Our international keynote speakers, Dr Matthew Farrer from Canada and Professor Darren Moore from Switzerland set the tone for the conference with great talks about the latest breakthroughs and challenges in genetics research.
And we heard a host of fantastic short presentations from UK-based research teams, including Parkinson's UK-funded researchers unveiling important new clues about the role of the Parkinson's gene DJ-1 on day 1.
Throughout the conference we were joined by 3 passionate volunteers from our Research Support Network who each made vital contributions:
- Social media enthusiast Viktor spent the conference tweeting and recording short videos with researchers to share on his YouTube channel
- Photographer Martin helped us by taking lots of photos of our speakers and researchers
- And ex-malaria scientist Geoff Butcher gave an inspiring speech about what research means to him as a person with Parkinson's - watch Geoff's short speech below.
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| A selection of #parkinsons2012 tweets |
The 2-day conference for scientists followed our day for our members and supporters, which was also a great success.
We encouraged researchers to share their thoughts on Twitter throughout the conference and they got a great conversation going using the hashtag #parkinsons2012
The conference ended on a high note, as our chief executive Steve Ford announced the 3 joint winners of the £2,000 poster prize, which was generously funded by our York Branch.
Bringing the best and brightest researchers together in one place to share ideas and develop collaborations is just one of the ways we're pushing our search for a Parkinson's cure to a new level.
We're already looking forward to the next conference in 2014!
If you were at the supporters' day or the scientific conference let us know your thoughts below.
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