations for the period 1999 to 2005 = 115

The UK Multiple Sclerosis Tissue Bank
Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Imperial College London
Charing Cross Campus
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF

Tel: 020 8846 7324
Fax: 020 8846 7500

E-mail: ukmstissuebank@imperial.ac.uk

The UK Multiple Sclerosis Tissue Bank is funded by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, registered charity 207495.