Biochemical society meeting on LRRK2

I’ve spent the last three days (along with most of my group) attending the Biochemical Society focused meeting on LRRK2 at Henley Business School on the banks of the Thames. Along with Kirsten Harvey from UCL and Elisa Greggio from the University of Padova I had the honour of organising the meeting, and we had over 100 attendees from across the globe, and from academia, charities and industry, to hear the latest research on LRRK2. A fascinating meeting, and from the sounds of it there is a lot of appetite for a follow up!

Talk at Astex pharmaceuticals

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of heading over to Cambridge to give a talk on LRRK2 at Astex pharmaceuticals. Always interesting to hear about what industrial researchers are most interested in, and where the priorities are for developing drug targets.

Visit to William Borlase’s School

I was over in Marlow on Wednesday to give a talk at the Sir William Borlase’s Grammar school Masterclass day. As always an excellent group of year 12 students, asking some pointed and intelligent questions (including “how much do you get paid as a researcher”).