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Report of 4th International FA Conference – Strasbourg, 5-7 May, 2011 (courtesy of Ataxia UK) »

Strasbourg, France 5-7 May 2011 Lay report written by Ataxia UK Introduction Over 200 researchers convened in Strasbourg in May to attend a large research conference solely dedicated to Friedreich’s...

EFACTS – May 2010 in Brussels »

The inaugural meeting of EFACTS was held in Brussels on 3-4 May in the European Parliament. EFACTS received funding of €6 million over a 4-year period from the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)....

Stem Cell Research Meeting – March 2010 in Chicago »

The CEO, Barbara Flynn, and Vice-Chairman, Tom Kelleher, attended a Stem-Cell Taskforce meeting on 12th March co-hosted by FARA – Australia, FARA, Ataxia UK, FASI and NAF in Chicago. This took...

FARA Conference – July 2009 in Philadelphia »

A 5-person delegation from Ireland, co-ordinated by Barbara Flynn, including Dr Raymond Murphy, Dr. Christine Albertyn, the new Ataxia Registrar, Tom Kelleher and Sheron Wylie-Modro, Neuro Scientist...

Meeting with Repligen – June 2009 in Turin »

A meeting organised by GoFAR, of the European Clinical Network was held on 5th June, 2009 in Turin to discuss European participation in clinical trials to be conducted by Repligen, a US pharmaceutical...