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Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Promoting the work of the Tissue Bank in the multiple sclerosis research community
To ensure that all those carrying out research on multiple sclerosis are aware that the Tissue Bank is a resource for tissue, members of the Tissue Bank Team have been giving presentations at relevant medical and scientific conferences. This is a way of making sure that the Tissue Bank fulfils the wishes of those who have donated their tissues for use in studies aimed at finding better treatments for multiple sclerosis.
These efforts in promoting the work of the Tissue Bank together with the high quality of service that we offer to researchers has resulted in our providing material to over 80 separate projects in the period 1998 to 2005 ( list of projects ).
In the last eight years, Professor Richard Reynolds (Scientific Director) and Dr Abhi Vora (Manager) have given 42 presentations at conferences attended by scientists and healthcare professionals with an interest in multiple sclerosis:
Number |
Meeting/Conference |
Date |
Presenter |
1 |
MS Society Headquarters London, UK |
March 1998 |
Dr Vora |
|
2 |
MS: Frontiers in Science and Patient Care and Disease Management Conference Birmingham, UK |
May 1998 |
Reynolds/Vora |
|
3 |
Multiple Sclerosis Interest Group Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust London, UK |
November 1998 |
Dr Vora |
|
4 |
MS Partnership Programme National Meeting London, UK |
December 1998 |
Dr Vora |
|
5 |
6th Annual Congress of the British Society of Immunology Harrogate, UK |
December 1998
|
Dr Vora |
|
6 |
15th National Meeting of the British Neuroscience Association and the 98th Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society Harrogate, UK |
April 1999 |
Vora/Reynolds |
|
7 |
3rd Annual Conference of the MS Research Trust (poster) York |
October 1999 |
Dr Vora |
|
8 |
Across MS Frontiers. Joint Meeting of the Dutch, Belgian and UK MS Societies Netherlands |
October 2000 |
Vora/Hawke/ Gentlemen/ Reynolds |
|
9 |
The MS Society's Annual National Conference Birmingham, UK |
November 1999 |
Vora/Reynolds/ Gentlemen |
|
10 |
4th Annual Conference of the MS Research Trust Harrogate, UK |
November 2000 |
Dr Vora |
|
11 |
MS Nurses Study Day London, UK |
February 2001 |
Dr Vora |
|
12 |
2nd MS Conference, Sheffield Teaching Sheffield, UK |
July 2001 |
Dr Vora |
|
13 |
Masterclass on addressing the dying issues MS Research Trust Letchworth, UK |
September 2001 |
Dr Vora |
|
14 |
Open Day at the MS National Centre London, UK |
September 2001 |
Vora/Reynolds |
|
15 |
International Congress in Neuroimmunology Edinburgh, UK |
September 2001 |
Vora/Reynolds |
|
16 |
103rd Meeting of British Neuropathology Society London, UK |
January 2002 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
17 |
Gordon Conference on Myelin Ventura, California |
February 2002 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
18 |
MS - from Science to Society Aylesbury, UK |
March 2002 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
19 |
MS Society National Centre London, UK |
March 2002 |
Dr Vora |
|
20 |
MS Society National Centre London |
April 2002 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
21 |
MS Frontiers - MS Society Birmingham, UK |
May 2002 |
Vora/Reynolds |
|
22 |
Symptom Management Day Stoke-on-Trent, UK |
September 2002 |
Dr Vora |
|
23 |
Cave Memorial Lecture, MS Society Annual General Meeting Birmingham, UK |
November 2002 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
24 |
Science Museum London, UK |
March 2003 |
Vora/Reynolds |
|
25 |
Cymru Professional Education Day Cardiff, Uk |
September 2003 |
Dr Vora |
|
26 |
Symptom Management Day North Staffordshire, UK |
September 2003 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
27 |
Professional Day Queens Medical Centre Nottingham, UK |
November 2003 |
Dr Vora |
|
28 |
Research into MS Exeter, UK |
February 2004 |
Dr Vora |
|
29 |
MS Frontiers, MS Society Birmingham, UK |
May 2004 |
Vora/Reynolds |
|
30 |
Gordon Conference on Myelin Italy |
May 2004 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
31 |
The Multiple Sclerosis Interest Group Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust London, UK |
June 2004 |
Dr Vora |
|
32 |
20th Congress of the European Committee for the Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) Vienna, Austria |
October 2004 |
Reynolds/Vora |
|
33 |
Annual General Meeting, MS Society Warwick, UK |
October 2004 |
Prof Reynolds, Sue Fordham |
|
34 |
106th Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society London, UK |
January 2005 |
Dr Vora |
|
35 |
MS Specialist Nurses Conference Aylesbury, UK |
March 2005 |
Dr Vora |
|
36 |
18th National Meeting of British Neuroscience Association Brighton, UK |
April 2005 |
Prof Reynolds |
|
37 |
18th National Meeting of British Neuroscience Association Brighton, UK |
April 2005 |
Dr Vora |
|
38 |
13th Annual Scientific Meeting British Association for Tissue Banking Stratford-upon-Avon, UK |
April 2005 |
Dr Vora |
|
39 |
MS Frontiers, MS Society Edinburgh, UK |
May 2005 |
Reynolds/Vora |
|
40 |
Clinical Neurosciences 2005 AngloDutch Neurosurgery and Neurology Meeting, Torquay |
September 2005 |
Dr Nicholas |
|
41 |
21st Congress of the European Committee for the Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Thessaloniki, Greece |
September 2005 |
Dr Vora |
|
42 |
18th World Congress of Neurology Sydney, Australia |
November 2005 |
Dr Vora |
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