by Christina | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
What have our PhD students been up to? The 48th Europe Cystic Fibrosis Conference was held for 3 – 7 June 2025, in Milan, Italy. From the ORGESTRA community, two PhD students, Jorge Madrid Paredes (DC13) and Woosub Shin (DC12), and two PIs, Kors van der Ent and...
by Christina | May 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
This month ORGESTRA supports Cystic Fibrosis Awareness by highlighting the umet need and the advances in personalised medicine that the project aims to contribute to. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Thanks to DC7 Mark Leahy for preparing...
by Christina | May 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
What is Cystinosis? Cystinosis is a rare genetic disease that affects about 1 in 100,000 to 200,000 people worldwide. It is caused by a mutation in a gene called CTNS, which provides instructions for making a protein called cystinosin. This protein’s job is to remove...
by Christina | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
This months webinar featured guest speaker Matthew Pavlovich – Editor of the CellPress reviews journal Trends in Biotechnology. This was a great opportunity for our DCs to learn about writing a review and what it takes to be a reviewer. A big thanks to Matthew...
by Christina | Apr 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to our own DC Mark Leahy who was presented with a Student Helper Award at the ECFS Basic Science conference 2025. This is a key annual event for all scientists working on cystic fibrosis, especially PhD students and post-docs, allowing them to...
by Christina | Apr 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why everyone should care about rare genetic diseases Rare genetic diseases affect about 1 in 2,000 people. What may seem uncommon at first glance affects millions of people globally. Even if you are not directly affected by a rare genetic disease, someone you know —...
