Last week the INA (International Neurotoxin Association) held its second international conference: TOXINS 2015: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Botulinum and Other Neurotoxins. The program included cutting-edge plenary sessions, basic science and clinical parallel tracks, as well as poster sessions. There were also a series of practical workshops, several including demonstrations of neurotoxin injections…
Season Greetings
With this holiday greeting we would like to thank you for the support and interest you have shown for dystonia and Dystonia Europe in 2014. It was a busy year with many activities such as: D-DAYS in Paris, Jump for Dystonia events in many places around Europe, and in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg. We…
Merz JUMP for Dystonia Event in Frankfurt
Last week Merz headquarters in Frankfurt, Europe organized a JUMP for Dystonia event. The event took place in the canteen where Jennifer Fluck and her colleagues welcomed other Merz staff who wanted to jump. In the background was music of various songs with a JUMP theme which created a happy and inspiring atmosphere. And it…
Dubrovnik Academy of Neurology 2015
Dear Colleagues, It is a great pleasure for me to invite you to DUBROVNIK ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY which will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 19-22 March, 2015. Following the successful meeting in Plitvice National Park and Bol-Island Brač, Croatia, we are delighted to welcome you in Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik a city on the Croatian Adriatic coast,…
EU Commissioner on Health Jumps for Dystonia in the Parliament in Strasbourg
EU Commissioner on Health Vytenis Andriukaitis (Lithuania) joined the dystonia awareness campaign Jump for Dystonia last week at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg and made a jump for dystonia to help raise awareness. The event was hosted by MEP Glennis Willis who said: ‘I am delighted to help raise awareness of this little known brain…