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ENCALS meeting 2025, Turin – Italy
During the ENCALS meeting 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden, Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi awarded the ENCALS Young Investigator Award to two young and bright researchers;…
Background Given the interest around the use of stem cells in ALS, the ENCALS neurologists from across Europe have reviewed the published evidence around the…
It is with great sadness that we have to report the loss of our dear colleague Dr. Ettore Beghi after an incurable and long-term disease. We…
From June 1st until the 3rd 2022, more than 650 people from 22 different countries came together in Edinburgh – Scotland to participate…
During the ENCALS meeting 2022, Prof. Amar Al-Chalabi awarded three young researchers with the ENCALS Young Investigator Award. They have received this award…
The Lalji Family ALS Award is a global prize celebrating excellence in research for an individual or team of investigators who are making transformative breakthroughs…
A digital welcome by Professor Leonard van den Berg, chair of ENCALS From 12 to 14 May 2021, we digitally welcomed all attendees for…
Almost 200 posters were displayed in the virtual Poster Gallery during the meeting. All attendees could vote and nominate their favorite poster for an…
Alfredo presenting his work during the last day of the virtual ENCALS Meeting, Friday May 14th. Alfredo Iacoangeli is the winner of the ENCALS…
The Paulo Gontijo Award, also known as the PG Award, has been awarding young researchers from around the world since 2007 dedicated to…
32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND Due to the success of last year’s event and the continued uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, this year’s 32nd International…
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is pleased to announce publication of research grant Notice of Funding Opportunity RFA-TS-21-001…
Dr. Ruben van Eijk, associate professor at the UMC Utrecht, has been awarded the prestigious Paolo Gontijo Award. He received the prize during the virtual…
On Tuesday December 8th, a virtual ENCALS satellite meeting was held prior the 31st International Symposium on ALS/MND on 9-11 December 2020. The goal was…
Tatyana Shelkovnikova is the winner of the ENCALS Young Investigator Award 2020. Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi, chair of the ENCALS Award Committee, congratulated Tatyana during the…
Are you an ALS/MND patient or caregiver? We need your help! Take a survey to help guide drug development and services for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…
The Cullen Eduction and Research Fund has decided to promote research into aspects of muscle atrophy and loss of functionality associated with motor neuron disease…
The Paulo Gontijo Institute is proud to announce the winner of the 11th PG Award 2019: Dr. Laura Ferraiuolo, associate professor at the…
Many young PhD students and post docs presented their research at the ENCALS meeting 15-17 May 2019 in Tours. The aim of the ENCALS meeting is…
The 17th ENCALS meeting 2019 was held in the beautiful city Tours in France. Prof. Leonard van den Berg, chair of ENCALS and Prof. Philippe…
Axel Freischmidt is the winner of the ENCALS Young Investigator Award 2019. Axel received the award from Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi on the first day of…
The International workshop on ALS: new genes, new treatments, new hopes will be held on October 30-31 at the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense…
On Thursday December 6th, the ENCALS satellite meeting was held prior the 29th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Glasgow, UK. The goal was to discuss…
The 9th Paulo Gontijo International Award in Medicine was awarded to Dr Rickie Patani (M.D., Ph.D.), Associate Professor at UCL’s Institute of Neurology and The…
Many young PhD students and post docs presented their research at the ENCALS meeting 20-22 June 2018 in Oxford. The aim of the ENCALS meeting…
Russell McLaughlin is the winner of the ENCALS Young Investigator Award 2018. Chair of the award committee Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi congratulated Russell with his important work…
The ENCALS satellite meeting was December 7th, prior to the 28th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Boston, USA. This meeting was well attended with over 100…
On November 30th EURO-NMD held its first annual meeting in Freiburg, Germany. The purpose of EURO-NMD is more EU-cooperation on neuromuscular diseases and is one…
The 9th Paulo Gontijo International Award in Medicine was awarded to Dr. Marka van Blitterswijk (M.D., Ph.D.), assistant professor of neuroscience at…
Neurologists of the ENCALS centres throughout Europe have discussed the potential of edaravone as a new therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Motor Neuron Disease,…
Many young PhD students and post docs presented their research at the ENCALS meeting 18-20 May 2017 in Ljubljana. The aim of the ENCALS meeting…
Johnathan Cooper-Knock is the winner of the ENCALS Young Investigator Award 2017. Chair of the award committee Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi congratulated Johnathan with his important…
The 15th ENCALS meeting 2017 was held in sunny Ljubljana, Slovenia. Prof. Leonard van den Berg, chair of ENCALS and dr. Blaž Koritnik, neurologist at…
A mini-symposium at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) will bring together leading neuroscientists to present their work in cutting-edge advances in research into the…
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the University of Sheffield, in partnership, are to be designated an NIHR-Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), with the theme of ‘Translational Neuroscience…
The 8th PG International Medicine Prize was awarded to Edor Kabashi, a researcher at the Institute for Brain and Spinal Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.
The 2016 ENCALS Young Investigator Award has been awarded to Francesco Pagnini for his work on mindfulness in ALS. Pagnini is Assistant Professor at the…
With 340 participants the ENCALS meeting Milan 2016 was the largest in its history. The ENCALS board would like to thank Prof. Silani and his team…
The European collaborative EuroMOTOR project has been completed. In this project many ALS centres connected to ENCALS have intensified their collaboration in ALS/ MND research. …
The ENCALS satellite meeting prior to the 26th International ALS/MND Symposium in Orlando was attended by more than 80 researchers. The ENCALS satellite meeting provided…
An ambitious European research project funded through the European Union H2020 scheme and aimed at finding a new treatment for ALS (motor neurone disease, MND)…
The ALS center in Lisbon coordinates the JPND project “ONWebDUALS – ONtology-based Web Database for Understanding Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”. The ONWebDUALS a 3-years project supported…
The winner of the 2015 PG Award is Gareth Brian Miles, PhD, University of St Andrews. Study title: Human iPSC-derived motoneurons harbouring TARDBP or C9ORF72…
Researchers at SITraN, the University of Sheffield’s motor neuron disease research centre, have shed light on how mutations in the high-risk C9ORF72 gene specifically affect…
A joint Euro-MOTOR and JPND consortia meeting was held in Utrecht, the Netherlands from 2-5 September. The meeting was attended by many ENCALS members who…
Researchers from around the UK, led by a team at the University of Sheffield’s SITraN, have found new evidence to support early nutrition management in…
From 21st to 23rd of May 2015 more than 260 ALS researchers attended the 13th international ENCALS meeting at the beautiful historic campus of Trinity…
The ENCALS Young investigator award 2015 has been awarded to Edor Kabashi. The chair of the prize committee, Prof. Ammar Al Chalabi, congratulated Kabashi at…
The ENCALS satellite meeting 2014 was held on the 4th of december, prior to the 25th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Brussels. The satellite meeting…
Researchers at the King’s College London have found that the onset of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or motor neuron disease) could be…
The way that tetanus neurotoxin enters nerve cells has been discovered by scientists from University College London, who showed that this process can be blocked,…
An international team of ENCALS researchers, led by researchers based at King’s College London, have identified mistakes in the TUBA4A gene as a new cause…
Euro-MOTOR is a European collaborative project dedicated to discover new causative and disease modifying pathways to pave the way for novel therapies for Amyotrophic Lateral…
ALS associations and research centres of fourteen countries join forces in the largest genetic research of ALS worldwide: Project MinE. Representatives of the associations and…
Scientists from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) recently begun ground breaking research to develop a gene therapy for the devastating neurological disease ALS. Professor…
The first international conference on Astrocytes in Brain Function and Dysfunction will be held in Paris from October 1st-3rd 2014. This meeting will highlight recent technical…
On 22-23 May 2014, more than 200 international scientists and clinicians who are working to find a cure for ALS/MND gathered in Leuven for the…
Prior to the 9th FENS FORUM of Neuroscience 2014 in Milan (5-8 July) a two-day Satellite Event is organised called “Motor Neuron Diseases: Molecular and…
The ALS research group at Hannover Medical School has analysed the protective effects of mesenchymal stromal cells on motor neurons. Their study was recently published…
New research from the University of Sheffield could offer solutions into slowing down the progression of motor neurone disease. Scientists from the University of Sheffield’s…
On the afternoon of Tuesday 17th September 2013 the Sheffield institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), welcomed over a 100 visitors during the Institute’s second annual…
More than 200 international scientists and clinicians who are working to find a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative condition Motor Neurone Disease (MND) recently gathered…
Dr Majid Hafezparast and Professor Keith Caldecott have published a paper on DNA damage related to FUS mutations in Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Sep 18,…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive degenerative motor neuron disease for which there is currently no treatment. Using zebrafish as a model, genes were…
A group of ALS researchers, many of whom are represented in EuroMotor, have been successful in applying for funding from the EU Joint Programme in…
The Oxford Study for Biomarkers in MND (‘BioMOx’) is pleased to announce Phase 2. This is focused on the clinical translation of candidate biomarkers (MRI…
ENCALS is delighted to announce the winner of the prestigious Young Investigator Award as Dr. Martin Turner of Oxford University. Dr Turner won the award…
The 10th ENCALS meeting took place from 25-27 May 2012. Young ALS investigators had the change to present there work and discuss with known investigators…
In Hannover Dr. Jan Veldink received the first ENCALS Young Investigators Award for the most promising investigator under 40. The price was presented to him…
The 9th Meeting of the ENCALS meeting 2011 took place from May 13th to 15th 2011 in Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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