Disorders of Movement Across the Lifespan: Linking Muscle, Nerve and Brain

Schedule

Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 11:00 am to Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Royal Agricultural University | Cirencester, EN

Join us in person to explore how muscles, nerves, and the brain connect in movement disorders across all ages!
About this Event

Come and join the annual BNS Summer School, which this year will explore movement disorders across nerve, muscle, and brain from early ideas to the newest tools reshaping how we see disease.

We’ll travel from classical neuropathology to spatial biology, from RNA and mitochondria to misfolded proteins and AI, asking simple but big questions along the way: why does movement fail, why do some cells die first, and how can technology help us see things differently?

This event will be informal, interactive, and thought-provoking, as well as conversation-rich, with plenty of discussion, curiosity, and freedom to think out loud. If you are a neuroscientist or neuropathologist at any career stage, the meeting will offer an opportunity to engage with like-minded colleagues, share ideas, and explore new ways of thinking together.

The registration fee includes on-site accommodation and all catering, so the conversations can continue over coffee, meals, and well beyond the lecture room.


Agenda

πŸ•‘: 11:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Arrival & Registration
Host: 27/05/2026
πŸ•‘: 12:40 PM - 02:10 PM
The Moving Mind: Paradigm Shifts in Understanding Movement Disorders
πŸ•‘: 12:40 PM - 12:50 PM
BNS President Welcome
Host: Silvia Marino, QMUL
πŸ•‘: 12:50 PM - 01:10 PM
Early Concepts of Muscle Disease & Movement Failure, and Evolving Definitions
Host: Matthew Clarke, UCL
πŸ•‘: 01:10 PM - 01:30 PM
Peripheral Nerve Pathology Through Time
Host: Alex Rossor, UCL
πŸ•‘: 01:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Paradigm Movements in Neuropathology: From Ways of Thinking to Machines
Host: Zane Jaunmuktane, UCL
πŸ•‘: 01:50 PM - 02:10 PM
When Biology Meets Intervention: Novel Therapies in Movement Disorders
Host: Francesca Magrinelli, UCL
πŸ•‘: 02:10 PM - 02:40 PM
Break
πŸ•‘: 02:40 PM - 05:30 PM
When Regulation Breaks: DNA, RNA, Epigenetics & Organelle Stress in Motion
πŸ•‘: 02:40 PM - 03:00 PM
RNA-Binding Proteins & Motor Neurone Vulnerability
Host: Pietro Fratta, UCL
πŸ•‘: 03:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Epigenetics of Motor System Disorders
Host: Sarah Marzi, KCL
πŸ•‘: 03:20 PM - 03:40 PM
Early vs Late-Onset Gene Regulation
Host: Alexandra Monceau, Newcastle
πŸ•‘: 03:40 PM - 04:10 PM
Break
πŸ•‘: 04:10 PM - 04:30 PM
Infection on a Genetic Background: Acute Axonal Neuropathy in RCC1 Carriers
Host: Robert Harkness, Manchester
πŸ•‘: 04:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Movement, Energy, and Vulnerability: Mitochondria at the Core of Disease
Host: Michael Devine, Crick, London
πŸ•‘: 04:50 PM - 05:20 PM
Driving Change in Movement Disorders Through Public Engagement
Host: Asma Bashir and Toby Curless
πŸ•‘: 05:20 PM - 05:45 PM
Moving Targets
Host: Discussion
πŸ•‘: 06:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner & Socialising
πŸ•‘: 07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Host: 28/05/2026
πŸ•‘: 09:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Lessons From the Vulnerable: What Selective Degeneration Reveals About Disease
πŸ•‘: 09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Protein Aggregation and Beyond: Understanding the Molecular Basis
Host: Tiago Outeiro, Germany
πŸ•‘: 09:20 AM - 09:40 AM
Why Some Cells Die First: Selective Vulnerability in Neuropathies
Host: Alex Rossor, UCL
πŸ•‘: 09:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Why Some Cells Die First: Selective Vulnerability in Muscle Diseases
Host: Esther FernΓ‘ndez-SimΓ³n, Newcastle
πŸ•‘: 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Why Some Cells Die First: Selective Vulnerability in Neurodegenerative Disease
Host: Mathieu Bourdenx, UCL
πŸ•‘: 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Selective Vulnerability
Host: Discussion
πŸ•‘: 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Break
πŸ•‘: 11:20 AM - 12:40 PM
Detecting Pathology: Novel Technologies Across Molecular Scales
πŸ•‘: 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Post-Translational Modification Detection with Nanopore
Host: Patrick Cullinane, UCL
πŸ•‘: 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Seeing Neurodegeneration in Three Dimensions: Cryo-ET Insights
Host: Rene Frank, Leeds
πŸ•‘: 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Spatial Lipidomics in Parkinson's disease
Host: Ibrahim Kaya, Sweden
πŸ•‘: 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
Novel Technologies
Host: Discussion
πŸ•‘: 12:40 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
πŸ•‘: 02:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Research to Practice: Nerve, Muscle & Brain Pathology
Host: Fernanda Valerio, Zita Reisz, Olaf Ansorge, Matt Clarke
πŸ•‘: 06:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner & Socialising
πŸ•‘: 07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Host: 29/05/2026
πŸ•‘: 09:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Moving Targets: How Therapies, Biomarkers and AI Are Redefining Neuropathology
πŸ•‘: 09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
Neuropathology and Biomarkers
Host: Annelies Quaegebeur, UK and Belgium
πŸ•‘: 09:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Anti-Amyloid Beta Treatment Effects and Neuropathological Interpretation
Host: Baayla Boon, USA
πŸ•‘: 10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Advanced in-vitro Modelling of Neuromuscular Disease and Therapies
Host: Saverio Tedesco, UCL and Crick
πŸ•‘: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Moving Targets
Host: Discussion
πŸ•‘: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
From Gut to Brain: Tracing Synuclein Pathology In Parkinson's Disease
Host: James Conway, UCL
πŸ•‘: 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
The Interplay Between Alpha-Synuclein and Lipids in Synucleinopathies
Host: Tiago Outeiro, Germany
πŸ•‘: 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
CSF and Plasma Biomarkers for Motor Neurone Disease
Host: TBC
πŸ•‘: 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
CSF and Plasma Biomarkers for Cognitive Disorders
Host: Ashvini Keshavan, UCL
πŸ•‘: 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
What Can an AI Scientist Do? Lessons from Kosmos
Host: Mathieu Bourdenx, UCL
πŸ•‘: 12:40 PM - 01:00 PM
Discussion & Closing Remarks
πŸ•‘: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch

Where is it happening?

Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, United Kingdom
Tickets

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