Upcoming local research events
The next in-person ERIG event is at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine on Saturday 17 May. This is for members of ERIG. If you have not already joined, you will have to do so in order to attend (Use this link and select the option to Join ERIG )
Dr Tom MacGillivray, Principal Investigator at the Robert O Curle Eyelab, University of Edinburgh, will give us a talk:
- Using Eye Scans to Uncover Early Indicators of Parkinson’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
We will start at 10:00 with tea and coffee and finish after a light lunch at around 12:30.
Free car parking for those attending is available at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (Little France) courtesy of our host, Prof. Tilo Kunath.
Please let ERIG Chair David Melton know if you will be attending by emailing: davidm@edinburghparkinsons.org and please also confirm if you have any dietary requirement other than vegetarian.
Reports from local research events
ERIG IN PERSON EVENT Saturday 3 December 2022
Our first in person ERIG event in nearly three years began at 10:00am and was attended by just over 20 members. The first talk was by Dr Martine Verheul, Institute…
What The Parkinson’s Excellence Network can do for you & an update on local clinical trials
Dr Gordon Duncan was the speaker at a combined ERIG/Branch online meeting on Saturday 19 November 2022. The meeting began at 10:00am and was attended by over 30 members. Gordon…
Learning to LIVE with Parkinson’s
Recently two members of our local Parkinson’s community spent time at the European Parkinson Therapy Centre in northern Italy. They returned very enthusiastic about their experience and keen to share…
Exploring energy production and failure in Parkinson’s
The Edinburgh Parkinson’s Research Group (ERIG) invited all the other Scottish RIGs to this online talk which was held on Saturday 22nd January 2022 at 10:30. The talk was given…
Using the NeuroMotor Pen to aid diagnosis and monitoring of Parkinson’s
Our first online ERIG meeting of 2021 was held on Saturday 6th March at 10:30 and was attended by around 30 members. The talk was given by Dr Rutger Zietsma,…
How smell led to a test for Parkinson’s
This online ERIG meeting was held on Saturday 28th November at 10:30 and was attended by 30 members. The main talk was given by Prof Perdita Barran, Chair of Mass…
