Anniversary Conference

Neuromuscular Diseases:

the next ten years

The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre is celebrating our 10-year Anniversary with an event, ‘Neuromuscular Diseases: the next 10 years’ at The Baltic Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne on the 24th-25th November 2024. We would like to invite you to the event and hope that you can celebrate together with us and our guests!

Over the last decade our centre has been performing translational research to bring diagnosis, care and therapy to people with neuromuscular disease. At the conference, we aim to reflect on our last ten years of success. We will also explore exciting developments in the field, as we look forward to what the next ten years of work will bring to the neuromuscular field. The conference will be arranged around our four strands of work, featuring exciting lectures from staff at the JWMDRC and panel discussions including leading neuromuscular experts. The programme will feature talks on the following topics: 

  • Advancing neuromuscular diseases through research 

  • Clinical Research for patients with neuromuscular diseases 

  • Diagnostic & Clinical Services for patients with neuromuscular diseases 

  • National & international networking initiatives

Registration and all catering is free at this event! Please register using the button below as soon as possible if you would like to join us, as we have limited spaces. We look forward to seeing you there! 

If you have any queries about the conference, please contact the JWMDRC conference secretariat at [email protected]

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This conference has received financial support from the pharmaceutical companies listed above but none of these companies has had involvement in the content.

Guest Panel Members

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Alex Johnson

Duchenne UK

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Annemieke Aartsma-Rus

Leiden University Medical Centre

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Dave Jones

Newcastle University

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Emily Reuben

Duchenne UK

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Francesco Muntoni

University College London

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Joris Veltman

Newcastle University

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Juanma Fernandez-Costa

Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

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Kate Adcock

Muscular Dystrophy UK

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Kate Bushby

Newcastle University

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Laurent Servais

University of Oxford

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Madeleine Billeter

Billeter Medical Services

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Mary Reilly

University College London

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Michelle Eagle

Atom International Limited

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Mike Hanna

University College London

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Pete Zammit

King’s College London

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Teresinha Evangelista

Hôpital de la Pitié Salpetriere

FAQs

Airport transfers info

Newcastle International Airport (NCL) regularly receives flights from Amsterdam (KLM), Paris (Air France), and London Heathrow (British Airways), as well as from many other cities and airlines.

The airport is a 15min car ride to the city centre.

Arrow Cars is the dedicated on-site Taxi service. Book your journey quickly and easily online, by phone on +44(0)191 244 9966 or via email on [email protected].

You can also use the Tyne & Wear Metro light train service which will take you from the Airport to Newcastle Central Station via the Green Line in under 30mins.


Eurostar transfers info

If you travel via the Eurostar to London St Pancras, there are direct trains to Newcastle from London Kings Cross (a short walk from St Pancras station). This train will typically be a London North-Eastern Railway (LNER) service to Edinburgh (Waverley) or to Aberdeen, both stop at Newcastle.


Travelling by train

Newcastle Central Station is the closest train station. The Tyne & Wear Metro light train service runs from platforms adjacent to station concourse. The Metro is a great way to travel around the city with 60 stations on the network, serving Newcastle city centre, Sunderland city centre, Newcastle Airport and the seafronts at North and South Tyneside.


Driving to Newcastle and parking

Please check hotel information for parking. Alternatively, there are 9 multi storey car parks, 52 off street car parks and around 2,200 street parking bays.

Is there parking at the Baltic Centre?

Parking spaces are available in the Car Park, behind the building. Follow Signage for 'Gateshead Quays' and 'Other Car Parks' until specific signage for Baltic Car Park becomes visible. Spaces are pay on exit and you can pay by card or cash.

Car Park charges are as follows:

  • Up to 1 hour £2.00

  • Up to 2 hours £3.50

  • Up to 3 hours £5.00

  • Thereafter £1.50/hour

Blue badge holders park free. For ticket validation please contact security via the intercom on exit. There are 4 additional Blue Badge parking spaces directly adjacent to Baltic on South Shore Road. Blue Badges must be displayed at all times.

Motorcycles can park, free at all times, in the designated Motorcycle bay.


I have special accessibility needs/dietary requirements; can you accommodate me?

All areas in The Baltic Centre are accessible. If you have any dietary requirements, please specify these in the allocated text box when registering for the event.


What accommodation is available?

To support your planning for the conference, please see here for a list of discounted nearby hotels. Many of these hotels are within walking distance of the Baltic. Please note that this is not a definitive list of hotels in the area. We have secured some discounted rates with the hotels in included in the link and we are working with other hotels to secure discounted rates. We will continue to update the list in the upcoming weeks.

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