The purpose of SMA Europe is to provide a framework to stimulate collaboration and accelerate translational research pathways in SMA and promote patient care.
Professor Brunhilde Wirth, Chair of the Institute of Human Genetics at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany and Chair of our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), has published a comprehensive review on the genetics of SMA and how the path from gene discovery to therapy in SMA has been a highly challenging endeavour, but also led […]
SMA Europe is delighted to announce that it has partnered with an international SMA research training network, led by Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peter Claus in Hannover in Germany. This initiative, SMA BEYOND, has been granted a €2.14M Horizon 2020 award by the European Commission. Over four years, early-stage researchers, based in 8 laboratories in […]
Six dedicated young PhD students from institutions across the UK are organising an online SMA research conference on 10th & 11th September. Find out more about them, their work and their interests outside the laboratory! INES BOEHM Ines completed her BSc in Molecular Biology from the University of Salzburg and Johannes Keppler University Linz (Austria), […]
Save the date for the UK SMA Research Online Conference, which will take place on 10th & 11th September between 1 and 4.30pm GMT. A committee of UK-based PhD students have got together to organise this event with the aim of giving early career researchers (ECRs) an opportunity to present their work. There will be […]
SMA research receives vital funds from SMA Europe. Based on the recommendations received by its Scientific Advisory Board, SMA Europe awarded a total of 544,900 Euros to 4 cutting-edge SMA research projects through its 10th Call for Research Proposals. The Scientific Advisory Board reviewed and scored 19 very high level SMA research proposals. As only […]